True or False?: The Book of Big Questions and Unbelievable Answers

by D.K. Publishing

True or The human body is 75% water? Penicillin was invented by mistake? Spinach makes you strong? Olympic gold medals are made of solid gold? Centipedes always have 100 legs? True or False? is an encyclopedic collection of colorful photographs, images, and infographics bringing familiar subjects to life and helping kids discover incredible truths and statistics to wow their friends and family. Covering a wide-range of core curriculum topics from animals and people to space and science to history and culture, each true or false question is proved right or wrong by a detailed answer and even more fascinating facts. The perfect book for inquisitive minds, True or False? lets kids discover common misconceptions and learn what is strange but true.

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2014

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[The Brothers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Compared to some of the other books along this "factoid" genre, this one didn't have a lot of interesting information.

The photos were pretty good.