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

What do you know about::

• A sailor called Spaghetti
• 14th-century monks who wore spectacles
• The hidden underground city in Rome
• An orange battle in Ivrea
• The Italian city that gets married to the sea every year
• The invention of ice cream
• Emergency phrases like "a lemonade please?"

Pick your brains and find out!