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Our World in Numbers Animals: An Encyclopedia of Fantastic Facts
Learn about everything in the animal kingdom with this book of extraordinary figures and number-based facts for children aged 9-12!
Put the fun back into learning and take children on a number-crunching journey around the animal kingdom. From colossal mammals to tiny insects and everything in between, learn all about your favorite animals with more than 1,000 weird and wonderful numbers.
Our World in Animals will have you impressing your family and friends like never before with mind-blowing facts and stats on a vast range of different animal species. Children aged 9-12 will number-crunch their way around the animal kingdom, discovering everything from the age of the world’s oldest animal and which bird has the most feathers, to which snake has the longest fangs and how long a tiger sleeps in a day.
This animal book of fantastic figures
- More than 1,000 astonishing animal facts for children aged 9-12.
- Different topics divided by 5 chapters, invertebrates, fish, amphibians and reptile, birds and mammals.
- Eye-catching double page features, including vibrant photographs and graphics for every topic.
- Fun and surprising information on more than 80 topics to engage children in the world around them.
This data-packed adventure through the animal world is filled with everything you’ve ever wanted to know about your favourite animals, with full-page photographs and fun, colorful images, wacky animal fact-bites and funky figures to become an animal expert!
Put the fun back into learning and take children on a number-crunching journey around the animal kingdom. From colossal mammals to tiny insects and everything in between, learn all about your favorite animals with more than 1,000 weird and wonderful numbers.
Our World in Animals will have you impressing your family and friends like never before with mind-blowing facts and stats on a vast range of different animal species. Children aged 9-12 will number-crunch their way around the animal kingdom, discovering everything from the age of the world’s oldest animal and which bird has the most feathers, to which snake has the longest fangs and how long a tiger sleeps in a day.
This animal book of fantastic figures
- More than 1,000 astonishing animal facts for children aged 9-12.
- Different topics divided by 5 chapters, invertebrates, fish, amphibians and reptile, birds and mammals.
- Eye-catching double page features, including vibrant photographs and graphics for every topic.
- Fun and surprising information on more than 80 topics to engage children in the world around them.
This data-packed adventure through the animal world is filled with everything you’ve ever wanted to know about your favourite animals, with full-page photographs and fun, colorful images, wacky animal fact-bites and funky figures to become an animal expert!
- GenresNonfictionScience
192 pages, Hardcover
Published July 18, 2023
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D.K. Publishing
10.2k books2,231 followersDorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.
Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
Source: Wikipedia.
Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
Source: Wikipedia.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
February 4, 2023
Leuk boek met allerlei feitjes met nummers/getallen er in. Van religie tot steden tot boeken tot dieren, van alles komt voorbij en ik heb dan ook echt genoten van het boek. Ook een flink aantal aan mijn man voorgelezen, die af en toe ook OHHH en OMG ging. XD Leuk vond ik ook de mooie foto's!
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October 21, 2022This is such a Brilliant book! So many interesting things to read and learn. A lot of stats and interesting stuff. Thoroughly recommend.
(Thanks to DK & Net Galley for this Book).
(Thanks to DK & Net Galley for this Book).
November 30, 2022
Pretty decent data book for the junior library, that deposits factoids and trivia-seeming numerical facts on top of full-spread images, and adds in a few 'top tens' as well. So we get things as diverse as the tallest and shortest trees, data about human brain cells, and that essential for our lives, how many pet cats Russia has.
I mean, knowing how many different corals are on the Great Barrier Reef, how many tennis courts the Great Pyramid's footprint equates to, or how fast our toenails grow, won't gain anybody a qualification, but the impact of all these numerical superlatives should – if you're not turned off by all the digits (and the wonky Ls the font gives us) – make us marvel at the world around us, and perhaps think twice before gubbering it up even further than it is already.
I mean, knowing how many different corals are on the Great Barrier Reef, how many tennis courts the Great Pyramid's footprint equates to, or how fast our toenails grow, won't gain anybody a qualification, but the impact of all these numerical superlatives should – if you're not turned off by all the digits (and the wonky Ls the font gives us) – make us marvel at the world around us, and perhaps think twice before gubbering it up even further than it is already.
November 10, 2024
Exactly as advertised on the cover, this is indeed "Our World in Numbers". Filled with interesting fact on a variety of subjects, all interspersed with beautiful photographs.
Who doesn't love a D. K. book - whatever the subject their books are always worth the time and give a great experience.
Great bathroom book!
Who doesn't love a D. K. book - whatever the subject their books are always worth the time and give a great experience.
Great bathroom book!
November 20, 2022
A very attractive book in DK style. I noted a few typos. The film 'Gandhi' was released in 1982 not 1986. The claim that 300 million saw combat in WWII seems very high.
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