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Amazing Facts for Curious Kids

By Steve Martin
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This info-packed fact book is bursting with over 250 mind-blowing facts and fun illustrations. Did you know ... Sometimes it’s light from the moon, not the Sun, that creates a rainbow. When this happens, it’s called a moonbow. Many prehistoric mammals were ancestors of familiar animals... Read More
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This info-packed fact book is bursting with over 200 fun facts and illustrations.

A fun, fact-packed compendium for kids aged 7 and up.

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This info-packed fact book is bursting with over 250 mind-blowing facts and fun illustrations.

Did you know ...

Sometimes it’s light from the moon, not the Sun, that creates a rainbow. When this happens, it’s called a moonbow.

Many prehistoric mammals were ancestors of familiar animals today – Mesohippus (the early horse) was the size of a sheep and had three toes!

A starfish can have between 5 and 40 arms, and it has an eye at the end of each one.

The book is split into 9 themed chapters, covering a range of topics from Giant Beasts and Tiny Life to Technology, Travel and Transport, with fascinating facts on every page. Each fact is brought to life by a fun illustration by cartoonist Andrew Pinder.

With tons of awesome things to discover and read about – from tiny sharks and flying fish to pink beaches and giant clouds in space – this hilarious, info-packed book will keep kids laughing and learning for hours on end.

Also available in the series:

9781780559254 Awesome Facts for Curious Kids: 6 Year Olds
9781780559261 Awesome Facts for Curious Kids: 7 Year Olds
9781780559278 Awesome Facts for Curious Kids: 8 Year Olds
9781837250653 Awesome Facts for Curious Kids: 9 Year Olds (August 2025)
9781837250660 Awesome Facts for Curious Kids: 10 Year Olds (August 2025)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837250301

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Buster Books

Illustration: B&W line illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Andrew Pinder

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 99g

Pages: 128

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Steve Martin

About the Author

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.

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