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Mike Barfield, Author
Marianna Madriz, Illustrator
Imprint: Laurence King Publishing
Publication date: November 20, 2025
Category: General knowledge & trivia (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781510232020
Imprint: Laurence King Publishing
Publication date: September 2, 2021
Category: General knowledge & trivia (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781786279569
Read fun facts daily throughout the year, or look up birthdays to see what amazing events in history happened on that day!
Did you know that Buzz Aldrin took the first selfie in space on November 12th 1966? Or that October 21st is International Day of the Nacho? Something amazing really does happen every single day!
Mike Barfield is a best-selling children’s author, cartoonist, poet and performer with books in well over a dozen different languages. He has a first-class degree in Biology from the University of London, and won the Blue Peter Book Awards 2021 for the Best Book with Facts.
Marianna Madriz is a freelance illustrator. Her clients include Creative Review, House of Illustration and The Eighty-Eight Journal.