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How We Make Stuff
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Where do our clothes come from? What's the link between gorillas and mobile phones? Does chocolate grow on trees? Answering these questions and many more, How We Make Stuff is an engaging exploration of the way we use Earth's natural resources. Featuring pop-ups, pull-tabs and booklets, it is an interactive extravaganza!
The first title in the series, How The World Works, won the prestigious Royal Society Young People's Book Prize (also available - see below).
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