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13 1/2 incredible things you need to know about everything.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2017Edition: First American editionDescription: 176 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781465461124
  • 1465461124
Other title:
  • 13 and a half incredible things you need to know about everything
  • 13 and one half incredible things you need to know about everything
  • Thirteen and a half incredible things you need to know about everything
  • Thirteen and one half incredible things you need to know about everything
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "This myth-busting visual encyclopedia will amaze kids with 13 things they need to know about every topic they love and one "half fact" that dispels a common misconception or half-truth. Extraordinary images and irresistible fact snippets on each topic spread--from space to gemstones to the food we eat--make learning fun, but it's the "13 1/2" fact that kids will be most eager to know. Does cracking your knuckles really cause arthritis? Do ligers really exist? Are scorpions really deadly to humans? The answers to these questions and many others are revealed and will have kids digging for even more information behind the truths."--Amazon.com.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 031.02 A111 Available 33111007811728
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 031.02 A111 Available 33111008815934
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Learn something about everything with 13 mind-blowing facts plus a little myth-buster about every topic under (and including) the Sun!

Exploded images of everyday objects, from cars and skeletons to pianos and chocolate, will take you on an incredible factual adventure. Did you know that one in every four animals on Earth is a beetle? Were you aware that white chocolate isn't technically chocolate? Or that the dwarf planet Pluto is so small that two of it could sit side-by-side across the USA?

13½ Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything includes over 1000 facts on 80 different subjects to satisfy your thirst for knowledge.

Familiar objects - the Earth, a tiger, an Apollo spacesuit, a scorpion - are exploded to reveal their extraordinary insides. Surprising myth-busters will give you lots of new favorite facts, such as chameleons change color to stand out not blend in and that on sharks on average only kill 6 people annually while people kill 100 million sharks a year!

Awesome images will draw you into 13½ Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything and irresistible and fascinating information will keep you there.

"More than 1,000 amazing facts!"--Cover.

Includes index.

"This myth-busting visual encyclopedia will amaze kids with 13 things they need to know about every topic they love and one "half fact" that dispels a common misconception or half-truth. Extraordinary images and irresistible fact snippets on each topic spread--from space to gemstones to the food we eat--make learning fun, but it's the "13 1/2" fact that kids will be most eager to know. Does cracking your knuckles really cause arthritis? Do ligers really exist? Are scorpions really deadly to humans? The answers to these questions and many others are revealed and will have kids digging for even more information behind the truths."--Amazon.com.

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