Educational and entertaining, weird and wonderful!

The vibrant, zingy front cover is a tantalising taster of what’s to come. Climb on board for a rip-roaring ride through a feast of wacky, wild and weird innovations and inventions. 96 pages jam-packed with fun facts served in easy to digest, bite-sized pieces zipping from flush toilets to smartphones, denim jeans to wind turbines.
Spread across 8 chapters covering transport, house and home, food and drink, clothing, toys, sports and technology every page pops with colour. The cartoon-style characters and comic strip illustrations are just perfect for the target 7 – 9 year old age group with lots of little details dotted around and about to hunt out and even turn into a game of I-Spy.
The alliteration, rhyming, word play and jokes will roll off the tongue, grab the attention and lead to lots of questions when read aloud.
I found the Wind Turbine chapter really interesting and the Diebedo Francis Kene segment moving and inspirational. From a giant, golden sculpture of poo to eco-friendly mud bricks, from shopping malls to crash test dummies – The World’s First Roller Coaster and other Amazing Inventions is educational and entertaining for readers of all ages and a must for avid pub quizzers! ( )