What's the Weirdest Thing About the World?

<p><b>“The world is fantastic and enormous. It’s colourful, beautiful, exciting. Sometimes it’s dangerous, and occasionally it’s disgusting. You already know all of this. But, did you know just how weird a place the world can be?”</b><br><br>From Labrador-sized pearls to salt-and-vinegar-flavoured grass, set off with Edward Brooke-Hitching on a fact-packed expedition to discover the strangest, silliest, and down-right <b>weirdest </b>things each continent has to offer.<br><br>Written by QI elf and author extraordinaire, the second book in Brooke-Hitching’s spectacular new series is extraordinarily enlightening and seriously shareable. Both information- and humour-rich, it is a glorious treasure trove of bite-sized facts for children to either snack on throughout the week or gobble up all in one go. And with a ‘Who’s the Smartest?’ quiz at the end of each section, this book is <i>the </i>perfect companion for children determined to know their <i>skelf</i> from their <i>spitters </i>– and that’s a fact!<br><br>Also available in this series: <i>What’s the Weirdest Thing About Animals.</i></p>