Molly Oldfield

Author/children's podcaster

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Molly Oldfield loves curiosity & children. She believes the more curious you are the more adventurous your life will be. She likes  giving children a voice. So she hosts Everything Under The Sun, a podcast answering all the questions children have about life on earth. EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN, filled with 366 curious kids questions - one for every day of the year plus a leap year - was published in 2021 by Ladybird. With the help of experts including Oliver Jeffers, Neil Gaiman, Phillipa Perry & curators at museums around the world she answers questions about Everything Under The Sun. A second book Everywhere Under The Sun is being illustrated & she is at work on a quiz book. If you have a question you would like answered, do send it into the show. You can find more information about how to do that and the podcast at www.everythingunderthesun.co.uk

Molly also runs a weekly kids' quiz for The Guardian, with multiple choice questions set by children. Before having children & taking on kids questions Molly studied History at Oxford then become the original QI elf, writing and researching questions for the BBC quiz show for twelve years. Her first book, The Secret Museum, is about all the things that are in museums that rarely, if ever go on display. Wonders of the World's Museums is filled with things you can see and Natural Wonders of the World is about all kinds of creatures and places on our beautiful planet we call home. She is living in Bali with her children - there are monkeys her garden!

Everything Under the Sun (Ladybird, 2021)

A collection of 366 curious questions asked by children from around the world, based on the award-winning podcast by original QI Elf, Molly Oldfield.

How much bamboo can a giant panda eat?
Do aliens exist?
What we would do if we didn't have a prime minister?
Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange-shaped heads?

Ponder where ideas come from with award-winning illustrator, Rob Biddulph. Find out why you taste things differently when you have a cold with Michelin star chef, Heston Blumenthal. Learn about everything from how astronauts see in the dark to what the biggest dinosaur was with experts from the Natural History Museum. Plus much, much more!

Fascinating facts are accompanied by gorgeous illustrations making the perfect gift for Christmas. Whether you read a question a day, or dip into it whenever you are feeling curious, this is a book to treasure and share all year round.