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Britannica's Listified! will surprise, amaze and amuse inquisitive young readers with 300 ingenious lists that organise the best bits of our awesome world.'A treasure trove of fun and fantastic facts!' - Michael MorpurgoEver wondered which 10 dinosaurs were the largest, and what they weighed...in cats? Or how much of your DNA you share with other animals...and bananas? Enter the listiverse and get ready to see the world in a whole new way. Listified! takes the best and most amazing parts of the universe - erupting volcanoes, medieval machines, jumping spiders, exploding stars and everything in between - and organises them into quirky list form for curious kids and their friends and family to enjoy.Brought to life by imaginative and hilarious artworks, each list presents subjects from new and unexpected angles. So let Britannica's Listified! take you on a journey through 300 lists that illuminate everything from the human body, to prehistoric creatures, planet Earth, outer space and the mysteries beyond. Here are three mind-blowing facts from Listified! to get you started...A Tyrannosaurus rex could swallow 15,000 hamburgers in a single bite.A bolt of lightning is the width of your thumb and five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.If you tied all your hair together into a single cord, it could support the weight of 18 cows. An utterly absorbing compendium of amazing facts and trivia that will keep children aged 8+ entertained for hours!

Are you a curious kid, who wants to know everything there is to know about, well, everything?! Then you’ve come to the right place! The Curious Kid’s Book of Lists collects the most fascinating and wow-worthy facts about our Universe and organises them into deliciously bite-sized lists. You can discover:·      The largest dinosaurs to have walked the Earth·      The biggest stars in the Universe (and how the Sun measures up to them)·      The smelliest things on the planet ·      The smartest breeds of dog·      And the top inventions that changed the world… and how!  Take this compact compendium with you anywhere and amaze your parents, friends or relatives with mind-blowing facts. Written by the brainy editor-in-chief of the What on Earth! Magazine, Andrew Pettie, and illustrated by Andrés Lozano, this book will keep you hooked from start to finish and leave no stone (or space rock) unturned in the quest for the world’s best facts, ranked into irresistible lists.

This authoritative encyclopedia is perfect for visual learners: it reveals astonishing information about space, Earth, animals, humans and technology through 200 infographics, including maps, charts, timelines and more! Grasp facts at a glance as you turn every page: discover the size of our Sun in comparison to the largest star in the universe; find out which animal can leap 200 times its body length; learn how many cups of snot your body makes a day; compare the sizes of the biggest beasts that have ever lived; witness what happens in a single second across the world. With stunning infographics by internationally renowned data designer Valentina D'Efilippo, along with beautiful colour photography, as well as interviews with leading expert consultants for every chapter, this ravishing book from Britannica offers an exhilarating visual way to understand the world around us.