Ripped from the Headlines 3: Real-Life Stories You Have to Read to Believe (Weird But True!)

by National Geographic Kids (Author)

Ripped from the Headlines 3: Real-Life Stories You Have to Read to Believe (Weird But True!)
Reading Level: 6th — 7th Grade
Series: Weird But True!
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Discover the most bizarre and surprising news stories that are hard to believe but totally true. These wacky gems are taken from real news stories on subjects you might expect to find in your local paper -- world news, sports, science, entertainment, food, travel, and more. Did you know that scientists invented a "salmon cannon" to catapult fish along their migration route? Or that a man traveled 1,800 miles across Europe eating garbage? Or that a herd of flatulent cows in Germany blew the roof off their barn? These amazing real-life stories prove that fact is often stranger than fiction.
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National Geographic Kids
How does a fact make it into a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS Weird But True book? First, it has to be weird. Our team of editors and writers scour the news, the latest discoveries, Internet gems, urban legends, wacky myths, and tantalizing tidbits to find a fact that's really weird. It also has to be true. So our researchers check every single word to make sure the fact is 100 percent accurate. It has to look cool. Our photo editors and designers find the perfect weird picture or the most dazzling weird design to make each fact jump out at you. Then we put them all together in an amazing-looking book that's so much fun kids can't put it down.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781426324215
Lexile Measure
1060L
Guided Reading Level
N/A
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Publication date
June 20, 2016
Series
Weird But True!
BISAC categories
JNF016000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Curiosities & Wonders
JNF051000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | General
JNF025080 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Exploration & Discovery
Library of Congress categories
Curiosities and wonders

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