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Travel the world from the comfort of your chair with this gloriously illustrated book from Marc Martin.

An absolutely delightful guide to the world for young explorers. You'll be taken from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the frozen continent of Antarctica via Hong Kong and Ulaanbaatar.
The pages are full of fun and personality, with quirky facts and gorgeous hand-drawn illustrations which are sure to capture readers' attention. Did you know there's only one place to withdraw cash on the entire continent of Antarctica?
My son and I spent a long time poring over the pages deciding where we would like to visit and marvelling at some of the weird and wonderful spectacles on display.
A stunning book, the perfect introduction to the amazing world around us.

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There seems to be no rhyme nor reason to his choice or arrangement of destinations: Ulaanbaatar with its ubiquity of yaks and Reykjavik, home to lots of Annas and Jóns clearly interested him so there we are.
Amusing snippets of information are scattered over the large pages, some such as Lenin almost 'accidentally' being an honorary member of the Beatles are funny, or that New York is sometimes called 'The City that Never Sleeps' (probably on account of the coffee!) Martin suggests.
So, if you want to be an 'armchair traveller', this is for you; better still, get hold of the book, be inspired by one of the destinations herein and then pay it a visit, to learn more about its people, wildlife, buildings, food, transport and landmarks for real.

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This is a non fiction picture book of huge page size in which various cities or regions from around the world are each given a two page spread illustrated with dozens of painted images.
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What makes this book particularly special is that each of the images is associated with a recorded fact about an animal from the location or the city itself. For example when the reader turns to the spread on Iceland they will learn that Icelandic people drink more Cola than any other group of people in the world!
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Boys will be amused by an entry on the Parisian spread. In the section headed Cakes and Pastries (two things the French are well known for) we see a dog. The turd the dog has just extruded is marked 'Not a cake'.
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Whilst there are whimsical and silly aspects to this book it does perform a useful role and in the hands of geography teachers who find young pupils struggling with narrative text it could be of particular use.

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