Discover everything about how brains work from emotions to actions, reactions and the functioning of the body, in this expansive and inclusive guide.

Brains are fascinating! Why can't you tickle yourself? Why do adults like foods they hated as children? How do some sneaky creatures have the ability to take over the brains of other species?

Answer all these questions and more whilst celebrating the power of your unique brain in You & Your Amazing Brain. 

You will discover:

• What the different parts of the brain are and how they work
• How memories, speech and sleep work
• How the human brain develops from birth to adulthood
• How your brain changes when you become a teenager, and how to understand these changes
• How the brains of other creatures match up to ours
• And most of all how every brain works in its own special way

Clive Gifford has travelled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots and flown gliders. He's had more than 200 books published and received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colours of History (QED). Clive lives in Manchester, UK. 

Anne Wilson has an MA in illustration from Central St Martins College of Art, London and has been an illustrator for over 15 years. Much of her work is inspired by everyday life, pattern, colour and shape. Born on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, Anne now lives in the much less remote town of Reading, England.