Weird But True! Canada: 300 Outrageous Facts About the True North

Weird but True! Topics

by National Geographic Kids

The best-selling Weird But True line is now exploring north of the U.S. border! Follow along to learn tons of fun facts about the outrageous oddities and kooky charisma of the Land of Plenty: Canada!

Calling all Canadians and Canada-philes: Get ready to be amazed and delighted by wacky facts, stats, tidbits, and trivia, eh? Did you know that the Royal Mint once created a coin weighing more than 90 kg and valued at over $1 million dollars? Or that Canada was the first country to build a UFO landing pad? Maybe you'd be amazed to discover that Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world? It's all weird--and it's all true...Canada style! In this latest and greatest edition of Weird But True, you'll read all about the wacky wilds, bizarre bites, and strange scenes of Canada!

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Middle Grade, Canada, Trivia, History

208 pages, Paperback

Published May 15, 2018

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

[Malou]

Funny, random facts about Canada😂 Nice read before immigrating to Canada this summer!

[Leo W]

Read it with my dad, really nice conversation starter

[Lila Smith]

Just a quick read on EPIC for kids.

[Ross Vincent]

My "godson" sent me this book of weird Canadian facts.
Cuz, when it comes to "Cousin Ross", it doesnt get any weirder.

But try a few of these on:
- Churchhil, Mantiboa - people will leave their cars unlocked so strangers can take shelter from Polar Bears
- Vancouver fair will have a Picklet Corn Dog - a hot dog, stuffed in hollowed picket, then dipped in cornbread batter and fried #OhYeahGotToTryThat
- Canada has more donut shops per person than any other country
- The following were invented in Canada - Peanut butter used in candies/ chocolate, whoopee cushion, Trivia Pursuit


This is great for those wanting trivia or to entertain little kids

[Kelly]

A lot of trivia type of information. I thought it would be more 'weird' facts. Eh, oh well...still interesting.

[Justin Barnes]

Very good book

[Kim]

Some interesting facts about Canada...some fun and wacky and some awe inspiring.

[Patricia Atkinson]

a very interesting book i found out some things i didnt even know worth looking into for adults and kids

[Joe Corrigan]

A fun book for kids. We had purchased the book to supply trivia questions for a family event in the past year and as a prize.

[Kiara Storch]

best book ever, nothing can ever compete

[Zeke Woodhead]

Everything is so fascinating 🤩 Go to EPIC to read all of them

[Mister_T1313]

Since I'm Canadian I was really surprised when I noticed that I didn't know, that much about Canada. It was so informative and I think anybody, even people that aren't Canadian, will enjoy this SUPER AMAZING book.
5 STARS⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Noelle Walsh]

A fun and fast read with plenty of things you never knew before about Canada, this book is a worthwhile read for young and old! It's perfect for lovers of trivia and for young book lovers!