National Geographic Kids Ultimate Weird But True: 1,000 Wild & Wacky Facts & Photos!

Ultimate Weird but True #1

by National Geographic Kids

Did you know that a great white shark can weigh as much as 15 gorillas, that you drink the same water as the dinosaurs did, or that there’s a car that drives underwater?
 
This supersized, hardcover addition to the blockbuster Weird But True series, Ultimate Weird But True is packed 1,000 amazing facts and eye-popping photos that prove truth really is stranger than fiction. With a colorful, metallic cover, a kid-friendly design, and a wacky sense of humor, this stunning book will give kids a winning combination of smarts and fun.
 
Flip through these boldly-designed pages and you’ll find hundreds of snack-size stories about weird animals, space vacations, wacky inventions, freaky weather, amazing feats, wild extreme sports, and more. You’ll discover:
·       A real-life Spider-Man man who scales skyscrapers with his bare hands
·       A fish that plays soccer
·       A $150,000 diamond-studded cupcake
·       A man who makes himself invisible
·       An upside-down house
·       A hotel shaped like a giant beagle
·       Tornadoes of fire
·       A mouse that hitched a ride on a frog’s back
·       A dog that can read
·       A motorcycle shaped like hamburger
·       A 13-foot-tall pink poodle
·       Millions of red crabs
·       A white alligator
·       A robot that can do your grocery shopping, and much more…
·       Plus, cool illustrations, and "Ultimate Secret Revealed" features that explain the strange truth behind the most mind-bending facts, such as how it’s possible to convert peanut butter into a diamond and how frogs can fall from the sky

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Childrens, Middle Grade, Reference, History, Animals

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 13, 2011

About the author

With more than 600 titles—including the popular Weird But True franchise and the New York Times Best Selling National Geographic Kids Almanac—National Geographic Kids Books is the recognized leader in nonfiction for kids. Published in 28 languages, NGK Books reaches approximately 85 million kids every year.

Offering K-12 educators resources that align to and support the Common Core State Standards, National Geographic has a long history of providing high-quality informational texts suitable for primary, upper elementary, and middle school English language arts, social studies, and science classrooms.

Reviews

[birdie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these books because they make you seem smart! For instance, you can read these books, go to your friends, tell them the things you learned from these books, and seem like some informational genius!! Plus they were ( and are) super fun to read. Ive reread these books a lot!!

[Dolly]

Entertaining collection of fun trivia accompanied by big, colorful photographs and bold neon-colored backgrounds.

The book has no true narrative, but is separated into different sections, such as extreme sports, wacky inventions, freaky weather, weird animals, and more.

[Aarun · Rating 5 out of 5]

NG kids ultimate weird but true is an amazing book. It tells us many things that are funny, cool, exciting, and weird. the book would answer many questions you wouldn't even have till reading this book.

I picked up this book when i was at the library and taught it looked cool

I continued this book because it was cool and every page kept you reading

I would recommend this book to cris because he also like me loves fact books with this weird tint to it

[Emmett Egley · Rating 5 out of 5]

so many facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Josephine Sorrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Filled with fascinating and facts of interest to kids and adults. Did you know your eyeballs cannot get sunburned?
It has rained worms, fish, toads, tadpoles, and birds?
Powerful storms vacuum up the surface of ponds and when the storm breaks, the animals rain down,

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve been feeling slightly uninspired to write reviews this past week. However this book has really stood out as a gem. I think we paid about 75 cents for it at McKay’s used bookstore. I’m sure that’s because it is old and somewhat out of date now. But the copy we bought looked pristine. My five year old has been coming back to this book again and again. He loves the dog and giraffe motels. The upside down house. He’s been peppering his conversation with all sorts of new tech vocabulary. Even in 2018, I don’t think a Mom can go wrong bringing this book in the house.

[Brent Chouanard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Students really enjoy these books because they have fun pictures, interesting facts, and are highly entertaining depending of the book. I believe there is a "Weird but Gross" one which can get pretty gnarly for kids, but they love that kind of humor too. Students love sharing the facts and it can be a quick and easy book to put in a classroom library for reference or just for entertainment purposes and pleasure reading. 1st through 4th grade would probably enjoy these the most.

[Cindy Mooney · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids love these! If you have kids, or if you are a teacher, you've got to get these for your children! They make my kids want to know more. It takes us a long time to get through them, this one took me a month, because they want to look up so many of the facts to find out more. I can't recommend these enough!

[Oliwer · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Ultimate Weird But True book by National Geographic Kids is a nonfiction book that is not to hard to read but still gives you a lot of fun interesting facts. I think it is a solid easy read. I gave it five stars.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fun and interesting!

[Justin7t87gyi · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read this with my children and it can be used for school. Anything with the national geographic kids books are wonderful for the elementary schools.

[Rylee Pitner]

This is a nonfiction book that is spread out in an engaging format for students by asking them questions and having them make guesses throughout. This book also includes plenty of pictures.

[Dani]

It will be fun to read

[Weessssley · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

The facts are fun, funny, and informative. Lots of children will love this book!

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

We read this over three nights and generally found it pretty fascinating, though it’s not easy to read aloud.

[Samuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good. I really like books like this. One complaint though is it has evolution in it and I don't like that.

[Paulina · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Jasbir · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, this book has awesome things and facts

[Connor Doyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is the wackiest of the weird and the facts are appropriate which overall is awesome. Lots of interesting facts like there is this potty somewhere in China that the whole restroom is made of 24 k gold!

[The Brothers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally got this book at Asher's (7yo) request, but ended up flipping through it myself one afternoon. It's a fun collections of weird factoids about the man-made and natural world, including the ever popular pets-riding-skateboards section.

[Asho · Rating 3 out of 5]

S is always drawn to these types of books. He didn't love this one as much as he loves the National Geographic "Would You Rather..." books, but he still liked paging through it in his downtime over the past few weeks.

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so cool me and my mom are amazed are some of the facts.

[Daniel]

Engaging nonfiction trivia book. Many kids will want to read it.

[Theo]

Varry cool

[Jessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favourite books!

[Kevin Koppelmann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Light read but interesting

[Gabe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is awesome and really has some interesting facts. Recommend reading this book.