Böcker av Jackie McCann

From the founding of the Irish Free State to today, Ireland in Numbers covers everything you ever wanted to know about the people of Ireland, with bite-size facts and vibrant illustrations.- How many people live on the island of Ireland and why are there fewer people today than there were 100 years ago?- Where do most of us live, and what is the fastest-growing region?- What languages do we speak?- 99% of children in Ireland go to school, but how many went 100 years ago?- And are there really more cows than people on our island?Take a deep dive into the data and you'll be amazed by what the numbers tell us about Ireland past and present!

A thought-provoking way of looking at world history and our place within it.

Wow! is a fantastic new series that is full of only the best and most amazing facts. Wow! Animals is full of extraordinary facts about a wide range of creatures. Discover that goats have rectangular pupils, that gorillas can catch human colds, and that rhinoceros beetles can carry up to 850 times their own weight. This is a lively, fun book about animals that is certain to make you say Wow! again and again.

A thought-provoking introduction for children to the people who live on our planet. There are almost 8 billion humans living on Earth, but it's tricky to picture so many people! So instead, let's imagine the whole planet is a village where 100 people live - each person representing around 80 million people in the real world.