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Publisher
World Almanac Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The World Almanac is America's bestselling reference book of all time, with more than 83 million copies sold. For more than 150 years, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for school, library, business, and home. The 2023 edition of The World Almanac reviews the biggest events of 2022 and will be your go-to source for questions on any topic in the upcoming year. Praised as a treasure trove of political, economic, scientific...
Publisher
Guinness World Records Limited
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"3... 2... 1... We have lift off on another fully revised and updated Guinness World Records annual. The 2023 edition takes readers on a journey that's out of this world, revealing the latest and greatest record-breaking achievements here on Planet Earth and across the vast distances of space."--Amazon.com.
4) Stories for kids who dare to be different: true tales of amazing people who stood up and stood out
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Boys will be boys and girls will be girls? Not in this book. The follow-up to Ben Brooks's New York Times bestselling Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, this book offers more extraordinary true stories of amazing people who broke the mold and changed the world for the better. The resulting message? Be yourself, and your dreams might come true. With the help of Quinton Winter's striking full-color illustrations, Brooks offers an accessible...
Publisher
Guinness World Records Limited/Editorial Planeta
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Descubre los records mas espectaculares sobre el planeta Tierra y los animales que lo habitan, sobre ciencia y tecnologa, el espacio, deportes, videojuegos, hitos extravagantes, talentos raros... Ademas, incluye miles de nuevas hazanas y paginas exclusivas con rcords de Latinoamerica.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to ask. The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Enter the hilarious world of Sam Quigley, the strange-fact-obsessed owner of two stick insects called Twiggy and Wiggy in Exploding Beetles and Inflatable Fish. Sam really likes interesting facts, the kind that will make you shout "Wow! I never knew that." Things like: Woodlice don't pee-instead a smelly gas comes wafting out of their shells There is a fish with a stomach so stretchy it can swallow things twice as big as itself Bombardier beetles...
Author
Publisher
Autumn Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A photographic encyclopedia of the utterly mind-blowing, from record-breaking animals to earth-shattering natural phenomena and the secrets between the stars. Did you know there's a river so hot it could boil you alive? Or that there really are dragons on Earth? What about the man who survived seven lightning strikes? Discover the most extraordinary, impossibly possible, and totally true facts about our weird and wonderful world. From the deepest...
15) Bigfoot
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A basic exploration of the appearance, behaviors, and origins of Bigfoot, the hairy mythological creatures known for their large footprints. Also included is a story from folklore about a woodsman who feeds Bigfoot.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: What does the Zillo Beast feast on for breakfast? Does slimy Jabba the Hutt ever have a bath? What are the three yuckiest things he eats? Why are wampas so cuddly? And which monster makes the scariest sound? Take a trip on the wild side and discover the weirdest facts in the Star Wars galaxy! From gross creatures and strange bugs, to disgusting food, dangerous deserts, and sinister Sith, this icky, sticky picture book is the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Did you know that the biggest chocolate bar weighed over 12,000 pounds? Did you know that you can stop yourself from crying while chopping onions by holding a slice of bread in your mouth? Learn more weird-but-true food facts with A.J. and Andrea from Dan Gutman?s bestselling My Weird School series. This highly illustrated series of nonfiction books features hundreds of hysterical facts, plus lots of photos and illustrations....
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