Totally Random Facts Volume 1

Name: Totally Random Facts Volume 1
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780593450536
Price: 37.0 NZD
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3,117 Wild, Wacky, and Wonderous Things About the World

By Melina Gerosa Bellows

Series: Totally Random Facts (#1)

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Totally Random Facts Volume 1 by Melina Gerosa Bellows is an engaging children's book that presents a collection of curious, surprising, and fun facts from a wide range of topics. The book is designed to entertain and educate young readers, sparking their curiosity about the world with its intriguing and sometimes bizarre information. It's a delightful tool for kids to learn something new in an enjoyable way.
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"Fantastic facts come to life in this beautifully-designed, photo-filled hardcover series! From weather and animals to sports and pop culture, a treasure trove of intriguing information pairs with dramatic pictures to wow young readers with the surprising, the stupendous, and the surreal"--

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DID YOU KNOW? Dragonflies can see in all directions at once. Cats have a vocabulary of 14 words. And golf balls were originally made from-wait for it-cow's eyeballs. Fantastic facts and incredible images come to life in this big, beautiful hardcover book that brings the best of our wonderfully wild world right into kids' hands! DID YOU KNOW? Dragonflies can see in all directions at once. Cats have a vocabulary of 14 words. And golf balls were originally made from-wait for it-cow's eyeballs. Fantastic facts and incredible images come to life in this big, beautiful hardcover book that brings the best of our wonderfully wild world right into kids' hands! The first volume of our beloved TOTALLY RANDOM FACTS series shows kids that the world is a truly amazing place! With literally thousands of wild, weird, and wonderfully random facts about anything and everything, this uber-giftable hardcover pairs amazing photography and cool design with a wealth of intriguing information to leave kids amazed and amused. From the depths of the oceans to the outer reaches of space, if your kid is interested in it, there's a Totally Random Fact about it! Find more fantastic facts in Totally Random Facts volume 2, or tempt your uber-curious kid with wacky Q&As in Totally Random Questions volumes 1-8!

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Totally Random Facts Volume 1

DID YOU KNOW? Dragonflies can see in all directions at once. Cats have a vocabulary of 14 words. And golf balls were originally made from-wait for it-cow's eyeballs. Fantastic facts and incredible images come to life in this big, beautiful hardcover book that brings the best of our wonderfully wild world right into kids' hands! DID YOU KNOW? Dragonflies can...

By Melina Gerosa Bellows

Hardback

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593450536

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Random House Inc

Illustration: Full colour photos

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 241.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 224

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Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Melina Gerosa Bellows Penguin Books Series: Totally Random Facts (#1)

About the Author

Melina Bellows is the President of Fun Factory Press, a boutique publishing business specializing in children's nonfiction content. During her career at National Geographic, she created hundreds of new products and franchises, including the New York Times best-selling National Geographic Kids Almanac; and Weird But True!, a 30-book series that has collectively sold over 2.1M copies; and the recreation and reintroduction of National Geographic Kids magazine, now ranked as the #1 kids' magazine. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her two children, dog, cat and bearded dragon.

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