Brain Candy: Seriously Sweet Facts to Satisfy Your Curiosity

by Chelsea Lin

Unwrap 500 fascinating knowledge nuggets about all kinds of topics to boost your brainpower in this yummy little fact book.

Let's start with a million. A million days ago, the first Olympics took place in ancient Greece. If you live a million hours, you'll be 114 years old. And how many ants equal the weight of one average human? That's right, a million. Open the candy cover and take a deep and delicious dive into numbers, fun facts, and cool trivia on all kinds of topics. It's a novel approach to feeding kids tantalizing tidbits about the world, and is sure to be an addictive addition to the bookshelves of Weird But True! and Just Joking fans.

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens

208 pages, Library Binding

Published October 8, 2019

Reviews

[Stacie · Rating 5 out of 5]

These small books from National Geographic Kids are always so full of interesting facts and, of course, full of fun! These types of books are always the first ones chosen from my bookbag when I sub in the elementary classrooms.

This book states it will share juicy tidbits and mind-blowing facts. Of course, there will be amazing photography and facts that adults and kids will find fascinating. Right away in the introduction, my mind was blown over the fact of there being 10 quintillion insects on the planets, which means there are 200 million insects for each one of us. Eeeek!

I can’t wait to tell my brother-in-law that some people have a gene that makes cilantro taste like soap. He would probably agree!

If you have a hamster, did you know that it could run up to 5 miles per night on its hamster wheel?

People are getting taller, which you notice if you visit historical mansions because the beds are so much shorter than they are now. But, the Dutch are growing the most, seven inches on average.

We are deep into the flu and cold season. There are only three types of flu viruses, but more than 200 viruses that cause the common cold.

Peanut butter was invented in the 1880s, but the jelly wasn’t invented until 1917. Think of all those kids in the late 1800’s that were deprived of a PB&J sandwich.

These facts and many more are included in this book. Facts on fireworks, roller coasters, Alaska, Africa, animals, food, and comic books just to name a few. This is a great book for kids that love bite-sized facts that they can rattle off to their friends or family. Parents will find them interesting as well.

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brain Candy is a nonfiction children's book full of facts. The book is perfect for sharing between friends or in a classroom and covers all sorts of subjects. Tidbits from subjects such as human anatomy, math, geography, animals, and technology are included. The book is full of fun photographs and illustrations to highlight the variety of different facts. The facts focus on the unusual and the strange, just the sort of thing that fascinates children. The design of the book is especially attractive and eye-catching with the use of bright colors, highlighted text, different sized fonts and interesting photographs. A book to be pored over and shared with relish.

[K.L. Bernard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are you a curious person who needs short snippets of information followed up with amazing photos for an ultimate visual experience for your brain? This handy little guide is packed with awesome tidbits and fun facts that will intrigue and even blow your mind.

Did you every wonder why we have eyebrows, eyelashes or even nose hair? According to this handy little guide these little hairs are very important. Eyelashes protect eyes from the wind, eyebrows protect eyes from sweat and nose hairs defend against dirt, pollen, and other germs. Did you know that the tallest known mountain in our solar system is a volcano on Mars? We as humans are still evolving? We are taller now than we were 150 years ago. Our heads are bigger and some humans are no longer being born with body parts that were once utilized.

Brain Candy is a sweet guide sharing loads of little known facts readers can enjoy and share. Parents and teachers can use this tool as a way for kids to spend some quality time reading and learning. There are plenty of cool photos and illustrations to get and keep the reader engaged.

[Kailey (Luminous Libro) · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Have you ever wondered which is hotter: the surface of the sun or the core of the Earth?" This book is packed with crazy facts and wild information to satisfy even the most curious minds! There are factoids about history, science, animals, writing, music, outer space, food, sports, and of course the weird human body.

I love how colorful this book is! Each page is full of vibrant photos and bright text boxes with nuggets of wacky information.

I only wish that each fact had more data explaining about the information. For instance, "A five-story inflated yellow duck travels to city harbors around the world." Why is there a huge rubber duck that travels around? Who owns it? What is its purpose? haha! I need more info! I guess I'll have to google it.

This book will definitely spark your curiosity and inspire you to search for more information on these crazy facts!

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review.

[Emily Ever · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has some great facts. Each page has one big statement (like birds are weird) with a bunch of other facts, like chickens are the closest living relatives to the T-Rex. Great for browsing or getting kids to start wanting to learn on their own. Would recommend.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and semi sweet

[Wednesday · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book but some of the pages are not very interesting for me.

[Wylaina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought it was just going to be facts about candy, but it isn't!

[Liam M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good

[Atlas Lawson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Non-fiction is my favorite genre because you can learn about many things👍 this book has a sharp, funny and interesting style. Age recommendation: ALL AGES