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Find out moreDiscussion worthy visual representations of fascinating facts about our world
The celebrated French author and illustrator has put together a brilliant collection of infographics that are designed to make children think about the world in a new way. Each colourful and distinctive page shows something that happens in our world every second. Every fact quoted is backed up by an impressive list of up to date sources at the end of the book. This introduces in an accessible way for young children the concept of statistics and what can be gained by collecting and analysing data. For example, the presentation on opposing pages of the £700 invested in humanitarian aid and the £46,760 spent on arms and weapons makes us all stop and think. However ,in the current circumstances that the world finds itself I,n there is another way in which the book can be of value, as the whole discussion of “ do you think this is still happening every second?” will inevitably occur. The stark 2 deaths every second may very sadly be a larger number and the 600,000 kilometres travelled by car every second may well be considerably smaller. Other things will not be changed. The fascinating 4,500 Olympic sized swimming pools of water evaporating from the oceans every second (and we are also told that an Olympic sized pool holds 3,000,000 litres of water) and the 5,235 kilograms of sand, carried by the wind that leave the Sahara desert. Every page could be the basis of a very useful lesson in a different curricular area. Beautifully produced, this unusual book will really earn its keep in the classroom.
This striking portrait of our world in numbers makes statistics fun and accessible to children and their grown-ups. Every second, somewhere across the globe, an aeroplane takes off and another one lands. Two people die, and four babies enter the world. 15,000 plastic bottles are produced and 1,600 are recycled. 8,000 scoops of ice cream are eaten, 200,000 text messages are sent.
ISBN: | 9781912920297 |
Publication date: | 7th May 2020 |
Author: | Bruno Gibert |
Illustrator: | Bruno Gibert |
Publisher: | What on Earth Books an imprint of What on Earth Publishing Ltd |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 56 pages |
Suitable for: | 5+ readers, 7+ readers |
Genres: | General Non-Fiction, Politics & Law, Reference Books |
Collections: | First Concepts - Numbers, Letters, Colours, Shapes..., 85 Great Non-Fiction Books, |
Bruno Gibert has published more than twenty inventive works as both an author and an illustrator including an alternative dictionary of 500 random words and a children's guide to conducting an orchestra. He lives and works in Paris, France.
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