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Take a fascinating journey through time to explore a world full of ideas, inventions, discoveries and many, many … things!
Have you ever wondered how us humans came to have so many ‘things’?
Starting with the early humans who had very few things, through to the jam-packed world we live in today, discover how from the very beginning we humans have had the urge to invent and create! From the creation of Stone Age tools and the first handwritten book through to amazing inventions including the steam engine and the laptop computer, find out how things have transformed our world.
With fun illustrations and witty text by award-winning author and illustrator Neal Layton.
Have you ever wondered how us humans came to have so many ‘things’?
Starting with the early humans who had very few things, through to the jam-packed world we live in today, discover how from the very beginning we humans have had the urge to invent and create! From the creation of Stone Age tools and the first handwritten book through to amazing inventions including the steam engine and the laptop computer, find out how things have transformed our world.
With fun illustrations and witty text by award-winning author and illustrator Neal Layton.
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