IT'S TRUE!

6 primary works

It's True! There Are Bugs in Your Bed

by Heather Catchpole and Vanessa Woods

Published 6 January 2001

In this book, kids meet deadly dust-dwellers, toilet terrors, and things that squish, squirm, and slime. There's a hideous creature that can live for months without its head, a beetle that blasts its victims with toxic spray, and five-eyed monsters that vomit on their prey to turn them into mush. Kids love gross, and even the nastiest beasties are helpful in some way.

About the "It's True!" series

"Gross! Creepy! Amazing! Kids will love it."

This non-fiction series for older readers features wacky writing, funny cartoons, and remarkable photos that make each book as delightfully entertaining as it is informative. It's True!

It's True! Frogs are Cannibals (2)

by Michael J Tyler and Mic Looby

Published 1 January 2004

Psst! It's true! This is the best book on FROGS you'll ever read!Where do frogs go in the daytime? Is the Boiling Frog Theory true? How do frogs climb up sheets of glass? Mike Tyler, Australia's Frogman', has all the answers. Read this book to find out about poison-dart frogs, toad tunnels, stowaway frogs, frogs that sunbake and frogs that have anti-freeze in their blood. Discover how to say long-snouted false toad' in Latin, and how to cook frogs' legs for dinner. Stun your friends with froggy facts and toadish brainteasers.

It's True! There ARE bugs in your bed (4)

by Heather Catchpole, Vanessa Woods, and Lecturer Craig Smith

Published 1 January 2004

In this book you'll meet a hideous creature that can live for a month without its head, a beetle that blasts its victims with toxic bottom spray, weird beings that breathe through their skin, five-eyed monsters that vomit on their prey to turn them into soup, and much, much more!Bug your friends with monstrous trivia and nightmarish facts.

It's True! Animals are electrifying (11)

by Rick Wilkinson and Mic Looby

Published 1 February 2005

Psst! It's True! This is the best book on ANIMALS you'll ever read! Did you know that fish can walk, snakes can fly and eggs can talk? What about the electric eel that could light up your house, or the lemur that every day eats enough poison to kill a dozen humans?Rick Wilkinson shows how animals adapt to their environment in bizarre and unexpected ways. If you don't want to get spewed on by a sea bird, slashed by a mantis shrimp or slimed by a hagfish, you'd better read this book! Flummox your friends with these crazy creature features.

It's True! Space turns you into spaghetti (16)

by Heather Catchpole, Vanessa Woods, and Heath McKenzie

Published 1 January 2006

PSSST! It's True! This is the best book on SPACE you'll ever read!Thinking of space travel? Watch out for exploding stars, boiling planets and robotic explorers. Beware of black holes, white dwarfs and red giants. Find out what happens when a star explodes, what it takes to become an astronaut and how to hunt for aliens with your computer. Zoom past planets and rocket round galaxies. But be careful - if you take a wrong turn you might be spaghettified!Fling your brain into orbit with far out facts

It's True! Pirates ate rats (27)

by Heather Catchpole, Vanessa Woods, and Mic Looby

Published 1 September 2007

Psst! This is the best book you'll ever read on pirates! Did you know that 19 September is Talk Like a Pirate Day? Avast there, me hearties! Find out why pirates should have eaten cabbage, but drank rum instead. Discover which captain stole hats, and which one burgled for bandages. Tremble at the stories of Blackbeard, who boarded enemy ships with his beard on fire and cutlass at the ready. Check the website showing well-known pirate hotspots near you! Arm yourself to the teeth with facts piratical