This globe-spanning guide begins in Canada and circles the world in a generally easterly direction—leaving out the polar regions but fetching up at last with entries for Vanuatu and New Zealand. Each of the just under 200 single-page stops along the way presents a crowded but easily navigable mix of distinctive landmarks (portrayed in photos or Li’s and Andrya’s illustrations), updated fast facts (including a small map and flag), and notes on a choice selection of geographical, cultural, and historical highlights. Adopting the role of tour guide with evident relish, Croft reels off tributes, claims, and observations in glib and jokey language as he squires readers from Mount Rushmore—where “George Washington’s giant nose can get quite runny when it’s cold!”—to face-to-face encounters with a South Pacific blobfish, “perhaps the world’s ugliest animal,” and the Komodo dragon of Indonesia, which has “teeth that secrete venom into their prey whenever they take a big bite! CHOMP!” For all the upbeat overall tone, the book covers areas of unrest too: Israel and Palestine share an entry, for example, and there are mentions of active conflicts, like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the U.S. and Israeli military campaign against Iran. The human figures are nearly always portrayed as local color, in distinctive national or ceremonial dress.