Weird But True 9

Weird But True #9

by National Geographic Kids

The world can be a pretty wacky place! Kids will have a blast exploring just HOW wacky in the latest book in the wildly popular Weird But True series, full of 300 all-new surprising and amazing facts. Topics include science, space, weather, geography, food, pop culture, and just about everything else under the sun, presented with fascinating photos and illustrations. This quirky little reference is so much fun, kids forget they're learning.

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Science, Animals

208 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 2017

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

[Zach · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Ruth Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

This small book is filled with 300 "weird but true" facts which are accompanied by color photos. Many of these facts are about animals - I love animals!

Pages 40-41. "Some birds 'talk' to their unhatched eggs."
"Dogs can understand human speech."
"Goats communicate with humans by staring at them."
Page 22. "Gorillas sometimes sing happy songs when they eat."
Did you know that we have "smell receptors" in our lungs? p. 189

[Jennifer Flores · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genre: Non-fiction, journalism, biography
Ages: 5 and Up
Twin-Text: The Big Book of How
I paired both books together because the books give facts that children most likely would like to know. The books both contain different topics, such as facts about: animals, people, history, places and the biology of the human body. The books bring information that children most likely do not know because it is not something that is talked about in school or at home.

[Cateresa Finch Boston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of these are so unbelievable I had to look them up to verify. Like, are there really decomposing wasps inside the figs we eat? Yes, yes there are. And I want to visit the spot where the US-Canada border runs through the middle of a library.

[Gus Pogue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informational Nonfiction
Middle Grades (4-6)
I enjoy how this book is formatted, just being quick snippets of facts. This makes it enjoyable for kids to think about and share with others, as well as encourage them to do more research into these subjects.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had some interesting information. My nephew and I had some fun discussions and we researched a few of the things that they mentioned.

Nice starting points to get some good discussion going.

[Awsom · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like the cool facts.

[Cadin Berry · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was some things that just didn't keep my attention.

[Kaitlynne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I learned lots of random information from this book. A few things that I already knew, but interesting nonetheless.

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was cool. I learned different stuff reading this. I love learning history and strange stuff like these books have.

[Patrick Sun · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was great! I learned about a bunch of new things I didn’t know! Although, I wish the book was a bit longer, ‘cause it’s so cool!!!

[PottWab Regional Library]

A

[Aidan Bologna · Rating 1 out of 5]

they messed up a fact about the first computer program it came out in 1948 not 1842

[Evelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 10 year old Loves these books, I am looking for something like this geared toward her age that covers a whole topic not just little snip-its of a bunch of things. We have done the "you wouldn't want to be a..." series which i think is the closest thing we have found to this for kids. She loves non-fiction but gets stuck on these when she sees them on the shelf.

[Sree P. 8A19 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really god book and is exciting!

[Awsom · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like the cool facts.