Enquiring young minds can discover the world (or parts of it, at least) from an inventive and engaging series, fully illustrated with black and white illustrations, cartoon strips, and puzzles to solve.

The books in this series are packed with fascinating facts and stories about each country, its people, food, customs, language, history, sport, spectacular sights and sounds.

Combining Cadogan's travel expertise with an approach enlivening travel for children, Pick Your Brains presents the most popular countries in a way they've never been seen before.

Pick Your Brains About France is packed with fascinating facts and stories from France; its people, food, customs, language, history, sport, spectacular sights and sounds.

What do you know about::

• Marmite
• Bastille Day and "the incredible picnic"
• Underground boat trips in magnificent caves
• The Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty in Paris!
• The legend of the Romans turned to stone
• The invention of Braille and the X-ray
• Emergency phrases like "a hot chocolate please?"

Pick your brains and find out!