The World Book: Explore the Facts, Stats and Flags of Every Country

Description

Where would you like to visit next? Take a tour of every single country in the world within the pages of The World Book. Packed with facts, stats and flags - explore different cultures and the best things to see, do and taste on this planet. Find out how to say 'good morning' in Maltese, the most popular dishes in Colombian cuisine, and where you can see over 60 species of hummingbird. Seek out the tallest mountain, the longest river, and everything in between.

Joe Fullman is an experienced children's author and has written about a wide range of subjects from travel guides for Rough Guides and Lonely Planet, among others, to history, science, music, cooking and maps.Rose Blake is a London-based illustrator and artist who was awarded the D&AD Best New Blood Award and was recently shortlisted for the AOI prize and The World Illustration Awards. Her clients include Penguin Random House, theNew York Times, Thames & Hudson, and theGuardian, among others.

'The book is very accessible and punchy and I particularly liked its sense of equality and the way in which it is not dominated by the bigger nations ... The World Book is a triumph in how it neatly and simply explains the world' * LoveReading4Kids * 'One of the best organised and interesting fact books I have ever come across' * Toppsta * 'What a lovely book. I would recommend for everyone's bookshelf or coffee table' * Toppsta *