13 1/2 Incredible Things you need to know about everything

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his myth-busting visual encyclopedia will amaze kids with 13 things they need to know about every topic they love and one "half fact" that dispels a common misconception or half-truth.
Extraordinary images and irresistible fact snippets on each topic spread--from space to gemstones to the food we eat--make learning fun, but it's the "131/2" fact that kids will be most eager to know. Does cracking your knuckles really cause arthritis? Do ligers really exist? Are scorpions really deadly to humans? The answers to these questions and many others are revealed and will have kids digging for even more information behind the truths.
A perfect gift for curious young minds, 131/2 Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything will stimulate the imagination of young readers, satisfy their thirst for knowledge, and allow them to look at the universe from a new perspective as they explore a wide variety of topics and discover the truth.

DK Books are a go to publisher for anyone with school age children, They are jam packed full of useful information on a range of subjects and contain those nuggets of information that will add that little something to a piece of homework and make it top of the pile. Their books are always really well put together, full of pages jam packed full of information which is displayed using a range of presentation methods which capture a child's attention and encourages them to research further.
When my children have homework research projects they always head straight to the internet and say they will 'Google it' however if I have a DK book on the topic, they will look at it and often use the information within to add to their project.
This book is entitled 13 1/2 incredible things you need to know about ...... and that 1/2 thing is just what I mean as the added bonus you get from DK Books! The book covers a wide range of topics covering science, geography, history, technology, English and just about every school subject. Each topic has a full double page spread and contain 13 1/2 interesting and useful facts that children will want to know about the topic. The facts are not always the need to know facts, or the facts which can easily be found on the internet when doing a search, but facts which would take a more indepth search into the project.
Each double page spread is full of colour and pictures, not dominated by the words and will capture a child's attention within minutes.
I strongly recommend this book as a must for a reference shelf either at home or in a school library and is great for children and adults alike to learn more about the topics that interest them. It would be a great gift to give to a child this Christmas time.
I received this book through the Amazon Vine programme.