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The Everyday Journeys of Ordinary Things

by Libby Deutsch

Everyday questions, traced through technology

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Everyday questions, traced through technology

From a switched-on light to supermarket cheese and a sent text, the book takes familiar objects and actions as starting points for explaining the processes behind them. Its questions range from physical mechanisms to less tangible systems, with child-friendly explanations paired with flowing graphic illustrations. The result is an introduction to how ordinary things work and where they come from, grounded in examples children encounter in daily life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 curious about how everyday objects and processes work.
  • Young readers who enjoy nonfiction explanations accompanied by illustrations.
  • Families or educators seeking conversation starters about technology and daily life.

Themes

Everyday technologyHow things workProduction and processesCuriosity and questioning

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Book overview

Why does a light come on when you flick a switch? How can cheese from the supermarket have come out of a cow? What happens when you send a text? These questions and many more, both physical and more abstract, are clearly explained with graphic, flowing illustrations and child-friendly text - the book for every child who ever wondered, "How?"
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