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by David Roberts (Author), Jeremy Leslie (Author)
4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd (5 Oct 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405316217
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405316217
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 21.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 164,939 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"An encyclopedia with a difference -- a random collection of facts in a format that will appeal to the internet-addicted generation." The Back to School Bookseller 09/06/06

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Once you pick me up, you won't want to put me down...I'm an encyclopedia, but not as you know it. Big books with facts are boring - I'm not. I'm more like a computer game than a book, crammed with funky pages and cartoons. Forget A-Z, just follow my lead and you'll be amazed where you end up! Was Beethoven a punk? Why is 10 to the power of 100 called a googol? How are smelly feet connected to nuclear weapons? I've got it all covered. Read me in bed, read me on the bus, or even in the loo! Just pick me up - go on. I'm exciting, I'm addictive - I'm unputdownable! Curious? Try me! "This looks like a PlayStation game" - Taz, 10. " I wouldn't sit and read an encyclopedia, but I'd read this" - Holly, 12.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, 19 Oct 2006
By TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews
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Gone are the days of boring, cumbersome, and, ultimately, not all that helpful encyclopedias. The new king of interesting resource information is here, and it's called PICK ME UP. Everything you've ever wanted to know about just about anything (and maybe even some stuff you didn't even know you wanted to know!) is included in the 300+ pages of this book.

Although there are eight actual categories included in PICK ME UP--Science, Technolgy, and Space; Society, Places, and Beliefs; History; The Natural World; People Who Made the World; Arts, Entertainment, and Media; You and Your Body; Planet Earth--this book is actually hard to categorize. There are numerous ways to find the information you need, from browsing one of the aforementioned categories, to cross-referencing individual pages, to using the index, or simply picking a page at random to begin your quest for knowledge.

For instance, did you know that Albert Einstein's brain was actually different in width and shape than those of us who claim to be not-so-smart geniuses? It's true! Or how about the fact that the Vikings were expert ice-skaters? Or even that a "jamon" is an entire leg of ham--the best of which comes from a pig who has been fed nothing but acorns. Seriously, I'm not making any of this up! It's all there, right in the pages of PICK ME UP.

Amazingly enough, my nearly ten-year-old son, who usually has to be tied to a chair and threatened with having his video games taken away to even look at a book, found plenty to hold his interest within the pages of PICK ME UP. Sure, he seemed to have a knack for finding the weirdest and grossest facts inside the book, but to me this was still considered an
accomplishment. Take my word for it--PICK ME UP is the reference king, and you'd do well to add a copy to your home library. Who knows? You just might learn something.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 'PIck Me Up' - exciting new reading experience, 27 Oct 2006
An encyclopedia but not as we know it - 'Pick Me Up' practically jumps off the shelf at you. Ultra-cool design, exciting visuals and a ton of fascinating facts are guaranteed to keep any child - or adult, for that matter - engrossed for hours (it certainly filled a few gaping holes in my own general knowledge - and I'm 35!) Everything about this encyclopedia breaks new ground - the way the content is arranged and related thematically is pure genius, and makes for an entirely different reading experience every time you pick the book up (the two children I read it with likened it to 'going on a quest'...)
A resounding thumbs-up - has the makings of a modern classic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful collection of random knowledge, 4 Nov 2006
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The perfect present for every teenager with an enquiring mind - and the grown-ups around them. You can open this book at any page and find a visually engaging, fun, knowlegeable and stimulating spread of facts, illustrations, observations and thoughts. Literally unputdownable, you might have to buy two copies.
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