It was cute, and it was in relation to his son. My thing with the question books is that they never intrigue me enough. I want something I never thought about to be answered in an intriguing and thoughtful way. Put into a simple explanation. Kind of like a head slap for not realizing it. Sadly, this wasn't that book. ( )

So this book was not what I expected. It is really more of a memoir about being a father and reminiscing about once being a son. Questions are included from both of them as well as other children, but the majority of the book is about why children ask the questions they do and the circumstances surrounding the specific questions of the two. Because of this there are some real insights into parenting that would not be if the book was a simple encyclopedia of children's questions. ( )

Diciamo che la parte buffa del libro è costituita da alcune domande dei bambini (spesso il figlio dell'autore), le parti interessanti del libro sono le risposte degli esperti (tralasciando quelle a cui solo uno statunitense puo' essere interessato), la (ampia) parte noiosa del libro è quella dove l'autore parla estesamente dei fatti suoi e della sua famiglia. Il tutto scritto in modo standard (come spesso si scrivono i libri non utili) e finto-simpatico-ammiccante. ( )

"Why is the sky blue?" "Were Tyrannasaurus Rexes mean?" Kids ask a lot of questions. This book sets out to answer them. Divided into chapters by roughly by subject matter, this book covers questions about linguistics, sex, biology, physics, and more. While most questions are drawn from the author's own children and friends' children, some are posed by children whose parents found their way to his website.

A book like this runs the risk of preciousness (awwww, look at those cute things kids ask) and I can't say that the author avoided it. I do appreciate, however, that he didn't talk down to the kids, and went straight to the Experts. The author didn't shirk on experts, either, but lined up an impressive array of academics and policymakers who, in turn, didn't talk down either.

The main weakness of the book was the personal essays used to link each chapter to one another. While I appreciated the author trying to create a narrative link, I found them rather dull and self indulgent. The exception was the epilogue, which provided some necessary thoughtfulness and gravity.

All in all, this was a somewhat weightier "bathroom book". Easy, accessible snippets to be picked up and put down and not thought about in between reads. ( )

"Why is the sky blue?" "Were Tyrannasaurus Rexes mean?" Kids ask a lot of questions. This book sets out to answer them. Divided into chapters by roughly by subject matter, this book covers questions about linguistics, sex, biology, physics, and more. While most questions are drawn from the author's own children and friends' children, some are posed by children whose parents found their way to his website.

A book like this runs the risk of preciousness (awwww, look at those cute things kids ask) and I can't say that the author avoided it. I do appreciate, however, that he didn't talk down to the kids, and went straight to the Experts. The author didn't shirk on experts, either, but lined up an impressive array of academics and policymakers who, in turn, didn't talk down either.

The main weakness of the book was the personal essays used to link each chapter to one another. While I appreciated the author trying to create a narrative link, I found them rather dull and self indulgent. The exception was the epilogue, which provided some necessary thoughtfulness and gravity.

All in all, this was a somewhat weightier "bathroom book". Easy, accessible snippets to be picked up and put down and not thought about in between reads. ( )