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Series
Miss Peregrine volume Related works
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
Presents an illustrated edition of the fantastical book featured in the Miss Peregrine series that includes unusual fairy tales about wealthy cannibals, a fork-tongued princess, and the origins of the first ymbryne.
This collection of stories, written for peculiar eyes only, presents unusual folklore that are a formative part of the upbringing of peculiar children everywhere. Encoded within their pages are the locations of hidden loops, the secret...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Description
This unbelievably fascinating dinosaur book for children will teach you all you need to know about prehistoric animals, like which dinosaur had the sharpest teeth, the longest claws, the smallest brain, the largest droppings, and lots more! Did you know that the largest dinosaur was longer than a tennis court but its babies were no bigger than a newborn human baby? That the smallest dinosaur weighed less than a teaspoon of sugar? Or that the largest...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"Read about all of the rational and fanciful explanations for the flattened patterns in crops all over the world, from the United Kingdom to Australia. Artists and hoaxers alike have claimed credit for these massive projects, but some people think that the source could be paranormal. Are these circles an elaborate prank, or could they be something more?"--
Publisher
Guinness World Records
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
215 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"Whether it's a selfie-taking monkey, a skateboarding dog or a weasel flying on a woodpecker, the world can't get enough of crazy animal stories. Guinness world records: amazing animals is the perfect opportunity to paws for thought and celebrate the incredible creatures that steal our hearts!" --page [4] of cover.
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Publisher
Bright Matter Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 cm
Description
Got a random question? This book has the answer! Packed with surprising facts and colorful photos, Totally Random Questions, Volume 4 presents snack-sized answers to a series of wacky, weird, but always amazing questions about our wonderfully wild world!Kids will love testing their knowledge and stumping their friends with the unlikely info they'll find inside covering animals, science, sports, food, pop culture, and more.
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"This compelling, mind-blowing book of lists on every imaginable subject that an inquisitive child wants to understand is un-put-down-able! Filled with details on topics from the most shudder-inducing bugs and the 37 most popular breeds of dog to 10 cures for hiccups and how to say 'Happy New Year' in 20 different languages, this will be a must-have book in every child's collection!.The pages are beautifully illustrated with the colorful and intricate...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, ; 28 cm.
Description
"This newly revised and updated edition encourages children to explore a wide range of topics, including Earth and beyond, plants and animals, history and politics, science, technology and the human body"--
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Publisher
Britannica Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
415 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Description
"Ever wondered which 10 dinosaurs were the largest, and what they weighed...in cats? Or how much of your DNA you share with other animals...and bananas? Enter the listiverse and get ready to see the world in a whole new way. Listified! takes the best and most amazing parts of the universe-erupting volcanoes, medieval machines, jumping spiders, exploding stars, and everything in between-and organizes them into quirky list form for curious kids and...
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Publisher
Bright Matter Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 18 cm
Description
This book has the answer! Packed with surprising facts and colorful photos, Totally Random Questions, Volume 7 presents snack-sized answers to a series of wacky, weird, but always amazing questions about our wonderfully wild world! Kids will love testing their knowledge and stumping their friends with the unlikely info they'll find inside covering animals, science, sports, food, pop culture, and more.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
111 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Description
"How many kinds of germs live in your bellybutton? Which creature takes a three-year-long nap? If someone asked you to spare a zeptosecond, how long would that be? Has the Leaning Tower of Pisa ever been straight? And what exactly happens to an astronaut's dirty laundry? The . . . facts are accompanied by bright, whimsical illustrations and the questions are organised into 10 chapters: Human Body, Science and Technology, Animals, Natural World, Space,...
Author
Series
Curiosity House volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
323 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
In this third book in the exceptional Curiosity House mystery series by bestselling author Lauren Oliver and mysterious recluse H. C. Chester, four children must uncover the evil Nicholas Rattigan's newest dastardly scheme, wage war with a rival freak show, and deal with a spy who may have infiltrated their happy home. Sam, Philippa, Thomas, and Max have just started to recover from their capture and subsequent escape from Rattigan. But the children's...
Author
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"A book for all ages about noticing the wonder and beauty in the world both near and far"--
A young boy follows his imagination from the pyramids of Egypt to the moon, and back again. Along the way he learns that there are always stories to discover, to dream about, and to share.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 16.5 hrs.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock presents several short stories in these 39 episodes and a look back. The stories are invariably surprising, often containing elements of horror, comedy, suspense, and the supernatural.
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"Highlighting the seven wonders of the world -- the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Wonders of the World, a new title in the Eyewitness series, showcases these architectural feats and the marvels of engineering behind these timeless treasures."--Amazon.com.
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Mega space volcanoes...super-giant asteroids...a twenty-six-pound gummy bear? In the second installment of the Mr. DeMaio Presents! series, the crew is traveling across the galaxy in search of the biggest stuff in the universe...even if that means a sugary piece of candy that weighs more than three bowling balls!"--
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xix, 138 pages ; 19 cm
Description
"When Cheryl Strayed was asked by the Boston Globe to name a book she finds herself recommending time and again, she chose The Glen Rock Book of the Dead. Now that beloved book has a sequel: The Baltimore Book of the Dead, another collection of portraitsof the dead, their compressed narratives weaving a unusual, richly populated memoir. Approaching mourning and memory with great care and an eye for the idiosyncratic, the story begins in the 1960s...
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Publisher
Ronin Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
196 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Description
"Filled with stories of strange phenomena, odd places, and weird beings in the Golden State, Eerie California tells of haunted houses, unexplained events, and creepy characters from the Dark Watchers and ghostly women -in-white to bizarre beasts like Bigfoot and the Billewhack monster. Discover painted caves, petroglyphs drawings, rocks that move on their own, and odd drawings of human figures in the desert sand only visible from the air. Eerie California...
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