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Publisher
Guinness World Records Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
An updated edition of the compendium of records includes entries ranging from athletic achievements and cutting-edge cyborg innovations to social-media stars and boundary-breaking art.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This title shows readers some of the most amazing machines in the world. Vibrant photographs team up with cool and interesting facts to attract those reluctant readers. Complete with a table of contents, glossary, index, and even more facts!"--Provided by the publisher.
10) Crop circles
Author
Series
Publisher
Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Readers of this book will investigate the facts and compare the data provided in the fascinating text and compelling infographics, and then decide for themselves what's really going on with crop circles"--
11) Weird food
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Did you know that the hottest chili pepper is 300times spicier than the jalapeno? And that there's a Chinese snack called stinky tofu? Or that there's a festival in Spain just for throwing tomatoes?
Author
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Reinforced library bound edition.
Physical Desc
5 volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
When their parent's were kidnapped by Despoina and the sinister Shadow Society, Maxwell and Melody Keep followed their mysterious Uncle Roland through a portal to the Museum of the Weird, a vast depository of the world's most powerful--and threatening--supernatural objects.
Author
Language
English
Description
Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media and religious firestorm that changes her life forever.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
362 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Growing up with fellow sideshow performers at an oddities museum, three orphans with unusual superhuman abilities are joined by a fourth child, a knife-thrower, with whom they search for the museum's stolen Amazonian shrunken head.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
(unpaged) : color illustrations ; 36 cm
Language
English
Description
From Hong Kong to Reykjavk, Ulaanbaatar to New York City, enjoy a lush and unexpected journey around the world to discover what makes each place unique. Sleepy sloths, colorful cows, staggering skylines, terrible traffic--countless surprises await! All you need is a good guide and a little curiosity . . . so, what are you waiting for? Let's go!
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the concept of weather, combining vivid photographs with elementary facts to explain how weather systems work and the environmental conditions they create.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
64 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Anyone who has watched Indiana Jones knows that curses can have very real implications. However, is there such a thing today as cursed objects? This book explores some of the most well-known cursed objects, from the Hope Diamond to Tutankhamun's tomb, and looks to science, through the use of photographs, eyewitness accounts, elaborate hoaxes, and evidence, to answer whether curses are real.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"On his regular walk one morning, Spike Carlsen realized there was an entire world outside his front door that he knew nothing about. How does that fire hydrant work, he wondered? Why are street lights shining more brightly than ever before? And, on a more personal level, why does an easy stroll around the neighborhood always leave him feeling more creative and spry, better able to take on the day? A simple walk around the block set Carlsen off on...
Author
Series
Curiosity House volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
361 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Four orphans are shocked when their beloved friend, sculptor Siegfried Eckleberger, is murdered. As they investigate, they find clues that his death may be tied to the murder of a rich New York heiress as well as to their own past.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
[ix], 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to ask The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool...