Teach your child how to think like a detective 

Tapping into young people’s curiosity, a new book explores complex subjects — inflation, climate change, and fake news — through fascinating stories 

“The world can be quite confusing for grown-ups, let alone young people,” says Harford, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s More or Less.

For any curious child, what’s not to like about an invitation to be a truth detective, so that they’ll be able to hunt down the truth about the world?

The premise of Tim Harford’s The Truth Detective (Hachette) is that the world is full of bamboozling headlines and numbers that don’t add up. Rising living costs, climate change, fake news and dodgy data make it hard for anyone to get their head around it all.