How To Save Your Granny From a Runaway Train

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WINNER OF THE NON-FICTION 7-11 PRIZE AT THE 2026 ENGLISH 4-11 PICTURE BOOK AWARDS**

Bonkers dilemmas that can be solved with science and a bunch of brilliant physics experiments.

Book of the Week: The Week Junior* **

No grannies were harmed in the making of this book!**

Trick a shark! Lift a jumbo jet! Escape a deserted island! Stop a runaway train!

Explore a bunch of ridiculous (and not-so-ridiculous) dilemmas – with solutions from the astonishing world of physics. Sounds unbelievable? Test the science for yourself, with easy-to-follow experiments throughout! What are you waiting for? Let’s save Granny!

Written by bestselling and award-winning author Swapna Haddow, with brilliantly funny colour illustrations from award-winning illustrator Jess Bradley.

COMING SOON: How to Make Diamonds From Your Pencils (chemistry) and How to Stop a T. rex From Eating Your Socks (biology)Experiments in How to Save Your Granny From a Runaway Train:

Parachute egg drop

Lever

‘Pulley’ system

Compass

Friction ramp

See sound

Locating sounds

‘Megaphone’

Telephone

Periscope

Bend light

Eggshell bridge

Shadow puppets

Electromagnet