References & sources
Every story is shaped by Nicolas F. S. Zaslavoglou, founder and author of Maggie's Adventures Universe. He wrote and designed the structure, voice, and creative process behind every adventure, so Maggie always sounds like Maggie.
Nicolas also keeps writing and publishing traditionally, as he did with Maggie & The Orangutans.
The information shared in the Discover the World section is carefully vetted by reliable sources in each field. Here is the full list, so your family can see exactly where our knowledge comes from.
Every Maggie story begins with a narrative structure, voice, and creative direction shaped by Nicolas, so the character and heart of each adventure stay consistent.
Grounded in real reference material for most destinations, drawing on sources such as UNESCO and official national tourism boards.
Geography, food & flavours, history, eco-travel and conservation knowledge all sit together here — the wider world behind each destination, checked as a single picture.
Grounded in sources such as UNESCO and official national tourism boards, covering the geography, history, sustainability and food culture of each destination.
Content is chosen to reflect the language a place's own families actually speak, not just its official administrative language.
Every destination's language is checked against real country-level data from the CIA World Factbook before it's shown. Where you see the MAU Certified seal beside a lesson, that destination has gone a step further: it's been personally reviewed against academic linguistic references such as Glottolog, and where possible confirmed by someone with real local knowledge. We're working through destinations one at a time, so not every one carries the seal yet.
Traditions, festivals, food, art and daily life details are drawn from voices and institutions rooted in the place they describe.
Grounded in sources such as Encyclopaedia Britannica and official cultural and tourism authorities.
Every animal Maggie meets is a real one, and the facts about it are checked against the people who study and protect it.
Grounded in sources such as iNaturalist and international biodiversity databases.
Our mission — “Bringing our world closer together, one child at a time” — isn't just something we wanted to believe. We went looking for the research behind it, and wrote up what we found in Bringing Our World Closer Together, One Child at a Time. Here's what backs it:
This list grows as new stories and destinations are published. If you spot something in a story that doesn't match what you know, tell us — we'd rather correct it than defend it. hello@maggiesadventuresuniverse.com
