This box includes the following books:
Hardcover: Secret FACTopia!By Paige Towler Illustrated by Andy Smith
Discover facts about detectives, poisons, lost cities, spy gadgets and more in this new addition to Britannica’s bestselling FACTopia! series!
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.
By Enrica Gaspari
"I adore the Factopia Books and so does every kid I’ve shared them with. Some folks think these are gender oriented but I’ve found that all kids enjoy reading about Gross Facts or Hidden ones. There’s definitely a “Did you know?!” excitement to discovering new information for kids."
By Rebecca T.
"What a fantastic book! Another great book from this company. Not only does my son love it but the adults love it too!"
Hardcover: Animal FACTopia!By Julie Beer Illustrated by Andy Smith
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!
By JJ
"I got this for my pre-teenage son, but I'm enjoying it as much as him. It has a lot of interesting and cool facts. (Did you know that there is a type of frog called a marsupial frog that carries its eggs on its back in pouches until they develop into froglets?? Or that an average bed has up to 1.5 million dust mites living in it?!)
We have a lot of fact books, but compared to our others, this one is more engaging and also more user-friendly. Many of our books have chapter/section titles, but this one has that, plus it has a whole index in the back. Can't quite remember that fact about black mamba snakes that you read, but want to share it with someone? Don't worry about thumbing through the pages, you can look up black mamba and the index says it's on page 118. Do you remember you read a cool fact about a farm animal but can't even remember which farm animal now??? Look up farm animals and you can check pages 28, 93, 99, and 106-107. The index for this book is SUPERB."
By A. Williams
"Good quality hard cover book with lots of cute cartoon illustrations and random animal facts. Each fact is a sentence or two so it's a good book to pick up and read a few interesting facts per day. I would definitely recommend this for the ages 8-12 suggested in the listing."
Hardcover: Gross FACTopia!By Paige Towler Illustrated by Andy Smith
Welcome to Gross FACTopia!, a wonderland of fantastically foul facts, all of which are verified by Encyclopaedia Britannica!
In this disgustingly marvellous world, you will discover facts about smelly sports, weird world records, rank rodents, vile Victorians, horrible medicine, gory gastronomy and more – all of which are connected in unexpected and hilarious ways!
Did you know that sloths poo only once a week? Or that poo from crocodiles was sometimes used as make-up in ancient Rome? Or that ancient Romans sometimes purchased vials of gladiator sweat? Or that apes and monkeys sweat from their armpits just like humans do? Welcome to Gross FACTopia!, a wonderland of fantastically foul facts, all of which are verified by Encyclopaedia Britannica!
Every fact in this book is linked to the next in an ingenious trail of information, where you will slither from topic to topic in surprising and stomach-churning ways. Sometimes your path branches, and you can catapult forwards or creep backwards to a totally different (but still connected) part of the book. Follow your curiosity (and your nose) through this ridiculously revolting world of facts!
By Lakeside
"My nephew has loved these for the last couple years. I’ve bought him almost every edition and he pours over them. He’s 10 now, but has loved them since he was 8."
By Belinda Lee
"I bought this book from my 7-year-old grandson. I was looking through it to see how it was and I absolutely fell in love with that. It was quite interesting. Factual and just an adorable book."
