How to Outsmart a Grown-up: 101 Life Hacks and Fun Facts Just for Kids

Larry Hayes is easily distracted. So when he’s not writing books for children he can be found working as an investment fund manager and the trustee for a homeless charity. In the future he hopes to become a treasure hunter, private investigator, inventor of a yoghurt that makes you happy, Olympic croquet medallist and the person who solves the maths behind the human brain. Larry’s debut fiction book for children, How to Survive Without Grown-Ups, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2021. His book How To Survive Time Travel won a Lollies award for Best Laugh-Out-Loud Book Ages 9-12, in 2024.Joelle Dreidemy was born in Saint-Avold in France. She gained a diploma in Strasbourg in 2002 and a diploma from the famous Emile Cohl School in Lyon in 2004. Joëlle lives and works in Paris, producing illustrations for magazines and children's books.

Packed full of surprising and informative facts, this subversive yet erudite book from the author of the How to Survive… series, wittily illustrated by Dreidemy, is so much fun children won’t realise quite how much they are learning.