You Your Amazing Brain: A Book of Brains and How They Work [Paperback]

A fascinating book full of insights into how the brain controls your actions, reactions and emotions in ways you've never imagined. 

Get to know the grey matter that's living in your head in this brilliant book, full ofastounding factsanddetailed illustrations, taking you on a complete tour of our own brains as well as brains throughout nature.

You & Your Strange Brainincludes an unusual mix ofsurprising science, history, natural world examples, cultural amusement andastonishing storiesall focused onbrains,intelligenceandlearningin humans and other animals.

Discoverwhy you can’t tickle yourself, whyadults like foods they hated as childrenand how some sneaky creatures have the ability totake over the brains of other species.

Learn about themechanics of the mind, the parts of the brain, memory, language, creativity and the role of sleep. Other topics covered includehow the brain allows you to think, guess and make assumptions as well as how it copes with problem-solving, fear, stress, phobiasand even optical illusions.

Thistruly detailedbook is thecomplete guide into the workings of the brain, perhaps the most intricate and powerful organ in the whole natural world!

Clive Gifford is an award-winning author of more than 200 books for children and young adults. His titles published by Ivy Kids includeEye Benders, winner of the 2014 Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize, andThe Book of Comparisons, winner of the 2018 Sainsbury’s Children Book Award in the Learning and Development Category.