How It Feels & How It Works · Book 2 · Ages 6–10
Do Trees Have Best Friends? A Science Adventure Through Our Living Planet
Explorer Leo Curio, the colour-changing chameleon, takes curious kids outside to discover talking trees, hidden ocean mountains, burping volcanoes and the invisible threads that connect life on Earth. Real earth science, explained with simple analogies and hands-on missions.
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- Formats
- Paperback · Kindle · Hardcover
- Ages
- 6–10
- Print length
- 91 pages
- Published
- December 13, 2025
- Series
- How It Feels & How It Works · Book 2
Big Questions About a Big Planet
Why does rain smell so good? Is there land at the bottom of the ocean? Why don’t we fall off the Earth? Children ask brilliant questions, and the true answers are often stranger than anything we could make up.
Our Wow-nderful Planet takes those questions seriously, with real science explained at a level that makes sense to a 6- to 10-year-old.
Science You Can Picture, Missions You Can Do
Every chapter turns a big idea into something a child can picture: the Underground Internet of tree roots and fungi, the Shaken Soda of a volcano, the Invisible Rubber Band of gravity, and the Tiny Bakers that make rain smell amazing.
Each chapter then ends with an Explorer’s Mission for backyards, parks and kitchens: a micro-hike across one metre of grass, a scent safari, shadow tag, a seed bomb. About 90 pages of wonder that send children outside.
What Your Child Takes Away
Our Wow-nderful Planet helps children see how everything on Earth is connected, and gives families good reasons to go outside and look closer.
Real Earth Science
Fungal networks, tectonic plates, petrichor and biomimicry, explained through child-friendly analogies.
Connections, Not Just Facts
Each chapter shows how one part of nature links to another, building care for the planet.
Hands-On Missions
Outdoor activities that turn reading into discovering.
Questions Welcome
Leo Curio models curiosity, so children keep asking “why?”
From the author
Why I Wrote Our Wow-nderful Planet
I’m Ujjwal Ganesh, father of two daughters who ask a lot of “why?” questions about the world outside. This book is my answer to many of them, written so a parent and child can explore it together.
It’s Book 2 of How It Feels & How It Works, a four-book series guided by Leo Curio: the mind, the planet, technology and friendship.
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