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A new illustrated non-fiction adventure children’s gift book for ages 4+ for 2025

True tales told in wonderful ways

True tales told in wonderful ways

A new adventure each time in this interactive non-fiction gift book.

You’re in charge! Twirl the spinner on the cover to land on one of four categories: EXPLORE, WONDER, LAUGH and OOH! Pick a true tale within that category. Read and enjoy. Then spin again to choose your next adventure.

Land on green and choose from one of the EXPLORE tales, which includes red crab migration on Christmas Island and the best place to holiday in space!

Spin to yellow for WONDER – be amazed by polar lights, coral reefs, and more!

Twirl to orange for LAUGH – have a giggle over the dinosaur riddle, discover how to tell a funny joke, find out about weird uses of wee, and other fun things.

And turn to blue for OOH! – with surprising tales about slime, robots, talking plants, rocks that play music, the reasons why kids are better than grown-ups …AND MORE!

“Great fun & interesting to read. My 6yr old has loved exploring this book – it's going to entertain him for a long time.” – @checkemoutbooks

"This gorgeously illustrated non-fiction adventure children’s gift book puts youngsters in charge of storytime with the simple twirl of a spinner. […] When you’re in charge, it’s double the fun!” Lancashire Evening Post

ISBN: 9780008685973

Dimensions: 286mm x 222mm x 14mm

Weight: 540g

96 pages