365 AMAZING TRUE THINGS TO READ IN BED

Cover & Interior design
Words & Pictures, Quarto
Publishing October 2025

Bedtime is about to get a lot more interesting. 365 Amazing True Things to Read in Bed is a joyful collection bursting with wild facts, weird wonders and unbelievable-but-true stories – one for every night of the year. 

You’ll learn things like…

  • Where does it rain diamonds?

  • What does a comet smell like?

  • Why would you keep a dog up your sleeve?

  • Where can you find fish that live in trees?

  • And who exactly was William Johnson Hippopotamus?

From frog trousers and glass trees to lawnmowing camels and chimpanzee painters, this is a book made for curious minds and giggly bedtimes.

Written by former QI writer Edward Brooke-Hitching and brought to life with whimsical illustrations by Oksana Drachkovska, this is non-fiction at its most playful and surprising. Whether read aloud or under the covers with a torch, it’s the kind of book kids will return to night after night.