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Wonderful and weird facts about the world to amaze you and your friends: Life in Space, Dolphin Heros, Water Monsters, and much more. About the series: "OWL" magazine has made a variety of pocket-sized books, each filled with amusing facts, puzzles, or jokes for hours of fun. Their convenient size allows you to carry them with you so you can work on challenging puzzles, figure out riddles, or discover new facts when you have a little extra time.

This latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but True series serves up tons more zany fun, focused totally on the subject of food!  Step up to the plate to get 100 percent new content, with 300 more of the amazing facts plus photos that kids just can't get enough of.

Introduces some of the strongest and weakest animals in the world, explaining the benefits of strength and various adaptations.

Even homework is a breeze. This high-energy book is filled with news stories from around the world and the nation and includes information on topics ranging from A to Z. This resource has what every kid needs to write a report, entertain friends, and impress teachers, from awesome animal facts to Internet resources to information about the world's nations, space exploration, inventions, and much, much more. The richly designed "Time for Kids Almanac 2011" features more than 800 photos, flags, an...

Provides facts, figures, and statistics on a variety of topics, covering popular culture, technology, sports, and more.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling World Almanac comes a full‑color, full‑of‑fun book with answers to your questions about everything under the sun––and beyond it!Why do we have eyebrows?What are the odds of being struck by lightning?Why do sports referees wear black and white stripes?Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? Everyone wants to understand the world around them. And everyone knows the best way to do that is to ask a ton of questions! The World Almanac Book of Why seeks to give answ...

A knock knock book that certainly will inspire boys and girls to laugh out loud. Belly Laugh Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids is packed with both classic and original knock-knock jokes to make readers keel over in laughter. Developed to meet the needs of the millions of children eternally hungry for joke books, this collection is complete with 350 hilarious knock-knock jokes for kids. Knock, knock. Who’s there? Olive. Olive who? Olive you!Knock, knock. Who’s there? Canoe. Canoe who? Canoe help me wit...

The definitive guide to the most exceptional creatures on Earth, 'Animal Record Breakers' lists the achievers and the unique in the animal kingdom. These are not only records like fastest and largest. These are the truly unusual, like the most bizarre defense (three species of horned lizard can squirt blood from their eyes over a distance of four feet or 1.2 m); and the worst climber (western fence lizards fall out of their oak tree homes about 12,000 times a year). There are myth-busters (centi...

This fun and engaging book contains everything kids need to know about maps and flags of the world. The book features a detailed introduction, so readers can learn how maps are created, how countries are defined and some useful background information about flags before they get stuck in. The rest of the book is laid out by continent, with every country in the world listed, alongside its flag and some key stats, such as population, capital city and area. Each entry is accompanied by a fascinating...

Completely updated from the first page to the last, THE WORLD ALMANAC FOR KIDS 2003 presents valuable information in a lavishly illustrated, full-colour format that will appeal to kids of all ages. THE WORLD ALMANAC FOR KIDS is: * The No. 1 almanac designed just for kids * Completely updated from first page to last * Colourful, fun and informative * Packed with puzzles, games, activities and jokes * Filled with kid-friendly facts on just about every topic imaginable