By Adam Kay (author) , Henry Paker (illustrator)
"A fascinating and fantastically funny guide to inventions that changed the world (and some that definitely didn't)"
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Winner of the 2025 Lollies Best Laugh Out Loud Book - Non-Fiction
Do you ever wonder where the stuff around you all came from? No, not from the shops. I mean, who had the amazing idea of making video games or the annoying idea of building a school?
In the latest laugh-out-loud book from the record-breaking and extremely handsome Adam Kay and Henry Paker, you’ll learn about everything ever invented, from the daft to the disgusting to the downright dangerous.
You’ll discover all about:
- The queen who pooed on the first ever toilet
- How velcro was invented by a dog
- Why the Ancient Greeks wiped their bums on dinner plates
As well as 48,762,851,208 other facts. (Approximately.)
Praise for Kay's Anatomy:
'An enjoyably gross look at the human body. Hours of gruesome fun guaranteed' i
'Like listening to a teacher who makes pupils fall about' Sunday Times
'Totally brilliant!' Jacqueline Wilson
'Fun and informative' Malorie Blackman
'Very funny - this exciting book is bound to inspire the next generation of medics' Sunday Express
Praise for Kay's Marvellous Medicine:
'A ridiculously funny read that will delight, gross out and educate all at the same time' Independent
'Educational and entertaining. It should be on the national curriculum!' Harry Hill
'Completely marvellous and very funny' BookTrust
Adam Kay is a multi-award-winning writer, comedian and former doctor. His first book, an undergraduate textbook called Rapid Obstetrics and Gynaecology didn't do particularly well, but his next two did rather better.
This is Going to Hurt has sold over two million copies, been translated into 37 languages, and is the bestselling narrative nonfiction title of the decade, spending over a year at number one in the Sunday Times bestseller chart. It is soon to be a major BBC comedy-drama. His follow-up, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas , sold over 500,000 copies in the last three months of 2019, and saw him become the first author to have simultaneous Sunday Times number ones for both hardback and paperback nonfiction titles.
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Winner of the 2025 Lollies Best Laugh Out Loud Book - Non-Fiction Do you ever wonder where the stuff around you all came from? No, not from the shops.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Kay’s Incredible Inventions and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Kay’s Incredible Inventions features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Funny, Computers and the Digital World, Science, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
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Kay’s Incredible Inventions was written by Adam Kay and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Kay’s Incredible Inventions has 429 pages
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