Author: Kate Hale
Illustrator: Andy Smith
Ages: 8+ years
Price: £8.99
Format: Paperback
Extent: 208 pages
Trim size: 207 x 153 mm
Pub date: 1st May 2025
ISBN: 9781804661666
(Originally published in hardback as Return to FACTopia!)
Author
Kate Hale is a writer, editor and professional fun fact finder. A former executive editor for National Geographic Kids’ Books, she’s edited or written about everything from dog communication to inspiring scientists to wacky roadside attractions. She also co-created and hosted the award-winning kids’ radio program, the Weird but True! show. She is the author of the bestselling FACTopia!
Illustrator
Andy Smith is an award-winning illustrator, and studied illustration at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, London. His work combines illustration and photography to create images that have humour, energy and optimism executed with a handmade, hand-printed, tactile feel. He lives by the sea in Hastings, East Sussex, and his favourite colour is blue.
Did you know that scientists can tell how old a whale is from its earwax? Or that sharks existed before trees? Welcome to Awesome FACTopia!, a world of perfectly amazing facts, all of which are 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 fungi, 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!
• The second title in the dynamic FACTopia! 8-book series, which has sold 200,000 copies so far.
• Every one of the 400 facts is connected, which takes the reader on an incredible journey, leaping from topic to topic in weird and wonderful ways. And you can choose your own path through the facts, by following detours along the way!
• Covers a vast range of topics from history and geography to science and nature, including astronauts, polar bears, sabretoothed cats, shipwrecks, bananas, pirates, orangutans, medieval knights, and more.
• Features more than 300 fabulously witty colour illustrations and photographs.
• Every fact has been rigorously checked by the experts at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
• Fun to dive into, even for the most reluctant readers.
ISBN 978-1-80466-166-6
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