Weird But True! 4: 300 Outrageous Facts by National Geographic Kids

Weird But True! 4: 300 Outrageous Facts Reviews

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  Ange (Our Epic TBR List) Schmelzer

  Crazy, but absolutely true facts like...
  
  "The world's most stolen food is cheese."
  
  "A Narwhale uses its tusk to detect changes in the weather."
  
  "There is an eel in New Zealand that can live for more than 100 years."
  
  "There are more than 700 versions of the Cinderella story."
  
  "A Blue Whale's largest veins are so big that you could swim through them."
  
  "Mail is still delivered by mule to the remote town of Supai, Arizona, U.S.A."
  
  Seriously, I could go on and on! They are SO fascinating! Once you start flipping through it, that's it! You're hooked! You end up reading the whole thing!
  
  My thoughts: These are a great price and are SO darn fun! This was my purchase for me after picking out books for classrooms and 2 each for my daughters at their school's Scholastic Book Fair Thursday! I think I read the whole thing aloud to whomever was listening while waiting for an hour in between parent/teacher conferences for my girls. Love these! I don't know that it's useful information but it sure is cool! These would make a great addition to any classroom, or even a bathroom! :) They would be great stocking stuffers for people who are hard to buy for.
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  Meg McGregor

  I really like learning new things from a "children's book!"
  
  This was a very entertaining, and lavishly illustrated, book of trivia!
  
  These little gems were my favorites.
  
  A. There's a mushroom named after, Spongebob Squarepants.
  
  B. The first stop signs were black - and - white.
  
  C. A group of owls is called a parliament.
  
  D. When there's thunder during a snowstorm, it's called "thunder snow".
  
  E. A man wrote an entire novel, without using the letter, "e".
  
  F. A group of turkeys is called a gang.
  
  G. The energy, in one bolt of lightning, could toast about 100,000 slices of bread.
  
  H. There are more than 700 versions, of the story, of Cinderella.
  
  I. You can buy cupcakes, through 24-hour ATM's, in California and New York City.
  
  J. On the 100th anniversary, of the sinking of the Titanic, a restaurant recreated the ten course dinner, served on board, the night the famous ship went down. The price? $1,000 per person!
  
  As Lord Byron wrote, "Tis strange - but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction."
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  Garrett Michael

  National Geographic 2012
  # Of Pages: 206
  Summary:
  This installment has all-new facts and illustrations, creative type treatments, and more cool photos. Brain-bending facts cover a broad range of topics, including science, animals, food, weather, pop culture, outer space, geography, and just about everything else under the sun.
  5 Stars
  Genre: Non-fiction
  Guided Level: M
  Grade level:3-5
  lexile: 650
  CCS/Teaching IdeaCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1
  Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
  
  Students can pick an interesting fact from the book and then do further research on that fact to learn more!
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  Awsom

  It was good.
  I really liked the facts.
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  Liam M

  Funny facts
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  Meg

  I don't enjoy slamming books but this is everything I DON'T want to see in children's nonfiction. It does not support critical thinking in any way, shape, or form, and presents "facts" without much substantiation. For example, "A rainbow looks different to every person who sees it" (145). This may be a novelty to 6 or 7-year-old readers, but rather than spouting rapid-fire "didja know?" statements at its audience, this book should explain WHY a rainbow looks different to different people (if that is, in fact, a scientific fact).
  
  Further, the book states that the world's longest beaver dam is as long as 60 school buses placed end-to-end. Children should be encouraged to push further and ask deeper questions: how long IS a school bus? Can't different buses be different sizes? This book does not incourage such inquiry. It's a rapid-fire explosion of "believe it or not" statements that have connection to the hard science behind them. I'm disappointed to see the National Geographic seal on this, especially after the awesome publications I've seen from them as of late (NatGeo Little Kids magazine, for example).
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  Haleigh Chacon

  Weird but true four by National Geographic Kids is a another great book the series that kids will love.I enjoyed the book very much because of all the interesting facts.Every minute I would stop and say "I didn't know that and wow!"Every single fact was worth reading.It is a quick and easy read that you will like.The only thing is I would like the author or creator should explain why that is true and put more information.But another than that it is an awesome book!I rate the book four stars because of all of the funny,amazing,and interesting facts.I think many people will love the book!
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  Hope Mullinax

  From the National Geographic Society, this is fourth, and most recent, in a series of books containing weird and quirky facts. It is an easy read for the reluctant reader. Kids love the unusual and quick information found within each page and are eager to recite the information in later conversations.
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  Children's Literature Project

  The book contains 300 wacky facts about all subject areas. One fact is ripe bananas glow blue under a black light.
  
  DRA: 40
  GLE: 4
  Lexile: 850L
  GR: R
  
  Classroom Use:
  - class library
  - read aloud when class has a just a few minutes like waiting to leave the classroom or waiting for another teacher.
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  Lauren

  Lots of interesting facts!
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  Marcus

  It was very interesting. I thought the facts were amazing. My favorite was the fact about the toilet factory in South Korea. :)
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  Lente

  this book has many interesting facts in it and has many pictures.
  the problem is that it doesn't give detail or explains how one fact is true or not.....
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  Amelia

  The facts in this book were really interesting, and I never knew any of them so it really amazed me.
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  Bernice

  Great quick read that keeps you engaged. Was shocked or grossed out a few times. Colorful book with great pictures.
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  Nicholas S.

  hello
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  Christina

  I love random facts.
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  Miranda

  i think it was very cool
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  Hadi Wijaya

  Still like this series. I can read simple fact to fill my short leisure time. And it fits just exactly.
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  Allison Brenner

  I paid two stars because I thought all the facts were really cool but it wasn't like a story or anything