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 Ireland is packed with fascinating facts and stories from Ireland; its people, food, customs, language, history, sport, spectacular sights and sounds.

What do you know about::

• The Viking Slayer of Clontarf
• The monuments that are older than the Egyptian Pyramids
• Ireland's Eye
• How racehorses are named
• Boyle's Law
• The inventor of the fibre optic light and why the sky is blue
• A school day in Ireland
• The Father of the American Navy
• The village ruled by a goat
• Acting the maggot and throwing the head?

Pick Your Brains and find out!