A Children's Book for Grown-ups. 24 amusing short stories, in 148 pages of whimsical rubbish lovingly crafted into one slim overpriced book.At last, a cynical bedtime reading for kids aged 11 to 100 about all the important things that you never thought you needed to know, such as: Why you should never buy a penguin at auction. How to make best use of 127 colour-blind hamsters. How your banjo keeps going missing. The ideal way to push frogs out of trees. What really happened during Castro's Cuban Missile Crisis. How the Internet started. ... and more!