Secret FACTopia!: Follow the trail of 400 hidden facts (FACTopia!, 7)

This book has something for everyone. It has four hundred interesting facts that are ever so tangentially connected with a through-line to pull readers from the beginning to the end of the book. It discusses the tiniest of things — there are at least a thousand different species of fungi known as microfungi that are invisible to the human eye — to huge things — the Easter Island Head statues also have enormous bodies sunk into the ground.

It also discusses great secrets — enslaved Africans sent to Brazil created a martial art they disguised as a dance so they could practice it. Readers will love learning experts can tell what colors dinosaurs were by studying melanosomes, tiny cells found in fossils of their feathers and scales. And so much more.

Author Paige Towler has filled pages with chunks of text written in a breezy, conversational style that is welcoming and fun. These text chunks are scattered around the pages along with cute, brightly colored cartoon illustrations and graphics that support the text. This is a great book to take on a long car trip or to keep on the bedside table to pick up for quick reading.