5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!)

The perfect gift for fact-obsessed kids to dive into again and again. The perfect gift for fact-obsessed kids to dive into again and again. From Africa, alligators, and astronauts to zippers, zebras, and Zambonis, this treasure trove of fascinating, fantastic facts will keep fun-seeking 7-to-10-year-olds entertained for hours! Do you know which real-life animal recording was used to make the sound of the T.rex roaring in Jurassic Park? Or in which country butter was once accepted as a form of currency? Or that a town called Longyearbyen in Norway has more polar bears than people? This collection of the world's most entertaining and interesting facts from National Geographic Kids is bursting at the seams with bright, colourful pages and over 1,200 photographs about kids' favourite subjects.