Towards the end of 2007, John Farndon’s book of secrets and mysteries for Dorling Kindersley, provocatively entitled Do Not Open, was published and instantly became an international best-seller – widely acclaimed in everything from the Washington Post and the Times Educational Supplement to ‘cool’ websites such as Boing Boing and Last Broadcast.
Among books by John Farndon published in 2007 were Do Not Open (DK), Eyewitness Oil (DK), Extreme Weather (DK) China Rises (Virgin) and India Booms (Virgin), and 101 Facts you should know about Food (Icon), plus four books in the Heinemann Chain Reactions series and Age-Proof Your Brain (ghost written for Tony Buzan, Harper Collins)