Pick Your Brains About Italy - Softcover

Mathews, Jez

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860111564 ISBN 13: 9781860111563

Publisher: Cadogan Books, 2004

Synopsis

At last enquiring young minds can discover Europe in an engaging and inventive new series, fully illustrated with b&w illustrations, cartoon strips, and puzzles to solve. Combining Cadogan's renowned travel expertise with a totally fresh approach enlivening travel for children, Pick Your Brains present the most popular European countries in a way they've never been seen before

About this title

From the Back Cover:

At last enquiring young minds can discover Europe in an engaging and inventive new series, fully illustrated with b/w illustrations, cartoon strips, and puzzles to solve. Combining Cadogan's renowned travel expertise with a totally fresh approach enlivening travel for children, Pick Your Brains present the most popular European countries in a way they've never been seen before.

This book is packed with fascinating facts and stories from Italy; its people, food, customs, language, history, sport, spectacular sights and sounds.

What do you know about:
* A sailor called Spaghetti
* 14th-century monks who wear spectacles
* The hidden underground city in Rome
* An orange battle in Ivrea
* The Italian city that gets married to the sea every year
* The invention of ice cream
* Emergency! phrases like "a lemonade please"

Pick your brains and find out!

About the Author:

Jez Mathews is a freelance journalist and writer with a passion for Italy and all things Italian. He lives and works in Ealing, London, spending time in Italy whenever possible.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cadogan Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1860111564
• ISBN 13: 9781860111563
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Williams Caspar, Dixon Craig