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Smart-opedia: The Amazing Book About Everything

by Eve Drobot

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If our world is full of questions, then this book has the answers! Smart-opedia: The Amazing Book About Everything is about ... well ... everything! From life under the sea to the art of the Renaissance, from your five senses and human rights to life in ancient Egypt, readers can expect to be fascinated at each turn of the page. Four main sections ("The World around Us," "Life," "History" and "Genius") cover over 85 entertaining and thought-provoking subjects on almost everything imaginable. Special features in each chapter abound: "Food for Thought" introductions offer myths, legends, famous quotes and historical facts; "Kids'' Questions" add extra information; "Mini-biographies" bring significant historical figures to light; and "Timelines" clearly explain how we got from then to now. Information bubbles supply snappy statistics. "Know-It-All News" features throughout the book focus on significant subjects such as the discovery of new medicines from plants, life on board the International Space Station, the history of the circus and the invention of the modern robot. A comprehensive index is included. From ancient mythology to modern technology and everything in between, this lively and clearly organized world-in-a-book will be a well-loved and well-worn library addition. Ages 8-12. See Details

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Scholastic Children's Encyclopedia

by Scholastic Inc

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Child-friendly and containing more than 600 entries ranging from Aircraft to the Korean War, the Respiratory System to Walt Whitman, this book will serve as an indispensable reference for students. See Details

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Uncle John's Did You Know? Bathroom Reader For...

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

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Did you know that ''Did You Know?'' is full of bite-sized tidbits of absorbing information just for kids? You do now! It''s also loaded with tons of funny illustrations. And in true Uncle John style, there are lots of surprises to be discovered in these 252 pages! To make it easier for kids to navigate, the book is divided into fun categories covering a wide range of topics - from Antarctica to zebras to nearly everything in between. Here are a few of the facts sure to amaze kids both big and little: * Listening to music is good for digestion. * The word ''cash'' originally referred to a money box. * By 2040, robots may become as intelligent as people. * Grasshoppers hear with the fronts of their knees. * Reebok shoes are named after a type of African gazelle. * 11,111,111 X 11,111,111 = 123,456,787,654,321. * In almost every language on Earth, the word for mother begins with the letter "m." * The word ''hiccup'' appears once in the works of William Shakespeare. * Scientists have revived bacteria that were dormant for 250 million years. * If you''re floating in space and you fart, it will generate enough force to propel you forward. ''And hundreds more facts just like these!'' See Details

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Oh, Yuck!: The Encyclopedia Of Everything Nasty

by Joy Masoff

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Kids love stuff that''s gross. From the liquids, solids, and gases--especially the gases!--or their own bodies to the creepy, crawly, slimy, slithery, fetid, and feculent phenomena in the world at large, kids with a curious bent just can''t get enough. Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty brings together, in one book, all the good things about some of the baddest things on Earth. Exhaustively researched and impeccably scientific, yet written with a lively lack of earnestness, Oh, Yuck! is an ants to zits encyclopedic compendium covering people, animals, insects, plants, foods, and more. Here are vampire bats, which sip blood and pee at the same time so that they''ll always be light enough to fly away; and slime eels, wreathed in mucus and eating fellow fish from the inside out. Oh, Yuck! explains why vomit smells; where dandruff comes from; what pus is all about; and why maggots adore rotting meant. Other features include gross recipes, putrid projects, 10 foods that make you airborne, and more. With hundreds of cartoon illustrations and real-life photographs, Oh, Yuck! is the complete guide to the irresistible--at least to an 8-to-12 year old--underbelly of life. See Details

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Ripley's Believe It or Not!: Special Edition 2009

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The fascinating files of Robert Ripley prove there''s nothing stranger than the truth. Turn the pages, if you dare. But watch out! There are more creepy facts and crazy feats than ever before. See Details

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Gotcha!: 18 Amazing Ways to Freak Out Your Friends

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A book full of knowledge and know-how, Gotcha! demystifies some age-old mysteries and shows kids that it''s easy to be a master of illusion. Doubting Dave and the Mystery Hunters take readers behind the scenes of the world''s oldest and coolest mysteries. Then they show kids how to re-create those mysteries to fool their friends. This interactive book is also full of interesting and bizarre background information on each mystery. With step-by-step instructions, easy-to-find materials (and sometimes no materials at all) kids can: * Hypnotize a friend * Turn a pencil into gold * Test their house for ghosts * Make Bigfoot prints * Make a fake UFO photo and video * Make their own lake monster video See Details

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Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting

by Jim Murphy

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On July 29, 1914, the world''s peace was shattered as the artillery of the Austro-Hungarian Empire began shelling the troops of the country to its south. What followed was like a row of falling dominoes as one European country after another rushed to war. Soon most of Europe was fighting in this calamitous war that could have been avoided. This was, of course, World War I. But who could have guessed that on December 25 the troops would openly defy their commanding officers by stopping the fighting and having a spontaneous celebration of Christmas with their "enemies"? In what can only be described as a miracle, this beautiful and heartrending narrative will remind everyone how brotherhood and love for one another reach far beyond the boundaries of war and politics. See Details

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Looking Like Me

by Walter Dean Myers

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When you look in a mirror, who do you see? A boy? A girl? A son? A daughter? A runner? A dancer? Whoever and whatever you see– just put out your fist and give yourself an "I am" BAM! This jumping, jazzy, joyful picture book by the award-winning team of Walter Dean and Christoper Myers celebrates every child, and every thing that child can be. See Details

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Adventures In Cartooning: How to Turn Your...

by James Sturm

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In this action-packed cartooning adventure, kids will have as much fun making comics as reading them! Once upon a time . . . a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how – well enough to draw her way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon, near-death by drowning, and into her very own adventure! Like the princess, young readers will discover that they already have the drawing and writing skills it takes to make a comic – they just need a little know-how. And Adventures in Cartooning supplies just that. See Details

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