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Eye-catching. . . Fans of browsable reference and esoteric knowledge will enjoy this curious atlas. --Booklist Equal parts maps and infographics, this latest in the 'Maps for Curious Minds' series visualizes data about the natural world. . . . Bortoletti mapped each with clarity and a visual pop. . . . An informative addition. --Library Journal Praise for the Maps for Curious Minds series Maps can tell you far more than where borders and beaches are located. Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds uses creative cartography to highlight assorted facts and figures. --The Wall Street Journal [North American Maps for Curious Minds] is a captivating browse that will unobtrusively enlighten readers and upend things they thought they knew. --Library Journal Information is beautiful and is beautifully arranged in the Maps for Curious Minds books. They're a testament to the power of discovering facts and figures that you didn't know you didn't know. --GeekDad

Praise for the Maps for Curious Minds series Maps can tell you far more than where borders and beaches are located. Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds uses creative cartography to highlight assorted facts and figures. --The Wall Street Journal [North American Maps for Curious Minds] is a captivating browse that will unobtrusively enlighten readers and upend things they thought they knew. --Library Journal Information is beautiful and is beautifully arranged in the Maps for Curious Minds books. They're a testament to the power of discovering facts and figures that you didn't know you didn't know. --GeekDad

Praise for North American Maps for Curious Minds An Indie Bestseller Information is beautiful and is beautifully arranged in the Maps for Curious Minds books. They're a testament to the power of discovering facts and figures that you didn't know you didn't know. I have flicked back and forth through these books, (because they are perfect for dipping in and out of) exclaiming I did not know that! They're those sorts of books. --GeekDad Fascinating. . . . A captivating browse that will unobtrusively enlighten readers and upend things they thought they knew. . . . A great choice. --Library Journal Maps that reveal facets of life on our continent in entertaining visual ways. --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Very cool. These are great maps. --Ken Jennings, Omnibus podcast Praise for Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds Foreword INDIES Gold Winner 2019 An Indie Bestseller Outstanding Works of Literature (O.W.L.) Award Winner--Gift & Special Interest 2019 A Junior Library Guild Selection Maps can tell you far more than where borders and beaches are located. Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds uses creative cartography to highlight assorted facts and figures. --The Wall Street Journal Fascinating maps that show the world as you've never seen it. --The Telegraph This simple book serves the schoolroom for all ages, the coffee table of any household, the shelf in any library, and a font of wonderfulness for any trivia gamer. --New York Journal of Books Grouped into broad categories (culture and customs, history, nature, etc.), these maps cover topics serious and less so . . . Whether browsing or looking for report inspiration, this visual, trivia-filled offering will get teens thinking outside the box. --Booklist Become enthralled by this one-of-a-kind atlas of 100 full-color, infographic maps. Each one reveals something about the world you've never considered before. --The Hardwick Gazette

Eye-catching. . . Fans of browsable reference and esoteric knowledge will enjoy this curious atlas. --Booklist Equal parts maps and infographics, this latest in the 'Maps for Curious Minds' series visualizes data about the natural world. . . . Bortoletti mapped each with clarity and a visual pop. . . . An informative addition. --Library Journal This book is even better than what has come before it. It brings into focus the vast scope of those two little words 'natural world.' Every map in this book is fascinating. --GeekDad Praise for the Maps for Curious Minds series Maps can tell you far more than where borders and beaches are located. Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds uses creative cartography to highlight assorted facts and figures. --The Wall Street Journal [North American Maps for Curious Minds] is a captivating browse that will unobtrusively enlighten readers and upend things they thought they knew. --Library Journal Information is beautiful and is beautifully arranged in the Maps for Curious Minds books. They're a testament to the power of discovering facts and figures that you didn't know you didn't know. --GeekDad

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Mike Higgins is a freelance editor and writer with over 20 years' experience editing features, magazines, and supplements for UK national news media, publishers, and brands like The Independent, The Telegraph, The Guardian, and Lonely Planet. Illustrator Manuel Bortoletti is an award-winning freelance graphic designer focused on editorial design, infographic illustration, and art direction. He lives in Venice. Christopher Gary Packham CBE is an English naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter, and author.

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