How Does My Home Work?

The third title in a series of process books, this stylishly illustrated book explains how our homes are supplied with electricity, water and gas.

A sequel to Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food and Where Do Clothes Come From? by Chris Butterworth and Lucia Gaggiotti, this stylishly illustrated book explains the mechanical processes required to produce the things our homes needs to keep us happy and comfortable – electricity, water and gas. Chris Butterworth traces the journey of water, describing how it falls from the sky as rain then gets collected up in reservoirs and sent to factories to be treated and tested, before it can finally be piped to our homes. She also simply and clearly explains how electricity is made and where the gas we use in our boilers comes from. This fascinating process book succeeds in being young, child-centred and friendly, but also packs in an enormous amount of technical information.

About the Author

Christine Butterworth’s books for Walker include the Nature Storybooks See What a Seal Can Do and Seahorse: the Shyest Fish in the Sea, which won the 2007 John Muir prize for excellence in natural history writing in the USA, and Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food, which was chosen as the American Farm Bureau Book of the Year. Her next Nature Storybook will be The Things I Love About Trees, illustrated by Charlotte Voake. Christine lives near Penzance, Cornwall.

Lucia Gaggiotti was born in Italy and graduated from NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) in Milan with a degree in Graphic Design and a specialization in Illustration. Inspired by vintage children’s illustrations, Lucia’s designs are full of colour and warmth. Her previous work for Walker includes the first and second titles in this series, Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food and Where Do Clothes Come From? Lucia lives in London, E8. Visit her at her website, luciagaggiotti.com, or follow her on Twitter, under the handle: @LuciaGaggiotti.