That's Life!

Name: That's Life!
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ISBN: 9781510231986

Looking for the Living Things All Around You

Mike Barfield, Lauren Humphrey

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Laurence King Publishing
24 February 2026

Wildlife (Children's&YA); Educational: Biology

Packed full of illustrations, exciting experiments - and even comic strips - That's Life! encourages young scientists to start looking for the living things around them.

Life is everywhere on planet Earth. Jungles, deserts, seas, plains, fields and forests - all of them teem with life but, amazingly, you can also find lots of living things hidden in your home, and even hidden inside you! Join Sherlock Ohms and his companions on a brilliant biological adventure, seeking out all kinds of life, including the life forms hiding in your own home!

That's Life! Is the follow-up to The Element in the Room (shortlisted for The Blue Peter Book Awards 2019 and The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2019. Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2020).

By: Mike Barfield
Illustrated by: Lauren Humphrey
Imprint: Laurence King Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 288mm, Width: 224mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781510231986
ISBN 10: 1510231986
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 24 February 2026
Recommended Age: From 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , English as a second language , Children's (6-12)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Barfield (Author) Mike Barfield is a best-selling children's author, cartoonist, poet and performer with books in well over a dozen different languages. He has a first-class degree in Biology from the University of London, and won the Blue Peter Book Awards 2021 for the Best Book with Facts. Lauren Humphrey (Illustrator) Lauren Humphrey is an illustrator with 10 years' experience, based in London, UK. Lauren loves working with bright colours, bold shapes and is often inspired by plants, animals and anatomy. She enjoys drawing characters and objects with unique proportions and perspectives. Her experience ranges from illustrating children's informative picture books to designing puppets, sets and props for animation series.