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Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Provides simple information about different birds. Text consists of short and simple sentences, high-interest information, easy vocabulary with a high degree of phonic regularity and lots of repetition.
4) UFOs
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Series
Formats
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about UFOs. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
176 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Presents some of the strangest world records held by humans, including the most meatballs eaten, the heaviest train pulled by teeth, the farthest distance on a unicycle, the highest altitude jump, and the longest professional wrestling match.
7) Crop circles
Author
Publisher
KidHaven Press/Thomson Gale
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Investigate the incredible phenomenon of crop circles.
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.
Description
Presents trivia about weird real-life phenomena and mind-boggling scientific adventures and offers instructions for such activities as bringing a dead plant back to life, growing a bacteria colony, and making ectoplasm.
9) Unexplained
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
144 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
A guide to all things strange, weird, and paranormal explores the human obsession with the unexplainable, from hauntings and the power of the mind to physical mysteries such as lost civilizations, ancient superstitions and symbols, and life on other planets.
11) The lost room
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (284 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the 1960s, an unknown event at the Sunshine Motel caused ordinary things in Room 10 to transform into items of wonder: indestructible objects with extraordinary powers that are sought by those who know their secrets.
Publisher
World Almanac Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1007 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm.
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...
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Britannica Books
Pub. Date
2021.]
Physical Desc
[208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm]
Description
"Welcome to FACTopia, a world of perfectly amazing facts, all of which are verified by Encyclopaedia Britannica! Every fact in the book is connected to the next in an ingenious trail of information. Hop from topic to topic in unexpected and hilarious ways, and discover extraordinary facts about space, bones, dinosaurs, goats, spiders, crocodiles, sharks, robots, Ancient Rome, kings and queens, pharaohs, and more. But there's not just one trail through...
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]-
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Description
"Don't miss this all-new Ripley's Believe It or Not! which features 144 full-color pages of the most incredible facts, strangest discoveries, and weirdest wonders of the world!"--Amazon.com.
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Description
Set in the present day in the rural community of Feathertown, Tennessee, Flight Behavior tells the story of Dellarobia Turnbow, a petite, razor-sharp 29-year-old who nurtured worldly ambitions before becoming pregnant and marrying at seventeen. Now, after more than a decade of tending to small children on a failing farm, oppressed by poverty, isolation and her husband's antagonistic family, she has mitigated her boredom by surrendering to an obsessive...
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
112 pages cm
Description
"Going on a road trip? See the silly side of travel as you explore the wackiest landmarks from around the world -- a place where you can walk in real dinosaur tracks, a hotel where you sleep in an igloo, a crazy beard festival, a UFO museum, and so much more. You won't believe our world is full of so many bizarre and wonderful places!"--Amazon.com.
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"...here are natural wondersthe dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils literally vault over rows of squirming infants. Not to mention the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, Turkmenistan's...
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