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The big story of being alive

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Wherever you go, there are lots of people and no one looks quite the same. But they are all ALIVE. YOU are alive too. But what actually makes something alive? There are three things that all living things have in common: they GROW, they REPRODUCE and they are made of trillions of tiny, but mightily important, organisms called CELLS. Find out all about them in this fresh, funny and fact-filled book from author and illustrator Neal Layton, you’ll discover why being alive is totally AMAZING.

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SKU: 9781526362650 Category: Children’s education Tags: Personal & social issues: body & health (Children’s / Teenage), Picture books, Science & technology: general interest (Children’s / Teenage)
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Wherever you go, there are lots of people and no one looks quite the same. But they are all ALIVE. YOU are alive too. But what actually makes something ALIVE?

There are three things that all living things have in common: they GROW, they REPRODUCE and they are made of trillions of tiny, but mightily important, organisms called CELLS.

Find out all about them in this fresh, funny and fact-filled book from author and illustrator Neal Layton, you’ll discover why being alive is totally AMAZING.

Weight 0.4 kg
Dimensions 25 × 28 × 1 cm
Author

Layton, Neal

Publisher

Wren & Rook

Imprint

Wren & Rook

Cover

Hardback

Pages

25 unnumbered

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

570 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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