New Titles

The most remarkable true stories of all time and around the world brought vividly to life – from the Big Bang right up to the present day.

An awe-inspiring encyclopedia with more than 200 original infographic illustrations – the perfect book for visual learners.

An enthralling and hilarious journey through the worlds of space, animals, engineering, numbers, machines, and more in 400 connected facts!

Discover facts about detectives, poisons, lost cities, spy gadgets and more in this new addition to Britannica’s bestselling FACTopia! series!

Coming soon: February 2025. UK only. Slither from topic to topic in surprising and stomach-churning ways. Follow your curiosity (and your nose) through this ridiculously revolting world of facts!

A witty guide to the science behind climate change, which puts kids in charge. Featuring a foreword by internationally renowned climate scientist Dr Michael E. Mann.

Publishes in May 2025. Uncover the universe’s most mind-blowing, extreme, and unbelievable facts. Follow detours along the way to see where your curiosity will take you!

A compendious and stunningly illustrated fact-filled book for children who have endless questions about how the world works.

Welcome to the Galápagos Islands, a pristine archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, where locals and visiting scientists work among giant tortoises, salt-snorting iguanas, diving penguins and erupting volcanoes. They are looking for just the right balance between humans and nature to lead the world to a sustainable future.

Join scientist Letizia Diamante to chomp your way through pages of facts about the most astonishing mouths, sharpest teeth, stretchiest cheeks, and stickiest tongues in the animal kingdom.

Explore the daily lives of children around the world through the lens of a single, special day – June 21st, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern hemisphere.

Out March 2025. A quirky, surprise-filled and light-hearted romp through the stuff that makes up our world, from atoms, elements and light, to water, soil and DNA, to buildings, books and smartphones.