IT'S TRUE!

4 primary works

It's True! We Came from Slime (7)

by Kenneth McNamara and Andrew Plant

Published 1 January 2004

Including everything you wanted to know about fossils and evolution, this is one of the fantastic titles in the popular non-fiction series, It's True!

It's True! This book is a load of rubbish (14)

by Deborah Burnside and Andrew Plant

Published 1 May 2005

Here's a racy review of rubbish and recycling through the ages, from the times when pigs were let loose in the street to clean up garbage to today's high-tech methods for re-using glass and plastic. Dig up the dirt on muckrakers and mudlarks. Dive into drains and delve into dumps to find out the lore and law of rubbish. Unearth the facts about spies who fossicked in trash cans looking for evidence of dirty deeds, and inventors hoping to patent the perfect dunny. Once you've read this book, the 3Rs will never be the same again.

It's True! Everest kills (22)

by Kim Wilson and Andrew Plant

Published 1 April 2006

Psst! It's true! This is the best book on Everest you'll ever read!What's it like at the summit of Mount Everest? It's so cold that your skin sticks to metal, your breath comes out in crackling ice crystals and your eyes freeze shut.Battle blinding blizzards, run the risk of avalanches and sniff out the elusive hairy yeti. Find out who won the race to the top of the world, and what happened to Mad Maurice's body after he disappeared on the snowy slopes. Join our expedition up the planet's highest mountain . if you dare!Chill out with frostbitten facts and extreme expeditions.

It's True! Sleep makes you smarter (25)

by Thalia Kalkipsakis and Andrew Plant

Published 1 January 2007

Psst! It's true! This is the best book on SLEEP you'll ever read!Did you know that astronauts don't snore? And that lack of sleep can kill you faster than starvation?Dive under the doona and find out the facts on sleep. Horses do it standing up, ducks with one eye open. Pop stars invent catchy tunes while they are snoozing. A nightmare about cannibals leads to the invention of the sewing needle. From snoring to ejector beds, bedbugs to why we dream, it's all here, between the sheets.Wake up to the wacky world inside your brain at night.