Subject: Curiosities (Keywords)

This irresistibly disgusting book for children will teach you all you need to know about all kinds of animal and human waste and goo - what it's for, how it's made, where it goes, and lots more. Did you know, for example, that the global population produces more than a million tons of poo every d...

The bizarre beasts, incredible places, and peculiar phenomena featured in this mind-blowing compendium are not just really weird - they're really real. This wacky book explores our world's most exciting oddities. Did you know there's a plant that eats mice? Or that you can dip your toe in a rainb...

If anything in this book doesn't quite ring true, you'd better start believing! This irresistible page-turner will keep your eyes popping and your jaws dropping from start to finish. Did you know that Earth could fit inside Jupiter more than 1000 times? Can you believe the Eiffel Tower would fit ...

The QI team have blown your socks off, made your jaw drop and knocked you sideways. Now they return with 1,234 brand-new mind-blowing facts that will leave you speechless.

Scientists and historians have discovered a lot about our past, our future and how the world works, but SO MUCH remains unknown. What is dark matter? How fast could a T.Rex run? How did Mary Queen of Scots keep her dying wishes secret from her enemies? This work explores the edges of human knowle...

This title opens up to children the fascinating wonders of our world, historical and modern day. Artwork throughout illustrates stunning natural features such as the Grand Canyon and Ayers Rock, as well as amazing man-made structures such as bridges and skyscrapers.

What happened to Amelia Earhart's aeroplane, Van Gogh's painting of Dr Gachet and the crew of the Mary Celeste? This book unlocks the world's lost property cupboard and sifts through buried treasure, mysterious disappearances and unknown locations, examining the evidence - and the conspiracy theo...

In 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', Douglas Adams famously proposed that the answer to the question 'what is the meaning of life?' was the number 42. Why that number? It has taken Peter Gill ten years to establish just why 42 is the answer. In this book, Gill gives readers a whole range o...

An eye-popping fact book with a LEGO twist - discover amazing information about the world around us with the help of LEGO minifigures and bricks! Did you know a Goliath spider weighs the same as 75 2x4 LEGO bricks? Or that LEGO bricks and minifigures in various forms have travelled to Saturn, Mar...

Each book in this series contains a fascinating fact-finding section followed by a story which appears on two parallel ability levels - allowing access for the poorest of readers.