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First published 2000

This edition published 2017

Text copyright © Michael Rosen, 2000

Illustrations copyright © Harry Horse, 2000

The moral right of the author and illustrator has been asserted

Cover illustrations by Harry Horse

ISBN: 978-0-141-92744-2

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Puffin Books

Penguin Random House Children’s

80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL

Contents

1. Environment

1.   Engine Oil

2.   Lubricate the Joints

3.   Growing Apples

4.   How Humans Out-died

5.   Wind Force

6.   I Would Die Without

7.   Cold Tomorrow

8.   Footsteps

9.   Acorn, Conker and Key

10. No Sun Day

11. Dirty T-shirt

12. Hot Pants

13. If You Make a Mess

14. Sun Sounds

15. Save It

16. Bypass

17. Blobbo

18. By Mashed Potato

19. Old Bag

20. Electricity

21. The News Today

22. Yellow Rock

23. Giants: a Riddle

24. Invention

25. The Yellow Door

2. Design and Innovation

1.   A Speck of Dust

2.   Crossing the Channel

3.   Centrally Heated Knickers

4.   Duvet Cover

5.   Beneath my Feet

6.   Thirsty Land

7.   Cleaning Up

8.   The Lone Survivor

9.   Incredible Shrinking Car

10. Cow Shoes

11. Scary Sausage-fingers

12. Floating Bridge

13. Bugs

14. Building Blocks

15. Grey Eyes

16. Boogy Woogy Buggy

17. Sharing Pencils

18. Water Tunnel

19. My Supermarket Queue

20. Darren’s Car

21. Grandad’s Chair

22. Night Rides

23. Bag Words

24. Drizzy Fink

25. Mum’s Dead Coat

3. Chemistry

1.   Straining

2.   Can You Feel It?

3.   Bottle Bank

4.   Grandparents’ House

5.   Woolly Saucepan?

6.   Night-time Kitchen

7.   Where Does the Bounce Come From?

8.   Sleek Machine: Changes 1

9.   Scoop a Gloop: Changes 2

10. Tank Jacket

11. Simplicity of Electricity

12. Some Thoughts about Eggs: Changes 3

13. Berlam Bam Boola: Changes 4

14. Pouring

15. Chippy Breath

16. Button Box – Sorted!

17. Making Jelly

18. Summer Leftovers

19. Salty Wave

20. The Solution

21. How Not to Make Mayonnaise

22. Cold Pickles, Warm Chutney and Hot Jam

23. Melting

24. Concrete Paw

25. Some Advice for You …

26. Barbecues

27. Chocolate

4. Physics

1.   Granma’s Hands

2.   Floating High-rise

3.   Cat’s Eyes

4.   Wind-up Mouse

5.   Periscope

6.   Kaleidoscope

7.   Shadow

8.   He Pulled, We Pushed

9.   Jumping Jack

10. High and Low Song

11. Christmas Tree Lights

12. Elastic

13. Grandad’s Airer

14. The Sun and the Moon

15. What’s the Time, Keith?

16. Faster and Faster

17. Fridge Magnets

18. Keep Warm, Keep Cool

19. Spoon Faces

20. Steamy Shower

21. It Must Have Dropped into the Street Below

22. Making Rainbows

23. Doorstep

24. Floating Balloon

25. Wood – Cool!