(09/01/26 PREORDER) How to Do (Almost) Everything: 100 skills for curious kids

An encyclopedia of expertise, showing how to do everything from reading a map to solving a riddle.

With this book by their side, every curious child will gain a dazzling range of skills for real-life adventures, including:

* Practical skills (such as how to read a map and how to tie knots)
* Craft activities (such as how to make slime and how to make papier-maché)
* Outdoorsy skills (such as how to star spot without a telescope and how to build a den)
* Brainy skills (such as how to write an algorithm and how to calculate Pi)
* Life skills (such as how to give a compliment and how to pack a suitcase)
* And much more!

Every skill comes with the seal of approval from top experts, and their stellar tips are threaded throughout the book, too. For example, an aircraft designer offers tips on making the ultimate paper plane; a lunar scientist points out what to spot on the Moon; a chemical engineer shares insights about making slime; and an eight-times world memory champion reveals how to remember (almost) anything.

* Featuring an eye-catching gold foil cover, this beautiful hardback makes a great gift that the whole family across the generations can enjoy together as they (re)learn 100 skills.
* Includes not only practical skills, brainy skills, and fun activities, but also encourages problem-solving, resilience, imaginative thinking, and collaboration.
* Features over fifty expert consultants, for example: aircraft designer Yicheng Sun gives advice on making paper airplanes; food stylist from the Great American Baking Show Becca Watson offers tips on baking a cake; speedcuber Shelley Chang reveals how to solve a Rubik’s cube; expert in fluid dynamics Ryan Palmer reveals the best way to skim a stone; lawyer and negotiation expert Susan Borke reveals top tips for negotiating; and Stanford computer scientist Aviad Rubinstein gives advice on writing an algorithm.
* The perfect book to help kids engage with the real world, in a time of weariness with screens.
* This book is a visual feast, and includes 500 illustrations, step-by-step diagrams, infographics, and photographs.

Lavishly illustrated with step-by-step diagrams, exuberant illustrations and stunning photography, this book offers the skills every child needs to make the most out of every day.