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This book is bursting with over 250 mind-blowing facts and quirky illustrations on a range of fascinating subjects, from prehistoric animals and Ancient Romans to curious inventions and foody trivia.
Did you know ...
Wombats defend themselves with their tough bums. When their burrows are attacked, they block the entrance with their bottoms.
At Spain's Tomatina festival, over 20,000 people hurl over a million tomatoes at each other in an hour. What a food fight!
Every fact is accompanied with a fun illustration by artist Andrew Pinder to bring the information to life.
With tons of cool things to discover, this book will keep curious kids aged 7+ laughing and learning for hours on end.
Also available in the series:
9781780559254 Awesome Facts for Curious Kids: 6 Year Olds
9781780559278 Awesome Facts for Curious Kids: 8 Year Olds
About the author
Andrew Pinder lives in Mallorca and works as an illustrator, painter and muralist. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions in Mallorca and has work in various public and private collections. He has illustrated many children's books, in Catalan, Spanish and English. For Buster Books, Andrew has illustrated the Dorkius Maximus books and the 'Laugh-a-lot' joke book series, which has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK, as well as Dinosaur Doodles and other titles in Buster Books' bestselling Doodle series.Steve Martin was born in Northumberland in the far north of England. After graduating in English, he spent many years teaching English to adults – including 15 years teaching literacy in prisons. Steve now lives in the English Midlands, with his wife and two sons and makes his living from a wide range of writing including children's non-fiction, business communication and developing e-learning materials. Steve has authored several non-fiction titles, including The Boys Book series, Survival: How to Survive Anything, Anywhere and I Wish I Knew That: Cool Stuff You Need to Know.
Summary
Filled with over 200 incredible and totally awesome facts, and featuring hilarious artwork by Andrew Pinder, this fun, info-packed book will keep curious 7-year-olds entertained for hours on end.
