Facts

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Facts

Essential Knowledge for Curious Kids

Susan Martineau and Vicky Barker

(b small publishing)

The joy of this facts and information book is its randomness! Of course, the range of information is broad, but the book homes in on subjects that perhaps you wouldn’t expect.  I wonder if you have heard about the monk who tried to fly (in the 11th century, it did not end well!). How about the huge number of creatures that are able to glow in the dark? What is the fastest animal on earth, or in the sky?

Just about everything is covered in this slim, but comprehensive and beautifully illustrated volume. From flying machines to courageous explorers and on to gentle giants of the deep.  This is a wonderful little book that acts as a guide to world around us and to its history.  Have you ever wondered how airports work, or the fantastic ways that animals and insects camouflage themselves?  You need not wonder further, because it’s all here.

Susan Martineau and Vicky Barker have teamed up on several non-fiction books, that are available in the Bookwagon on-line bookstore.  For example, Real Life Mysteries, Real Life Disasters and Question Everything.

Author Susan Martineau talks about the book she wishes she had written in this Books For Keeps article.