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Secret FACTopia!

Follow an ingenious trail of 400 facts about everything from secret recipes and escape artists to hidden treasure and invisibility cloaks. You'll meet an underwear-stealing cat, find out about sharks that glow, uncover a toilet in disguise and learn about the biggest ever game of hide-and-seek. And the facts aren't the only secrets in this book, for hidden amongst the illustrations are ten mice just waiting to be found!

Lavishly illustrated with witty illustrations that combine artwork and photography, and verified by the experts at Encyclopaedia Britannica, Secret FACTopia! sheds light on some of the world's most amazing 'hidden' facts, which children will be desperate to share with their friends and family.

FACTopia!

Welcome to FACTopia! A wonderland of crazily connected facts. Did you know that a squid has a brain shaped like a doughnut? Or that some butterflies drink turtle tears? Every Britannica-verified fact in the book is connected to the next in an ingenious trail of information. Hop from topic to topic in unexpected and hilarious ways, and discover extraordinary facts aboutspace, bones, dinosaurs, goats, spiders, crocodiles, sharks, robots, Ancient Rome, kings and queens, pharaohs, and more. But there's not just one trail through these pages: sometimes your path branches and you can choose to jump to a totally different (but still connected) part of the book. Discover where your curiosity will take you! This wittily illustrated book is the perfect gift to inspire and delight curious kids.

Return To Factopia! - Follow the Trail of 400 More Facts

A world of 400 facts, all connected in surprising and hilarious ways! Choose your own path through this ingenious web of astounding information. Did you know that scientists can tell how old a whale is from its earwax? Or that sharks existed before trees? Welcome to FACTopia, a world of perfectly amazing facts verified by Encyclopaedia Britannica! Every fact in the book is connected to the next in an ingenious trail of information; hop from topic to topic in unexpected and hilarious ways, and discover extraordinary facts about fungus, dreams, dogs, tyrannosaurs, planets, diamonds, bumblebees, robots, jellyfish, Egyptian mummies, and more! But there’s not just one trail through these pages: sometimes your path branches and you can choose to jump to a totally different (but still connected) part of the book. Discover where your curiosity will take you!

Britannica's Word Of The Day

Become a word virtuoso in just one year with 366 crackerjack words aimed to impress. This charmingly illustrated book features boffo words selected by the masterminds at Britannica to highlight the best of the English language.

Follow a menagerie of animals as they teach one new word for each day of the year, including a pronunciation guide, definition, sample sentence, and interesting trivia about the word's usage or etymology. Each month concludes with an outlandish story that features all the new words learned.

This delightfully challenging and surprising book will turn word aficionados into passionate logophiles!

Britannica's 150 First Words

Get babies and toddlers talking all day long with a colourful board book of first words and phrases created by the experts at Britannica. This engaging large-format board book encourages toddlers' language learning through the repetition of simple words and phrases for everyday objects and activities.

Take a trip around the world by following nine babies through their daily routines. Under speech and language therapist Claire Laties Davis’s sure hand, dressing, mealtime, playtime, bath time and more become opportunities for babies to learn new words and phrases. Each illustrated spread also includes photographs of babies and everyday objects drawn into the art – creating a search-and-find on every page to allow more time for parents and babies to connect.

Britannica's Amazing Word Activities: Please Don't Laugh, We Lost A Giraffe!

Mimi and Wilbur travel to a local wildlife refuge, Wildlife World, to discover some terrible news: their favourite giraffe, Zari, is missing! As Mimi and Wilbur set out to find Zari, they meet animals along the way who also need help. Can you piece together the clues to help all the animals find their way home?

Britannica's Amazing Word Activities: Follow the Stars! What Happened on Mars?

Our story starts at the International Space Station where Mimi, Wilbur and Astronaut Scott discover some odd news: the Mars rover has stopped working! Mimi and Wilbur take off in a rocket and blast through the stars to find out what happened. On the way, they meet helpful constellations who provide clues in the stars. Can you help Mimi and Wilbur crack the case and rescue the Mars rover?

Animal FACTopia!: Follow the Trail of 400 Beastly Facts

This book will make you ROAR with laughter! Discover facts about escaping penguins, farting zebras, leaping dolphins, snorting elephants, dancing bears and more – all connected in weird and wonderful ways.

Did you know that beavers have orange teeth? Or that some monkeys floss their teeth using bird feathers? Or that one species of bird can walk underwater? Or that alligators stay underwater for longer by swallowing rocks? Or that sea otters use rocks to crack open prey? Welcome to Animal FACTopia, a purrfectly amazing world of facts, all of which are verified by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Every fact in this book is connected to the next in a fascinating web of information, where you will leapfrog from topic to topic in surprising and hilarious ways. Sometimes your path branches and you can slide down a rabbit hole to a totally different, but still connected, part of the book. Discover where your curiosity will take you!