Curiosities category: 913 books

Do you have a compulsive desire to know something about everything? Then you have infomania, and Uncle John has the cure! Infomania is the compulsive desire to gobble up information, and kids growing up in the information age have it bad. Young infomaniacs are hungry, hungry, hungry for information....

Who made us and everything around us? God Made Everything gives whimsical and joyful answers to questions that children ask every day. The happy rhyming words will keep their attention and fulfill their curiosity.  

The glowing moon peeks from behind a massive stone house. The front door slowly creaks open. A feeling of gloom swells from inside the home. There’s an ear-splitting shriek! What horror has overtaken this ghastly gothic mansion? In the 11 gothic mansions in this book, you will explore a mansion...

There are cornfields as far as the eye can see. An old farmhouse looms in the distance. It glows an eerie white in the moonlight. It sounds as if someone is wailing in the backyard. You turn, but all you see is more land and more darkness. You notice a scarecrow hanging on a wood post. Its face has...

Thrilling, and possibly true, tales including haunted hotels and ghostly sightings are recounted in this terrifying volume. The author allows readers to imagine the possibility of the existence of ghosts while explaining how these phenomena can occur without the help of the supernatural world. The...

Un día como cualquier otro, dos amigos inseparables, Bruno y Teo, se topan con Pux, un camionero del espacio que acababa de estrellar su nave. Pux es el encargado de trasladar a un animal enorme del Parque Intergaláctico, el wochuga, que tras el impacto de la nave se escapó. Si no encuentran pronto...

Em "Curiosidades IV", Elefante Letrado seleciona uma série de coisas curiosas que acontecem no mundo. Por exemplo: Você sabia que pode comprar meias feitas com bambu? Leia e descubra.

"I was born into the Haida Double Fin Killer Whale Crest and Raven Clan. Killer Whale Eyes is inspired by the story of how my family’s Double Fin Killer Whale crest came to be. I changed some things out of respect for other Double Fins but the book and art still carry on our culture’s ancient...

Fifteen-year-old Laura gets the shock of her life when she moves to rural Derbyshire and finds the ghost of her dead father in her grandmother's home. At first Laura is overjoyed to see him, but as time passes she begins to wonder why her dad is finding it so difficult to move on, and why her mother...

Open this picture book, and welcome to Australia! Picture books empower a child through participation and imagination. With the limitation in words, the picture book encourages reader participation through imagination. Don't be surprised if your child springs with stories based on the pictures alone because that's his/her imagination taking flight. Grab a copy today!

One hundred million years ago, Australia rose from the sea. The water drained from the highlands, and formed the rivers of today. The Murray River meanders across the landscape. It has had its course blocked several times by the rising new continent. It has created megalakes and forests, has provided...

Children's Picture Book: All about Boogers!How boogers are created in your nose. How much of them are made every day.How boogers can actually be good for you. Learn of the most expensive booger ever sold.For kids ages 5-10 can be read as bedtime book. A fun book to learn about hygiene and...

They are some of the strangest and most fascinating animals that have ever been found on Earth! Dinosaurs! The first ones were discovered just 170 years ago, and ever since we have tried to discover more and more about them. Here are some things we have found out about dinosaurs. Who created...

The Curious Guide to Things That Aren't teaches creative thinking through deductive reasoning, listening skills, and imagination. The Curious Guide to Things That Aren't features thoughtful riddles - one for each letter of the alphabet - paired with engaging illustrations that reveal and explain the...