INSIDE YOUR BRAIN
"Lighthearted and truly mind-bending."
Kirkus Review
My non-fiction debut, co-authored by Professor Caswell Barry, illustrated by
María Jesús Contreras to be published by Thames & Hudson June 12th 2025
This comedic journey through science history explores ten mind-bending accidents and experiments that take us inside the brain to discover how it works.
The human brain is famously complex and difficult to understand. The brain is also essential to how we function—so much so, that you can't simply poke a stick at it to see what happens. However, if you accidentally poked a stick through your brain, it turns out there’s a lot you can learn. . . .
Written by professor of neuroscience Caswell Barry, together with his good friend, the children's author Lucy Ann Unwin, Inside Your Brain takes young readers on an irreverent gallop through history to uncover ten groundbreaking discoveries that have led to our current understanding of how the brain works.
“Interesting, accessible to children and such fun to read. I genuinely enjoyed reading the book and suspect lots of children will too. ”
Alom Shaha, author of Why Don't Things Fall Up? and Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder.
"A string of astonishing, sometimes stirringly gruesome revelations highlighting our evolving concept of what brains are and can do, from ancient Egypt on. Lighthearted and truly mind-bending."
Kirkus Review
“Flipping BRILLIANT book alert! 🧠 Filled with incredible events, awful accidents and intentional experiments that taught us more and more about the brain, this one covers so much: Eyesight, memory, the nervous system, the two sides of the brain, robotic limbs, Theory of Mind, neurodiversity, brain maps, AI, and how the future might look when it comes to neuroscience.
Fabulously illustrated, humorous, brilliantly conversational in tone and sometimes gross(!) ...such an awesome book for KS2 into KS3”
Jo, The Little Literary Society
““What happens when science takes a wild, unexpected turn? From ancient battles to shocking experiments on frogs’ legs, or a rail worker’s unbelievable survival story, Inside Your Brain reveals the surprising moments that help scientists understand the most complex organ in our bodies. Filled with humour and fascinating facts, this journey through history is bursting with stories that show how curiosity and sometimes a bit of chaos can lead to amazing breakthroughs.””
Scott Evans, The Reader Teacher