The Biggest Footprint

£14.99

There are 7.7 billion of us. All breathing, eating, drinking and thinking deep thoughts. It’s an unimaginably large number. Or is it? Meet the megahuman: all the people in the world smooshed into one giant human being. Even though it’s a big, lumbering creature, the megahuman is slowly beginning to understand the problems it has created for Planet Earth’s future. Drawing on brain-bending stats and the work of biomass boffins, ‘The Biggest Footprint’ is a journey of self-discovery suitable for anyone and everyone identifying as human.

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WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE AND CONSERVATION WRITING FOR CHILDREN 2022

Meet the mega human: colossal, clueless . . . and the biggest hope for life on earth

There are eight billion of us humans.

All breathing, eating, fidgeting and thinking deep thoughts.

It’s an unimaginably large number. Or is it?

The mega human is the result of smooshing all the people in the world together into one spectacular giant (don’t try this at home). Even though the mega human is not the smartest of creatures, it is slowly beginning to understand the problems it has created for Planet Earth’s future . . . and how it might be able to fix them.

Making use of brain-bending stats and smoosh theory, The Biggest Footprint is a journey of self-discovery suitable for anyone and everyone identifying as human.

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Weight 0.505 kg
Dimensions 25.8 × 19 × 1.4 cm
Author

Publisher

Canongate

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

96

Language

Edition
Dewey

363.73874 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J