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Pick Your Brains About Scotland (Pick Your Brains S.)

Pick Your Brains About Scotland (Pick Your Brains S.)

by Caspar Williams (Illustrator), Mandy Kirkby (Author), Mandy Kirkby (Author)

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    Illustrated 2005

    $7.42
Synopsis

Pick Your Brains about Scotland and find out its: Vital facts and figures; History in a nutshell; Local customs; Fabulous buildings and sights; Great inventors, artists and scientists; Food and drink; Incredible festivals and the stories behind them; Sport; Good books and wicked websites; Dictionary to translate Scottish words!

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 128
 Publisher: Cadogan Guides
Published: 01 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 1860112234
ISBN 13: 9781860112232

Media Reviews
'Plenty of fascinating facts presented with the kind of irreverence kids love' - The Times; 'Let your children impress poolside companions and dinner guests on your costa holiday by spouting amusing anecdotes and informative titbits about Spanish life and society, all harvested from this jolly piece of literature' - Pick Your Brains about Spain - Observer; 'some of this is fascinating and delivered in the sort of language many children will like' - Books of the Week, The Sunday Times 'Aimed at (and edited by) 8 to 12 -year olds, Pick Your Brains is a fun, fact-filled series... The perfect antidote to plane, train or automobile rage' - Irish Independent; 'A handy guide to great places to visit, weird customs, a potted history and bizarre facts about the country... Some of the places sound fab and you would never have heard about without a guidebook.' * * * * Viewers' review, BBC Newsround website
Author Bio
Mandy is the author of the critically praised Pick Your Brains about Spain. She has worked in publishing for a long time and is now a freelance writer and editor, who since childhood has travelled the length and breadth of Scotland.