Have you ever wondered why we taste different flavours? Did you know that octopuses have three hearts? But why? Is it possible for blue whales to talk to killer whales? Thanks so much for your lovely message and for everything that you do with Book Wagon. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do.

Who invented ballet? We have ballerina and former Strictly Come Dancing judge Dame Darcey Bussell answering this one, thank you Darcey!

We also discuss Meadow's question "Why is the bit in your eye around your pupil coloured?". Finally, we find out the answer to Ziggy's question, "Why are tears salty?"

But although this novel looks at first as if it is the antidote to the darker, more savage Amongst Women, this is not a pastoral idyll. Many of the life stories are appalling, like John Quinn's revolting treatment of his first wife and her elderly parents, or Bill Evans's childhood sufferings at the hands of the sadistic Christian Brothers. On this award winning show with Molly Oldfield discover the answers to three questions sent into Everything Under The Sun by children around the world! Each Friday, join Molly Oldfield, write of the weekly kids quiz in the Guardian each Saturday, the original QI elf and author and host of Everything Under The Sun (both the book and podcast) as she answers questions sent in by children around the world with the help of experts including Neil Gaiman, Heston Blumenthal, Grayson Perry, Lauren Child, Richard Branson and Sophie Dahl to the fish curators at the Natural History Museum.Why are dogs domesticated? Can whales fart? Why are sweets bad for you? Why can you remember your dreams on some days and not on others? These, and 362 other questions (including an extra one for a leap year), were sent to author Molly Oldfield for her podcast for children Everything Under The Sun, and are now answered in one extremely helpful book. Where will your curiousity take you next? I love how this book embraces the notion that there is no limit to what our minds can conjure.

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment… Family affection and loyalty can only reach so far. Parents are humiliated by their children, brothers can't tolerate the idea of living together, old friends lash out at each other's faults. Evasions, compromises and weaknesses are in every life. The Murphys' gentle manners 'dealt in avoidances and obfuscations... confrontation was avoided whenever possible... it was a language that hadn't any simple way of saying no'.Why is garlic good for your heart? Answering this one we have nutritionist Tara Lee! Thank you so much Tara. That’s 366 questions because on 28 Feb, you’ll read about leap years and on 29 Feb — you’ll get the answer to, “If you were born on 29th February, how old are you?”🤫 Why are piggy banks shaped like pigs? We find out about the oldest piggy bank in the world, from Java! These imponderable questions are just a small sample of the 366 that are posed and answered in this fabulous compendium of information. Everything Under the Sun is fully colour illustrated by a host of illustrators and is a fascinating and unputdownable read. For each calendar month, there is a question asked.

The surface of the water out from the reeds was alive with shoals of small fish. There were many swans on the lake. A grey rowboat was fishing along the far shore. A pair of herons moved sluggishly through the air between the trees of the island and Gloria Bog. A light breeze was passing over the sea of pale sedge like a hand. The blue of the mountain was deeper and darker than the blue of the lake or the sky.' Illustrated by Momoko Abe, Kelsey Buzzell, Beatrice Cerocchi, Alice Courtley, Sandra de la Prada, Grace Easton, Manuela Montoya Escobar, Richard Jones, Lisa Koesterke, Gwen Millward, Sally Mullaney, and Laurie Stansfield.How was ballet invented? With Dame Darcey Bussell. Why do penguins waddle? What are bones made from?