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Lots of Things to Know About Our World

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A collection of amazing facts exploring the wonders of our world. You'll never guess what Planet Earth used to look like, which mountaintop is closest to space, how coral reefs are built from seawater and sunlight, and how many different languages you'd need to learn to... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Lots of Things to Know About Our World

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A collection of amazing facts exploring the wonders of our world.

You'll never guess what Planet Earth used to look like, which mountaintop is closest to space, how coral reefs are built from seawater and sunlight, and how many different languages you'd need to learn to speak to everyone in the world. All is revealed in this delightful information book, filled with quirky and surprising things to know.

Discover more in Lots of Things to Know About Our World by James Maclaine.

Series: Lots of Things to Know

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835409282

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 January 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Malgorzata Detner
  • Illustrated by Malgorzata Detner

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 198.0mm

Height: 263.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 64

About the Author

James Maclaine has written books about meerkats, general knowledge and manners, come up with countless drawing, doodling and colouring ideas, and devised puzzles and things to do for a range of activity books. His Junior Illustrated Thesaurus is the book that he wishes he'd had as a child.

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