321 Super Smart Things about History

Mathilda Masters, illustrations Louize Perdieus

Bursting with astonishing facts and funny illustrations Latest addition to the Super Smart Things series

Internationally, the series has already sold over 120,000 copies

Polish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, German, Russian, Latvian, Italian, Spanish, French and English rights sold

Did you know that…

• We still have some genes of the Neanderthals in our bodies? • The Persians invented the freezer in 400 BC? • The ancient Greeks participated naked in sports games? • Julius Caesar came up with the idea of a leap year? • Women could be court jesters in the Middle Ages? • The Aztecs had a zoo for animals ánd humans? Simplified Chinese, • About 227,000 babies are born every day? Italian, German, Complex Chinese, Polish, Russian and Korean rights sold 195 x 240 mm | 288 pages | 79,700 words full colour illustrations | paperback with flaps age group: 8+ | all rights available

Mathilda Masters is an explorer. She discovers new continents and countries for a living. That is not easy because most countries have already been discovered. When Matilda is not exploring, she writes about her adventures. And if these adventures aren’t adventurous Laughing and getting smarter at enough, she just invents new stories. Louize Perdieus studied graphic design/illustration at the same time: what a book! the Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp. As a freelance illustrator she creates both children’s books and illustrations on demand. Her illustrations are spiced up with humour – Pluizer and appreciated by people of different ages. Italian, German, English, Russian, Latvian, Spanish and Polish rights sold Kasteelstraat 97 | b-8700 Tielt | Belgium | t +32-51424211 | www.lannoopublishers.com contact liesbeth.debruyne@lannoo.be, gunther.spriet@lannoo.be or wouter.roose@lannoo.be Gift books & non-fiction –46