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Hachette picks up first children’s book from author of The Undercover Economist
Hachette Children’s Group has acquired The Truth Detective: How to Make Sense of a World That Doesn’t Add Up by Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist (Little, Brown).
Laura Horsley, publishing director at Hachette Children’s Group, acquired world rights to the book, inspired by Harford’s How to Make the World Add Up (The Bridge Street Press), from Sally Holloway at Felicity Bryan Associates. It will be published in e-book, audio and paperback in March 2023, with illustrations by Ollie Mann.
The Truth Detective is described by the publisher as “a must read for curious kids aged 10 and up looking to make sense of a complicated world".
Its synopsis continues: “Readers will meet heroic truth detectives such as Florence Nightingale who started a revolution with a pie chart. They will encounter dastardly villains who trick us with dodgy data and misinformation. And they will pick up the tools for digging through fake news and bewildering headlines, showing that being smart and savvy about numbers can help you be smart and savvy about everything else in life.”
Laura Horsley, publishing director at Wren & Rook, said: “We are thrilled to be publishing this fascinating and much-needed handbook by data detective and storyteller Tim Harford.
“Crammed with captivating stories and an immersive detective element where the readers get to decipher the clues, Tim manages to cover some of the biggest topics of our time – including inflation, misinformation, and dodgy data – in an incredible and accessible way. Extremely clever and exceptionally fun – this book is perfectly designed to help children make sense of our complex world.”
Harford, the author of nine books and host of the “Cautionary Tales” podcast, commented: “The world sometimes seems confusing, but children already have the most important quality to make sense of it: curiosity. In fact, with the help of my tricks and tips, a pooping cow and some fake fairies, I think kids are likely to be much better Truth Detectives than the grown-ups.”
