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Weird but True World 2025: Incredible Facts, Awesome Photos, and Weird Wonders--For This Year and Beyond!

Weird but True World 2025: Incredible Facts, Awesome Photos, and Weird Wonders--For This Year and Beyond!

By National Geographic Kids

51 ratings1 reviews

Meet a chef who cooks pizza over an active volcano in Guatemala. Visit a bridge in Hungary that was repaired with LEGO bricks. And get to know the world’s smelliest frog. You’ll find all this and more inside this jam-packed compendium of weird wonders from all around the world.
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Pirate Queens

Pirate Queens

By Lewis, Leigh

32 ratings1 reviews

This wow-worthy book proves that women have been making their mark in all aspects of history―even the high seas! Meet Ching Shih, a Chinese pirate who presided over a fleet of 80,000 men (by contrast, Blackbeard had some 300). Get the scoop on Anne Bonny who famously ran away from an arranged marriage to don trousers and brandish a pistol in the Bahamas. And there are more!
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ICK!: Delightfully Disgusting Animal Dinners, Dwellings, and Defenses

ICK!: Delightfully Disgusting Animal Dinners, Dwellings, and Defenses

By Melissa Stewart

51 ratings1 reviews

Animals--they're cute and fluffy, cuddly and puffy, and ... sometimes downright disgusting. Get r...
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Don't Read This Book Before Dinner: Revoltingly true tales of foul food, icky animals, horrible history, and more

Don't Read This Book Before Dinner: Revoltingly true tales of foul food, icky animals, horrible history, and more

By Anna Claybourne

53 ratings3 reviews

If you love to be grossed out, grab a seat at the table to revel in some of the most repulsive an...
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History's Mysteries: Curious Clues, Cold Cases, and Puzzles From the Past (National Geographic Kids)

History's Mysteries: Curious Clues, Cold Cases, and Puzzles From the Past (National Geographic Kids)

By Kitson Jazynka

4.258 ratings8 reviews

Why were the Easter Island heads erected? What really happened to the Maya? Who stole the Irish C...
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Don't Read This Book Before Bed: Thrills, Chills, and Hauntingly True Stories

Don't Read This Book Before Bed: Thrills, Chills, and Hauntingly True Stories

By Anna Claybourne

4.449 ratings11 reviews

Love to tell scary stories around the camp fire? Like to solve mysteries? Brave enough to hear th...
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Weird But True Gross: 300 Slimy, Sticky, and Smelly Facts

Weird But True Gross: 300 Slimy, Sticky, and Smelly Facts

By National Geographic Kids

4.910 ratings22 reviews

Get ready to be grossed out -- in a good way! This latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but...
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That's Deadly!: Fatal Facts That Will Test Your Fearless Factor (National Geographic Kids)

That's Deadly!: Fatal Facts That Will Test Your Fearless Factor (National Geographic Kids)

By Crispin Boyer

31 ratings2 reviews

Put on your suit of armor and grab your bear spray because it's time to explore the deadly side o...
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National Geographic Kids Ponies and Horses Sticker Activity Book: Over 1,000 Stickers! (NG Sticker Activity Books)

National Geographic Kids Ponies and Horses Sticker Activity Book: Over 1,000 Stickers! (NG Sticker Activity Books)

By National Geographic Kids

4.54 ratings10 reviews

An interactive book chock-full of adorable ponies and regal horses, this is the National Geograph...
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National Geographic Kids Fierce Animals Sticker Activity Book: Over 1,000 Stickers! (NG Sticker Activity Books)

National Geographic Kids Fierce Animals Sticker Activity Book: Over 1,000 Stickers! (NG Sticker Activity Books)

By National Geographic Kids

51 ratings2 reviews

An interactive book chock-full of cool, scary, freaky, outrageous, gross and fierce animals, this...
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