The epic book of epicness by Adam Frost
Bloomsbury, 2015. ISBN 9781408862346
(Age: 8+) Highly recommended. Subjects: General Knowledge. Adam
Frost's The Epic Book Of Epicness is filled to capacity with
an incredible array of quirky scientific facts. Did you know that
fish can climb trees, there's a frog with claws and a flying snake?
Each turn of the page introduces a new topic, with diagrams, graphs,
speech bubbles, comparative measurements and a multitude of colours.
If all the dead people on earth returned as zombies, there would be
101 billion in the world! Pet noises are different in France,
Germany, Greece and Spain - woof, ouah ouah, wau wau or bau bau are
all the sounds of a dog barking. An elephant's trunk is handy for
fighting, swimming underwater, drinking, talking and comforting. Of
course, there are the shocking facts as well, constipation, food
fights, insect-eating plants - there's something for everyone to
enjoy.
There are exotic places to visit - the Blood Falls in Antarctica
where the water is stained by the element iron, the deepest cave
shaft in Mexico - the Cave of Swallows and the wettest place in the
world in Hawaii.
Frightening, funny and bizarre facts, this general knowledge book
has something for well, nearly everyone. The Epic Book Of
Epicness is just right to dip into again and again.
Rhyllis Bignell