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Author
Publisher
National Geographic Partners, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This book answers some of kids' most burning "Why?" questions. More than 200 colorful photos are paired with age-appropriate text featuring answers to questions like "Why do dogs sniff everything?" "Why do I burp?" and "Why is ocean water salty?" This book inspires kids to be curious, ask questions, and explore the world around them.
6) The extraordinary book of useless information: the most fascinating facts that don't really matter
Author
Publisher
A Perigree Book, Published by the Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
There are more incredibly pointless and delightfully entertaining things to discover in this new entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. You probably never knew... - Ronald Reagan is the only president who has been divorced. - It is estimated that half of the world's spider species have yet to be discovered. - November 15 is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. And did you really ever have to know... - The whiskers on a harbor seal...
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The New York Public Library staff answers questions remarkable and preposterous, with illustrations by Barry Blitt. Have you've ever wondered if you can keep an octopus in a private home? Do you spend your time thinking about how much Napoleon's brain weighed? If so, Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers is the book for you. The New York Public Library has been fielding questions like these ever since it was founded in 1895. Of course, some of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? Eyes that squirt blood? Explore the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in this interactive guessing book, beautifully illustrated in cut-paper collage, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor.
This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades K-1, Read Aloud Informational Text).
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"There are plenty of books about unusual animals. This is a book about fourteen well-known animals--kangaroos, hippos, giraffes--who all have unusual characteristics. For instance, did you know that a kangaroo's kick can be deadly, that a giraffe can clean its own ears with its tongue, or that a hippo has teeth as long as a child's arm? This accessible book, full of amazing photographs and easy-to-digest factoids, is perfect for animal lovers of all...
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 5
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When pets go missing in Blue River Creek it is up to Ada to follow the scientific method by making a hypothesis, collecting data, and experimenting to find the missing animals.
15) Big book of why
Author
Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Provides trivia questions and answers on a wide variety of topics, including emotions, sea life, disasters, and the globe.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"How to Swallow a Pig is a clever and whimsical nonfiction book about animal behavior disguised as a How-to/Advice book by the bestselling team of Steve Jenkins and Robin Page."--
18) That's how!
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A very imaginative boy answers a girl's questions about how different kinds of vehicles work.
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