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Memory superpowers! : an adventurous guide to remembering what you don't want to forget / written by Nelson Dellis ; illustrated by Steph Stilwell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020Description: 207 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781419731877
  • 1419731874
  • 9781419736841
  • 1419736841
Other title:
  • Memory super-powers!
  • Adventurous guide to remembering what you don't want to forget
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction: How this book works -- Preparing for the expedition. All the memory tools you'll ever need -- An adventure down the river. How to remember things... fast... with the story method -- The forest of fogotten names. How to remember names and faces -- The great word pyramids. How to remember spelling, definitions, and foreign languages -- The pirates of the periodic table. How to remember a list of things in order using the Peg Method -- The Himalayan memory palace. How to memorize a list of things using a 2,500-year-old method -- The number trek. How to remember numbers -- The summit and the memory thief. How to remember poems, speeches, and difficult passwords -- The journey home. A few last memory tips.
Summary: "The Memory Thief wants to steal your memories! Luckily, Nelson, the Memory Champ, is on hand to guide you through the Forest of Forgettable Names and around the Great Word Pyramids. Nelson will help readers escape the Pirates of the Periodic Table and journey through the Himalayan Memory Palace. The quest for an infallible memory will culminate on the Number Trek to finally defeat The Memory Thief once and for all. Guided by national memory champion Nelson Dellis, readers will learn the tricks and secrets to remembering everything from the world capitals to the elements of the periodic table to speeches and soliloquies-and even enjoy themselves in the process!"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
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 153.12 D357 Checked out 07/08/2024 33111009748282
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 153.12 D357 Available 33111010389522
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A fun and highly practical guide to helping kids achieve remarkable memorization skills--now in paperback



Nelson Dellis, the four-time USA Memory Champion, reveals the secrets to his phenomenal ability to remember almost anything. From presidents to state capitals, from mathematical theorems to the periodic table, kids have so much to remember for school!



Luckily, readers have Dellis's incredibly helpful guide! The book is structured as an entertaining and fantastical narrative in which the author guides the reader as they attempt to climb Mt. Foreverest. Up there, the goal is to defeat the Memory Thief, a villain plotting to steal the memories of everyone. On the journey, while encountering pirates, forest dwarves, and mummies, Dellis offers tools and tricks to remember the US presidents in order, foreign word meanings, countries and capitals, the periodic table, long numbers, and multiplication tables. But really, he's providing easily understandable exercises to help the reader remember any kinds of words, lists, numbers, or concepts. Perfect for helping with school studies in any discipline and for amazing friends and family, Memory Superpowers! is one unforgettable book.

Introduction: How this book works -- Preparing for the expedition. All the memory tools you'll ever need -- An adventure down the river. How to remember things... fast... with the story method -- The forest of fogotten names. How to remember names and faces -- The great word pyramids. How to remember spelling, definitions, and foreign languages -- The pirates of the periodic table. How to remember a list of things in order using the Peg Method -- The Himalayan memory palace. How to memorize a list of things using a 2,500-year-old method -- The number trek. How to remember numbers -- The summit and the memory thief. How to remember poems, speeches, and difficult passwords -- The journey home. A few last memory tips.

"The Memory Thief wants to steal your memories! Luckily, Nelson, the Memory Champ, is on hand to guide you through the Forest of Forgettable Names and around the Great Word Pyramids. Nelson will help readers escape the Pirates of the Periodic Table and journey through the Himalayan Memory Palace. The quest for an infallible memory will culminate on the Number Trek to finally defeat The Memory Thief once and for all. Guided by national memory champion Nelson Dellis, readers will learn the tricks and secrets to remembering everything from the world capitals to the elements of the periodic table to speeches and soliloquies-and even enjoy themselves in the process!"-- Provided by publisher.

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