Everything Under The Sun

Saturday, December 31, 2022

COMO Point Yamu, Phuket x Everything Under The Sun

Season 5, Ep. 117

This week Molly is in Thailand, collecting questions in COMO Point Yamu, Phuket, Thailand!

She has lots of questions to answer in this episode recorded at the children's club, Play by COMO including:

Where do monkeys go when it rains?

Why can't humans fly like birds?

How invented boats?

Where do we water plants?

Why are animals so shy?

Molly has collected lots and lots of questions for the Everywhere Under The Sun book she is writing and if you'd like to ask one for the new book you can! Just checking out www.mollyoldfield.com and check out the link for the new book! The first book is available in English, Spanish, German, Catalan, Dutch, Korean and in all good bookshops in the UK, the USA, Australia and New Zealand so do give yourself the gift of a copy today! www.mollyoldfield.com/everything-under-the-sun

Thanks so much for listening this year and sending in your questions! It has been a privilege to hear your questions and attempt to answer some of them, thank you for the support and to all the experts who have taken on a question this year, its been wonderful having you as part of Everything Under The Sun!

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