A brand-new Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader is coming to Nickelodeon!
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Do you remember world history you learned in 4th grade? How about 2nd grade astronomy? You’ll find out in this companion quiz book to Nickelodeon’s all-new Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, which includes brain-teasing questions, trivia, and more. School is back in session!
A brand-new Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader is coming to Nickelodeon!
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Do you remember world history you learned in 4th grade? How about 2nd grade astronomy? You'll find out in this companion quiz book to Nickelodeon's all-new Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, which includes brain-teasing questions, trivia, and more. School is back in session!
Who invented pizza? Why do people shake hands? Why do we wear underwear? You’ll find the answers to these questions and more in this new series from National Geographic Kids!
Ever wonder how basketball got started? Why we have birthday cakes? And why some people use forks and some use chopsticks? Prepare to be amazed by the surprising backstories behind the things you use or do every day! From familiar foods to common clothing items to bizarre beauty regimens, this book covers all your burning questions: Who thought of that? Where did that come from? Why is that a thing? Presented in a bold, colorful design, with stunning photos, and jam-packed with awesome facts, this book will have you totally riveted! Once you know all this cool stuff about the origins of everyday stuff, you can “wow” your friends and family.
Fully revised and updated, the record-breaking compendium of superlatives is back and bursting with facts, figures and incredible stories – each one selected to inspire you to learn about the fascinating world we live in… and to break records of your own.
In a series of 11 fact-packed chapters, we introduce you to the record-holders who’ve pushed the boundaries of what’s possible. Meet…
• The adventurers who trek, swim, ski, climb and fly to all four corners of the globe
• The real-life cyborgs who augment their bodies with cutting-edge technology
• The painters, sculptors, musicians and moviemakers taking performance art to new levels
• The stars of social media generating millions of views on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
• The athletic legends who continue to raise the bar in the world of sports
But it’s not only human beings who set records. Explore the wilder side of life with 24 pages of record-breaking animals, and take a trip around the world to visit the most awe-inspiring sights on each continent!
Plus, we investigate 10 record-breaking robots to find out what makes them tick. And look out for our exciting new “Snapshot” feature, in which our digital artists put a unique visual spin on some iconic record-holders such as the largest ever crocodile, the richest person on Earth and the tallest living tree – prepare to be amazed!
Kids love learning new jokes–and telling old favorites again and again. Curated by the editors of Highlights(TM), here is a brand-new collection of cream-of-the-crop jokes that have been making kids laugh for years, combined with plenty of new-to-them jokes that will soon become favorites. Hilarious black-and-white cartoons round out the fun. What is black and white and red all over? An embarrassed zebra, of course!
This essential, side-splitting humor collection features 365 uproarious riddles and jokes–with lots of funny cartoons to add to the fun. Kids will love amusing themselves–and friends and family–with this hilarious collection of favorite jokes.
Boggle your mind with the weird and wonderful facts, photos, and illustrations packed into the pages of this awesome almanac.
I Can’t Believe It! 2 brings together some of the most fascinating information and myth-busting true-or-false questions from four of DK’s bestselling titles: It Can’t Be True! (astonishing visual comparisons that explain extraordinary facts about the world around us); True or False? (unbelievable but true answers to big questions); Strange but True! (bizarre beasts, incredible places, and peculiar phenomena that are really real); and It Can’t Be True! 2 (a compendium of hundreds more visual comparisons). Covering a huge range of subjects from outer space to dinos, head lice to hamburgers, and snowflakes to fearsome flowers, this is truly a book with the “Wow!” factor that tells you things about our crazy universe you will hardly believe. I Can’t Believe It! 2 has something to astound everyone, over and over again. Parents will want to steal this book from their kids.
The biggest, wackiest, wildest, and weirdest of all the world record facts are jam-packed into this informative and superexciting fact book.
From the awesome to the weird to the downright gross, get ready to meet the world’s record setters! You’ll find fantastic firsts, awesome extremes, and weird wonders in achievements made by animals, humans, and Mother Nature. Paired with eye-popping design and unforgettable photographs, this book blows the record-book competition away and takes first place as the zaniest, most eye-catching, unbelievable, and best of the best record books you can find!
Another round of sidesplitting jokes based on the New York Times best-selling Where Is? series!
This hilarious follow-up collection of jokes featuring all the subjects of the ever-popular Where Is? series will keep kids laughing right through geography class! There are 300 silly jokes about places like Stonehenge, Easter Island, the Bermuda Triangle, Mount Rushmore, Area 51, and even our Solar System in this all-new collection.
Classic stories from Greek mythology come to life in this latest single-subject themed book in the Weird But True spin-off series, Know-It-All.
Zeus, Hades, Aphrodite, Hera, Poseidon, Hercules, Achilles, Ares, Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Dionysus, Prometheus! Fans of Rick Riordan will find this is the perfect companion book to dive a little deeper into the incredible stories from Greek mythology. Weird-but-true facts accompanied by lush original full-color art cover everything kids need to know about all their favorite Greek gods, heroes, monsters, quests, muses, and famous philosophers. From who gave mankind fire to famous fatal flaws to who stood guard at the Underworld, this book includes all the iconic Greek myths and key characters–and then goes one wonderfully weird step beyond.
Over 300 side-splitting jokes based on the New York Times best-selling series.
If you want to know exactly why Milton Hershey’s wife married him, look no further. (Because she wanted lots of Hershey’s Kisses!) This hilarious and original collection of jokes featuring all the subjects of the ever-popular Who Was? series will keep kids laughing right through history class!
Q: Why did Betsy Ross wear long dresses?
A: To cover her colo-knees!
Q: Which playwright is also a great cook?
A: Will-yum Shakespeare!
Q: Which president liked lasers?
A: Ronald Ray-gun!