Look Now: The World in Facts, Stats, and Graphics.

Look Now: The World in Facts, Stats, and Graphics. Look Now: The World in Facts, Stats, and Graphics Joe Fullman, Ian Graham, Sally Regan, and Isabel Thomas DK Publishing, Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 9780756662868 $24.99 www.dk.com Intended for readers age 8 and up, Look Now: The World in Facts,Stats, and Graphics is an extraordinary compendium of fascinating factsabout the world around us, presented side-by-side with vivid colorphotographs on virtually every page. Each two-page spread illustrates adifferent statistical aspect of the world, from how its land is used bypercentage, to the proportions of different nations that are connectedto the Internet, to the different types of political systems governingnations of the world, to different types of families and marriage ordivorce rates, and more. A broadening glimpse of the multifaceted worldwe live in, backed up with hard data yet presented in a highlyaccessible manner, Look Now is enthusiastically recommended especiallyfor public library children's collections.