*AD – the item in this review was gifted to our household for this post. All opinions, as always, are our own.
I feel like every child goes through a phase of wanting to know everything and trying to find facts they can memorise so that they can then show it off to their friends. This sort of curiosity is one that often leads to lots of questions being asked. Not everything children read on the internet is true, and it’s often hard to go from one place to another, so when I saw Factopia, I felt that it was a good alternative which connects a bunch of different facts together in a way that makes them easier to understand.
Factopia is designed as a trail of 400 facts, which weave and wind together, in a bunch of different ways. Some of the paths are sort of like choose your own adventure, where you can follow a path forward or choose to follow it to another page, listed on the path. These paths all intertwine really well, as you transition from learning about bugs to learning about sharks, and then into light reflecting off of the moon creating rainbows! It’s all looped together in a really interesting way, going from one fact to another instead of just a boring list of facts.
Kai found the mix of hand drawn pictures and photo realistic pictures really cool as well, and could read through the book and then tell us the highlights as he goes. Following the different routes became a fun path for him, as he went back to previous paths and then followed them differently going forward, to see how they connected to the next facts. There are tons of different subjects within the book; breakfasts, space, animals, dinosaurs, light, weather, crystals – anything you could possibly think of. Factopia feels like an educational book that has been really well thought out, for those with curious, wandering mines that go from one thing to the next.
I love the way the combined the artwork to keep things as interesting as the facts were. I think my kids would love this book.
I love a good fact book. This one looks really great, my youngest son would really love this
This would be perfect for my boys! They are so curious and love random facts like this book.
I’m sure even I’d learn something from this book. All kids love facts.
It does have a lot of facts I did not know!
My son would love this, he loves random bits of knowledge
This looks interesting and I know my great grandson would really enjoy this book
I’ve always been a fan of fact books and finding out weird and wacky stats and facts so this sounds like lots of fun x
It is such a fun time!
What a fab book! My kids are obsessed with facts and always end up telling us something new that they have learned! Definitely need a copy for my two!
Kids do love sharing knowledge!
This sounds like a really great book for kids. It sounds like it’s both fun and interesting and something my kids would enjoy.
It is a really interesting book!
My son would love reading these out!
What a fun and educational book. Rather fancy reading it myself as well as the children.
I really enjoyed Kai reading it out loud!
My son would absolutely love this! He loves knowing lots about lots of things!! And it would be lovely to read it in a book instead of on YouTube!
There is just something very fun about reading and following the trails in this book.
This looks great, my son is obsessed with learning new facts. I call him a facts machine
It’s so good to have good resources to learn facts from as well.
Wow, this book is so much fun and educational!
It’s a really well set up book!
Factopia sounds like a great book for curious souls like my cute little niece 😍. She would enjoy this book surely!
It is so good for those who are curious!
This book looks really so good for kids. I will check out here if it’s available and gift to my nephew he will love it.
It is such a great gift!
my granddaughter would love this
Perfect for curious kids who need to know everything!
My grandson would have hours of fun reading this,
A fact book is always good my daughter would enjoy it
I think I’d enjoy sharing this book with my nieces!
Great, love fact books
Looks fascinating and very entertaining for all!
Looks like a really fun book, perfect for a stocking filler.
We home educate our kids so this book would be amazing for them!
Ohh it would be amazing for homeschooling!
Looks like a super book
My daughter would love this, she’s obsessed with telling me facts haha
My son would love this. He loves facts and wants to know everything!
Looks great. Anything to expand their minds gets my approval.
My son loves book like this!
Cool book I know someone who would love this.
This looks like a really interesting book
Looks like a fun read for my daughter
My son is definitely at fact learning stage he would love this
Fun book, reading and learning is the best way to keep children interested in books. Plus as an adult, I bet I learn a few facts!
my grand daughter would love this
This sounds a fascinating book
this looks interesting
my nephew would love this
My son is a total butterfly brain like me. Never fixated on one subject but loves facts about everything. So this would be the perfect book for him.
Looks like a fun read, my kids would love this
This looks awesome. So factual but interesting in such a way that it looks fun
this looks great!
My daughter would be delighted, she is so curious!!
This looks like a fab read, my son would love this
Amazing concept 🙏
This is something my nephew would love. Thanks for the competition.
This looks great! My two would really enjoy reading this love the way its laid out.
Sounds like a great book!
id love to win this
awesome! fingers crossed
I think my grandson would love this.
my niece would enjoy this
this looks interesting
this would make a great present for my nephew
Looks like something my son would like to read.
Sounds like fun and entertainment at the same time.
My 8!year old is crazy about facts and figures. She would love how colourful and unique this is.
One of my grandsons is a fact collector! He would love this book
This would be great for the kids. They’re young brains soak up facts like sponges.
It is so good to have books like this for them.
My children would love a fact book
perfect for the kids
This looks like a really interesting book. I’d love to read it with my daughter,
Love a book of facts, it encourages them to keep dipping in to it
Looks like a interesting book my granddaughter would love it.
Never mind the kids, I’m sure that I could learn a lot from reading this!
My grandson loves books like this.
My kids would love this!
my daughter loses herself in these types of books, she would love it.
my little ones love finding out about everything, my youngest could talk about dinosaurs before she went to nursery
this looks fantastic
Looks like one of the books I would have loved to have read as a child and I’d like to go though it now! I think the kids would love it the most, though.
This looks amazing, i would love to give to my little girl
This looks really fun and interesting.
What a great book my daughter would love this
A really interesting read
Great to save for my Granddaughter x
I think this would be great for adults too!!
Looks good the book I know some one how would love this would be a good read.
I know a little girl that would love this.
Children are so open to interesting facts about the world when they are presented in fabulous books like this one.
Great prize. I’ll have my fingers crossed.
My nephew would love this book!
Looks like a fun read!
My daughter would love this, she’s always blurting out random facts!
What an amazing book my daughter would love this
My Grandsons seem to soak up knowledge like a sponge, they would love this book
Great for kids as they absorb information at a young age
This looks perfect to keep my grandson entertained!
My grandson would love this book, he’s almost 7 and loves learning new facts to impress us all. The way this book is illustrated also makes reluctant readers want to take a look
the kids would love this
This looks great – my niece would love it
this looks great
This would be nice to try and win for my son.
A nice prize to try and win for my grandchildren.