Curiosities Wonders category: 913 books

Have you ever been afraid? Have you ever had to be brave when you were scared? This is a little tale about a brave little oyster who faces her fears and in the process She finds her experience produces something much greater than she could have anticipated!

Following up on the best-selling Little Kids First Big Book of Why, the next book in the hit Little Kids First Big Book series features even more of the endless "Why?" questions preschoolers love to ask! This charming reference book answers some of kids' most burning "Why?"...

Can paranormal experiences help solve crimes? What makes us have chills when we go to a haunted house? Can dogs detect cancer? Your senses send your brain messages. But what do those messages say? Find out how to interpret your senses and explore ways that technology is changing the way we experience the world around us.

"Sabia que o sabiá sabia assobiar?" Quem não enrola a língua nessa frase de palavras, sons e sílabas tão parecidos? São os famosos trava-línguas, que além de aperfeiçoar a pronúncia e a memória, também divertem e desafiam. Verdadeiros jogos verbais, os trava-línguas podem ser...

For centuries, people have been puzzled and fascinated by famous mysteries from UFOs and monsters swimming in the dark depths of Loch Ness to huge ape-like creatures and the Bermuda Triangle. Readers will feel the chills and thrills of danger, mystery, and the eternal unknown as they delve into each...

Una fiaba natalizia che racconta un piccolo mistero per Babbo Natale e i suoi aiutanti (l'elfo Satteenkaari e l'elfa Mausikka, le renne e Mamma Natale). Non può certo mancare la magica slitta per portare i regali a tutti i bambini del mondo. Il libro è corredato dai disegni dei personaggi realizzati...

In Unexplained: Ghostly Encounters, readers in grades 5-9 will take a look at some of the scariest claims of ghostly encounters throughout history. Things go bump in the night, people see things they can't explain, strange figures suddenly appear and then vanish—are they real or imagined? The...

Practice division while searching through the items in an old attic! This charming title follows the story of four children whose grandparents are moving out of their old house. The attic has old photos, comic books, baseball cards, and paper dolls just waiting to be discovered, but everyone needs...

"Anyone with an interest in archaeology or in liars and braggarts will be drawn in by this slim biography of the hyper-imaginative Schliemann." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) From Newbery Medal-winning author Laura Amy Schlitz comes an engaging...

Take to the sky along side Ponder in a hot air ballon ride to get an overhead view of famous lands and monuments!  Visit Mount Rushmore, The Statue of Liberty, The Grand Canyon, and many more!

The Tale Of Peter Rabbit is a British children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The story is about a young rabbit, Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother, who puts him to bed after dosing him with camomile tea.

It was once thought that our solar system ended at Saturn. Then the first telescopes revealed Uranus and Neptune. Differences in the calculations of the gravity of these giants set off another search and Pluto was discovered. Pluto was then thought to be the last planet of our solar system. Beyond...

By day, graveyards are often peaceful places. When night falls, though, things change. The moonlight casts an eerie glow on the headstones. Trees make creepy shapes and shadows. What looks like a human shape drifts among the sea of cold, gray stones. Could it be a restless spirit? Among the 11 ghostly...

DID YOU KNOW THAT. . . HUMANS have sent JELLYFISH into SPACE, or that there is a PLANET made of ICE that’s on FIRE?DO YOU WANT TO KNOW . . . Why SPACE smells like RASPBERRIES?AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS . . . With PLANETS made from DIAMONDS, STARS that could destroy our SOLAR SYSTEM and how long HUMANS could...