Words and pictures fly around the world on radio, television and the internet.

And as young children, we quickly learn thousands of words so that we can say what we mean.

You can find out all about communications in the latest edition of our collect-the-set children's encyclopedia, which is available for just £2.99 with the coupon in today's Evening Post.

Disney's The Wonderful World Of Knowledge: Communications is full of facts, and here are just a few.

Ancient Egypt had the first postal service, about 4,000 years ago. The Chinese post started about 1,000 years later.

Between 5,000 and 6,000 different languages are spoken around the world today.

Humans send three times as many messages in body language as in speech.

The first printed newspaper was published in Germany in 1609.

The fastest satellites can travel right around the Earth in as little as 90 minutes.

We asked Southville Primary School pupils Lauren Watts, Brandon Lines and Miranda Sellers what they thought of the book.

Lauren, eight, said: "I love Disney, so I love this book. I thought that the bit about nature's warning signs was interesting."

Brandon, nine, added: "I liked the words and languages sections of the book.

"We learn different languages at school and sometimes do the register in a different language."

Miranda, eight, said: "The bit about Braille is interesting, we know about that because a girl in our class uses Braille. I like the book because it has lots of pictures as well as the words."

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