Download or read book The Little Giant Book of Science Facts written by Glen Vecchione and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of fascinating, flabbergasting, and sometimes freaky facts are at your disposal in this fun-sized compendium. Uncover animal oddities, including the fact that certain species of frogs can survive being frozen solid and thawed. Find out how strange people really are: Did you know that the average human produces 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime—enough to fill two swimming pools? And there are botanical surprises, such as that bananas are actually herbs, plus science tidbits about the Earth, inventions, computers, and more.
Download or read book The Little Giant Book of Animal Facts written by Glen Vecchione and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handy and fun size illustrated guide that features big information, with more than 1,000 fun facts about animals familiar, unusual, and just plain bizarre. Whether kids are curious about cats, millipedes, parakeets, porpoises, or even the giant mola mola fish, the knowledge they uncover will make them say “wow.” * The forked tongue of a snake enables it to smell "in stereo." * The lungs of a horse are three times larger than those of a lion. * African elephants stay on their feet for 30 to 40 years. * Belching cows contribute to the greenhouse effect by adding methane to the atmosphere. Kids will feel smart entertaining their friends with everything new they know.
Download or read book Super Little Giant Book of Weird Animal Facts written by Diagram Group and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with hundreds of weird animal facts and great color illustrations.
Download or read book Dinosaurs written by Thomas R. Holtz and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To this day, dinosaurs remain a never-ending source of fascination to children, who just can't get enough of these compelling creatures. Illustrations, picturing over 60 dinosaur types (including some new discoveries that appear here for the first time in a children's book), maps, and a guide to each individual species--plus an overall introduction to fossils--tell youngsters how and why all the dinosaurs developed as they did. Answer exactly the types of question kids want to know: How big were they? What did they eat? Where did they live? What do their names mean? This lively trip back to the Age of the Dinosaurs, from its beginnings in the Triassic period to the great extinction at the end of the Cretaceous, is guided by one of the major authorities in the field, Dr. Thomas Holtz, vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Maryland, whose specialty is the study of carnivorous dinosaurs.
Download or read book The Little Giant Book of Weird Wacky Facts written by K. R. Hobbie and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains hundreds of interesting trivia questions and answers on a variety of subjects.
Download or read book The Little Giant Book of Eerie Thrills and Unspeakable Chills written by Ron Edwards and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts, specters, and spooksoh my! These scary, creepy, spine-chilling, and thrilling tales will turn Halloween into a real fright nightbut theyre also great any time a kid craves a little hair-raising amusement. With more than 350 pages, there are plenty of otherwordly shivers to please any daring and wide-eyed young reader.
Download or read book The Big Book of Giant Animals the Little Book of Tiny Animals written by Cristina Banfi and published by White Star Kids. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the largest and smallest creatures of the animal kingdom, two books linked as to become a single volume.
Download or read book Amazing Facts About Mammals Grades 5 8 written by Don Blattner and published by Mark Twain Media. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connect students in grades 4 and up with science using Amazing Facts about Animals. This 128-page book features creatures from North and South America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the ocean, and the farm. The book includes puzzles, logic problems, myth busters, and scientific mysteries to pique student interest. It also includes reproducibles and answer keys.
Download or read book Animal Facts to Make You Smile written by Grace Hansen and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These animal facts are sure to make just about everyone smile and sometimes go "awwwe!" Little readers will learn a cute or funny fact about some of their favorite animals. A colorful, full-bleed photograph will accompany each fact and will certainly attract reluctant readers too. Complete with a table of contents, glossary, index, and even more facts!
Download or read book Weird and Wacky Facts written by Arkady Leokum and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How strange it is! Kids will go crazy over every wacky, sometimes icky, always entertaining fact in this brand-new Little Giant compilation. The topics range from food to customs, animals to history, nature to sports. For example, in Marostica, Italy, an immense chess board is built into the public square: the pawns and all the pieces are human beings, and the knights sit on real horses! Or how about this: Maine actually has a law that prohibits anyone from stepping out of a plane while it's in the air. From weird worms that stop island natives in their tracks to 4000 year old bathrooms with modern drainage systems, each tidbit of information is truly a treat.
Download or read book Attack of the Killer Facts written by Eric Gryzymokowski and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Factoid Attack: Inherent sadistic streak in dentists confirmed! The electric chair was invented by a dentist, Dr. Alfred Southwick. Not surprising, dentists have been perfecting torture devices for centuries. Factoid Attack: Galaxy at risk! Intelligent life in short supply! In 1961, Astronomer Frank Drake estimated the number of probable intelligent civilizations inhabiting our galaxy. Using conservative numbers, that estimate came to 10,000. Unfortunately, we are not included in that total. Factoid Attack: Colorblind bulls hate all matadors equally! The color of a matador's cape, or muleta, is traditionally red, which is widely believed to irritate the bull. In reality, bulls are colorblind, so it is irrelevant what color cape a matador uses to antagonize them. Shot in the dark, but maybe it's the being stabbed with swords bit that pisses them off. Forget Fringe, Warehouse 13, and The X-Files. In this book, you'll find more weird and wacko truths than in all those combined. From golden poison dart frogs with enough venom to kill ten grown humans to cockroaches that can survive radiation 15 times stronger than what kills people, scary and strange just got scarier—and stranger!
Download or read book The Little Giant Book of Tricks Pranks written by E. Richard Churchill and published by Sterling. This book was released on 2005 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compilation of two titles, Sneaky tricks to fool your friends and More tricks to fool your friends, revised and reformatted for juvenile literature.
Download or read book The Animal Book written by Steve Jenkins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn some amazing facts relating to over 300 animals.
Download or read book Magnet Science written by Glen Vecchione and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This appealingly packaged kitin the same style as the enormously popular String Games (80,000 sold) and Tangram Puzzles (45,000 sold)is absolutely guaranteed to attract kids attention.
Download or read book The Tiny Giant written by Barbara Ciletti and published by Schiffer Kids. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do forests grow? Follow the journey of one tiny acorn from seed to tree and celebrate how the power of one can touch so many. As the seasons pass and the weather changes, the tiny acorn steadily supports a thriving ecosystem and eventually grows into a giant oak tree--one day destined to become a magnificent forest. Accompanied by information on various oak varieties and how to grow your own oak tree, young readers will delight in learning how one small thing can create something so significant.
Download or read book The Usborne Big Book of Big Animals written by Hazel Maskell and published by Usborne Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mighty elephant to the amazing colossal squid, open the huge fold-out pages to reveal some of the tallest, longest and heaviest animals in the world-and discover the biggest animal that's every lived.
Download or read book Popular Science Kids The Giant Book of Who What When Where Why How written by Centennial Books and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Giant Book of Who, What, When, Where, Why and How is loaded with interesting information and inviting images. It answers all the questions kids really want to know! Through more than 1,000 fascinating facts and hundreds of awe-inspiring photos, kids will uncover answers to questions such as: Why are clownfish and sea anemones such close coral companions?; Why do scientists study dino poop? What is the slimiest and snottiest creature on the planet?; Where is the tallest waterfall?; What were the Vikings really like?; What is the largest living organism?; and Why does your body make so many gross noises? This must-read book includes chapters on animals, nature, amazing places, space, technology, history, the human body, sports, incredible inventions, and science. Kids will also discover record-breaking facts in Top 10 lists and Popular Science quizzes.
