Who, What, When, Why

The Jumbo Book of England: 150 Wild Trivia Questions, and Mind-Blowing Facts about England for Curious Kids Ages 8-12

von Publishing

162 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

150 questions about England. And 150 proper answers, with stories and facts.England raised a stone circle before anyone wrote anything down, buried a soldier nobody can name in the floor of Westminster Abbey, and has a street you can cross in five paces. It also has a wave that travels the wrong way up a river, and a cheese named after a gorge. Why are the cliffs at Dover white? Who was queen of England for nine days? And who, exactly, counts the swans on the Thames?Merlin has been across England, and he has come back with a hundred and fifty questions and all the answers to go with them. Each one gets a whole page: a short answer first, then the full story, a fact box, a picture, and something Merlin could not resist telling you.Inside, among many others: - Who was found buried under a car park?- What is actually called Big Ben?- What food was designed to be eaten with dirty hands?- What did a mouldy dish in a London lab lead to?- Who found sea monsters in a Dorset cliff?- What stands beside the A1 with wings wider than an aeroplane?- What happens on Cooper's Hill every spring?- What is the oldest living thing in England?Twenty-four subjects, and no page like the one before it. Geography and wildlife. The land itself, and the rivers, lakes and coasts. Romans, and the Saxons. Kings, inventions, space, sport, music and the movies. The people who shaped the country, weather at its worst, and a good many odd corners.Every answer comes from the people who own the fact - Among them Historic England, English Heritage, The National Archives, the National Trust, Historic Royal Palaces, Royal Museums Greenwich, the Imperial War Museums, the Science Museum Group and the Met Office. Nothing in this book rests on a guess.And every page teaches a word. What the word means from and says where English got it. Every page also points at two other related questions, so a reader who follows the trail rather than the page numbers still gets a whole book.Written for curious readers aged 8 to 13, and for the grown-up who ends up reading it over their shoulder. Short sentences, no talking down, and a wizard who would rather show you something interesting than explain himself.Large format, 160 pages, illustrated throughout in black and white. Part of the Who, What, When, Why series from 1831 Publishing - and if this one goes down well, there are books from other countries in the series listing.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798173945280
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.09.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Independently published