The ultimate flag book! Packed with information on fascinating flag, as well as over 200 flag stickers and a world map poster.
With more than 200 stickers and a world map poster, this is a brilliant, interactive guide to the flags of the world. Did you know that the US Star-Spangled Banner was designed by a 17-year-old school boy? Or that the Brazilian flag shows a star constellation of the night sky from 1889? Welcome to the bizarre and fascinating world of flags! From the chequered Formula 1 flag and the rainbow banner to historical standards and country flags, this book is packed with amazing facts, stories and curiosities behind some of the world's most iconic banners. Discover the cultural and political history behind each flag, as well as flag rituals, historical uses of flags and heaps of curiosities and unusual facts.
- ISBN10 0750298286
- ISBN13 9780750298285
- Publish Date 21 April 2016 (first published 11 February 2016)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 July 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Wayland
- Format Paperback
- Pages 64
- Language English