Secret FACTopia!
Follow the trail of 400 hidden facts
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.
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Creators
Paige Towler is an author and editor based in Washington, D.C., USA. A former editor for National Geographic Kids Books, she writes poetry about animals doing yoga, weird facts about the world and silly stories about dogs and bats. Her poetry has appeared in anthologies such as Hey Baby! and National Geographic Kids Nature Poetry, and she has written books for National Geographic, National Geographic Kids, Scholastic and more. She is the author of Gross FACTopia! and History FACTopia!
Andy Smith studied illustration at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, London. His work combines illustration and typography to create images that have humour, energy and optimism executed with a handmade, hand-printed, tactile feel. When not producing commercial work for clients, Andy can be found in the studio screen printing books and posters. He lives and works by the sea in Hastings, East Sussex. Andy’s work has been exhibited in the UK, USA, France and Australia.
Reviews
Informative and engaging.
Natasha Harding, The Sun
The perfect choice for keeping kids busy on long car rides or as a free choice activity in classrooms
Flying off My Bookshelf
It’s engaging with some funny illustrations sprinkled throughout. Reader’s of all ages will enjoy turning the pages and learning something new each time.
LibraryThing Reviewer (5 star review)
It is like the National Geographic Weird But True books if James Joyce (Ulysses) had written them in his stream-of-consciousness style.
Karen Yingling, YA Books Central
