What’s the Actually Factually Difference?
by Jane Wilsher, illustrated by Liz Kay
Interest age: 9 to 11
Reading age: 8+
Published by words & pictures, 2025
About this book
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a meteor and a meteorite? Or an ape and a monkey? What about a toboggan and a sledge? This clever book will explain how to tell the difference between over 150 things that are similar but different.
Split into 13 topics - like space, food, animals, the body and history - this is a fascinating look at our world, which has many confusingly similar items or names in it.
A lot of information is packed into these pages, yet each page has minimal text, with the emphasis on clarity. The text is presented in bitesize chunks, alongside the illustrations, with explanatory arrows where required. The illustrations are detailed enough for accuracy, yet have a friendly feel to them, and make this book a joy to pore over.
This is one for fact lovers, but also any reluctant but capable reader, as they can dip in and out of it, getting a lot out of only a couple of pages. A fresh take on information that should appeal to a wide range of readers.
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