Cute FACTopia! by Kate Olesin

Cute FACTopia! by Kate Olesin

Follow an ingenious trail of 200 facts about all things cute, cosy and sweet. You’ll meet the pygmy hippo called Moo Deng whose ears wiggle when she sleeps and encounter the world’s tiniest teddy bear. You’ll learn that elephants dance in the rain and babies hiccup inside the womb. And you’ll even jet off into space to discover a comet shaped like a rubber duck and a dwarf planet with a huge, heart-shaped ice field on its surface. Every fact in the book is linked to the next in funny and surprising ways. And there isn’t just one trail through these pages: sometimes your path branches and you can choose to jump to a totally different (but still connected) part of the book. Where will your curiosity take you?  

Created by the team behind the bestselling 2026 World Book Day title Funny FACTopia! The series also includes: FACTopia!, Return to FACTopia!, Gross FACTopia!, Animal FACTopia!, History FACTopia!, Science FACTopia!, Secret FACTopia! and Epic FACTopia! 

Andy Smith is an award-winning illustrator, who studied illustration at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, London. His work combines illustration and photography to create images that have humour, energy and optimism executed with a handmade, hand-printed, tactile feel. He has illustrated the FACTopia!series. Andy lives in Hastings, East Sussex.

Kate Olesin (formerly Kate Hale) is a writer, editor and professional fun fact finder. A former executive editor for National Geographic Kids’ Books, she’s edited or written about everything from dog communication to inspiring scientists to wacky roadside attractions. She also co-created and hosted the award-winning kids’ radio program, the Weird but True! show, and is the author of FACTopia! and Return to FACTopia! Kate lives in Portland, Oregon, USA.