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Weird but True 8
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Product Description: Kids will have a blast exploring the latest book in the wildly popular Weird But True series, full of 300 all new extreme, ridiculous, amazing facts. Topics include science, space, weather, geography, food, pop culture, and just about everything else under the sun, presented with amazing photos and illustrations...read more
By National Geographic Society (other contributor)
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9781426325595 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, November 8, 2016, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Kids will have a blast exploring the latest book in the wildly popular Weird But True series, full of 300 all new extreme, ridiculous, amazing facts.

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9781426325601 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, November 8, 2016, cover price $17.90 | About this edition: Kids will have a blast exploring the latest book in the wildly popular Weird But True series, full of 300 all new extreme, ridiculous, amazing facts.

The Curious Guide to Things That Aren't: Things You Can't Always Touch, See, or Hear. Can You Guess What They Are?
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Product Description: 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 answer...read more
By Abby Carter (illustrator) and John Fixx
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9781633221765 | Walter Foster Pub, November 1, 2016, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The Curious Guide to Things That Aren't teaches creative thinking through deductive reasoning, listening skills, and imagination.

Best & Buzzworthy 2017
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Product Description: Which movie broke more box-office records: Star Wars: The Force Awakens or Jurassic World?Who has the most career touchdowns in the NFL?What state has the biggest indoor amusement park?Where could you find a snake that weighs almost one thousand pounds?Find out the biggest and best moments in pop culture, sports, technology, science, nature, and more...read more
By Scholastic Inc. (corporate author)
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9781338039122 | Scholastic, October 26, 2016, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Which movie broke more box-office records: Star Wars: The Force Awakens or Jurassic World?

Famous Fails!: Mighty Mistakes, Mega Mishaps, & How a Mess Can Lead to Success!
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Product Description: This fun book of quirky failures and famous flops will keep kids laughing while they learn the importance of messing up in order to get it right.  Science, architecture, technology, entertainment -- there are epic fails and hilarious goof-ups from every important field...read more
By Crispin Boyer
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9781426325489 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, October 25, 2016, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: This fun book of quirky failures and famous flops will keep kids laughing while they learn the importance of messing up in order to get it right.

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9781426325496 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, October 25, 2016, cover price $22.90

Guinness World Records: Toys, Games, and More!
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Product Description: A brand-new Guinness World Records book for kids!Guinness World Records chapter books present the stories behind the greatest records through full-color photos and more than 100 records per book. The easy-to-read text is organized into engaging chapters that will captivate the most avid and reluctant young readers alike!Guinness World Records chapter books present the stories behind the greatest records through full-color photos and more than 100 records per book...read more
By Christa Roberts
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9780062341723 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 18, 2016, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A brand-new Guinness World Records book for kids!

Illuminature: Use the Magic Viewing Lens to Discover a Hidden World of Animals
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Product Description: Explore ten of the world's most diverse environments and reveal their hidden secrets with a magic, three-colored lens that illuminates each page in a kaleidoscope of color.Discover the dark and mysterious creatures of the night, whose super-sensory powers allow them to live and survive in the shadows, then switch the lens to step into daylight, where the heat of the sun supercharges the secret lives of creatures big and small...read more
By Carnovsky (illustrator) and Rachel Williams
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9781847808875 | Wide Eyed Editions, October 4, 2016, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Explore ten of the world's most diverse environments and reveal their hidden secrets with a magic, three-colored lens that illuminates each page in a kaleidoscope of color.

Ghost Hunter's Handbook: Supernatural Explorations for Kids
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Product Description: Kids love ghosts, and this handy guide will help them explore the world of the supernatural. The fascinating range of ghostly lore will keep kids enthralled for hours and includes: What is a ghost, and how do you know if you've seen one?Famous ghosts and haunted housesOn the hunt with real-life ghost trackersGhost-hunting equipmentWhere to look for ghostsHow to tell a good ghost stor...read more
By Liza Gardner Walsh
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9781608935703 | Down East Books, October 1, 2016, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Kids love ghosts, and this handy guide will help them explore the world of the supernatural.

The Book for Clever Kids: How to Be the Best at Everything
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Product Description: Packed full of fascinating facts that will astound and amaze, this irreverent but intelligent guide to the weird, wild, and wonderful explores the bizarre truth about the world around us, and is the essential companion for clever and curious kids.
By Michael O'mara Books (corporate author)
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9781780553160 | Michael O''Mara Books, September 28, 2016, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Packed full of fascinating facts that will astound and amaze, this irreverent but intelligent guide to the weird, wild, and wonderful explores the bizarre truth about the world around us, and is the essential companion for clever and curious kids.

Guinness World Records: Man-made Marvels!
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Product Description: A brand-new Guinness World Records book for kids!This Guinness World Records title is all about marvelous buildings, vehicles, machinery, and the people who dared to dream big by building them. Man-Made Marvels! showcases the most awe-inspiring constructions, including the steepest roller coaster, the tallest motorcycle, the smallest computer mouse, and more...read more
By Donald Lemke
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9780062341808 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, September 27, 2016, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: A brand-new Guinness World Records book for kids!

Get the Scoop on Animal Snot, Spit & Slime: From Snake Venom to Fish Slime, 251 Cool Facts About Mucus, Saliva & More
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Product Description: Learn amazingly icky facts, see the yucky photos, and gross out everyone you can!Welcome to a world filled with snot otters, puss caterpillars, spitting spiders, slime stars, snotties, and more! In Get the Scoop, you'll learn that snot, spit, and slime may seem gross, but there's a lot of amazing science in these icky fluids...read more
By Dawn Cusick
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9781633221154, titled "Get the Scoop on Animal Snot, Spit & Slime!: From Snake Venom to Fish Slime, 251 Cool Facts About Mucus, Saliva & More" | Moondance Pr, September 15, 2016, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Learn amazingly icky facts, see the yucky photos, and gross out everyone you can!

By the Numbers 2.0
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Product Description: Did you know that for every human being on earth there are 1.4 billion insects? Or that one bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitos every hour? Discover the amazing world of numbers and the real-world wonders they represent through creative, easy-to-understand infographics...read more
By National Geographic Society (other contributor)
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9781426325281 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, September 27, 2016, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Did you know that for every human being on earth there are 1.

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9781426325298 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, September 27, 2016, cover price $19.90 | About this edition: Did you know that for every human being on earth there are 1.

Deadly Predators
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Product Description: Dare to get close to the most dangerous animals on earth—and find out what lies beneath!On the pages of Scanorama: Deadly Predators, kids are treated to a virtual X-ray tour featuring some of the world's most dangerous animals. Five movable sliders transform illustrated animals into full-body scans that reveal their skeletons and show how they have come to rule their habitats...read more
By Anna Claybourne
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9781626866324 | Silver Dolphin, September 13, 2016, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Dare to get close to the most dangerous animals on earth—and find out what lies beneath!

Your Amazing Skin from Outside in
By Bonnie Timmons (illustrator)
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9781481422055 | Atheneum, September 6, 2016, cover price $18.99

Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2017
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Product Description: This brand new, updated edition features all the craziest facts, newest discoveries, and weirdest wonders of the world!
By Ripley's Entertainment Inc. (corporate author)
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9781338113242 | Special edition (Scholastic, August 30, 2016), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: This brand new, updated edition features all the craziest facts, newest discoveries, and weirdest wonders of the world!

Tattoo Art
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Product Description: Color ninety-two of the wildest and most interesting tattoo art pieces in this fun coloring book!In this fun coloring book, teens can color ninety-two different styles of tattoos throughout history, such as Polynesian Tribal, Horimoto (Japanese traditional), Celtic, American Traditional, and much more! Included are works from some of the history's most famous tattoo artists, such as George Burchett-Davis, Hori Chiyo, Tom Riley, Sutherland MacDonald, and Sailor Jerry Collins...read more
By Little Bee Books (corporate author)
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9781499803532 | Sizzle Pr, August 30, 2016, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Color ninety-two of the wildest and most interesting tattoo art pieces in this fun coloring book!

Animales extraordinarios! /Weird Animals to Shock You!
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Product Description: This title will introduce eight unique and shocking animals! Each spread devotes itself to one animal, an interesting fact about them, and a beautiful, full-bleed photograph. These titles will definitely attract those reluctant readers...read more
By Grace Hansen
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9781680807721 | Abdo Kids, August 15, 2016, cover price $28.50 | About this edition: This title will introduce eight unique and shocking animals!

Harrowing Haunts
Product Description: The only thing scarier and more hair-raising than a good campfire ghost story is a ghost story that is true and has been verified by researchers and experts. The stories within these volumes, concerning extremely haunted houses, hospitals, asylums, are indeed true and feature eyewitness accounts of victims, survivors, and ghost-hunting experts, as well as the evidence recorded by the emerging science and technology of paranormal investigation...read more
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9781499463804 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $159.00 | About this edition: The only thing scarier and more hair-raising than a good campfire ghost story is a ghost story that is true and has been verified by researchers and experts.

Curiosidades cientificas incredibles! /Science Facts to Surprise You!
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Product Description: This title is filled with fun and interesting science facts that may surprise your little readers! A colorful, full-bleed photograph accompanies each fun fact to attract those reluctant readers. Complete with a table of contents, glossary, index, and even more facts! Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO...read more
By Grace Hansen
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9781680807714 | Abdo Kids, August 15, 2016, cover price $28.50 | About this edition: This title is filled with fun and interesting science facts that may surprise your little readers!

Exorcising the Demons: Combatting Evil in a Very Haunted House
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Product Description: Penelope, who is driven from her home by a rush of devilish strengths that hurl her around like a ragdoll, seeks help from the authors to exorcize the abhorrence before it can truly harm somebody.
By Robbie Lunt
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9781499463927 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $39.75 | About this edition: Penelope, who is driven from her home by a rush of devilish strengths that hurl her around like a ragdoll, seeks help from the authors to exorcize the abhorrence before it can truly harm somebody.

Living in "Ghost Central": Diaries from a Very Haunted House
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Product Description: Recounts paranormal experiences in a Litchfield Hills, Connecticut farm house, with details of unexplained phenomena that have occurred near the home.
By William J. Hall
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9781499463903 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $39.75 | About this edition: Recounts paranormal experiences in a Litchfield Hills, Connecticut farm house, with details of unexplained phenomena that have occurred near the home.

Maquinas asombrosas! /Machines to Thrill You!
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Product Description: This title shows readers some of the most amazing machines in the world. Vibrant photographs team up with cool and interesting facts to attract those reluctant readers. Complete with a table of contents, glossary, index, and even more facts! Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
By Grace Hansen
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9781680807691 | Abdo Kids, August 15, 2016, cover price $28.50 | About this edition: This title shows readers some of the most amazing machines in the world.

Visiting the Ghost Ward: Inside the World's Most Haunted Hospitals and Asylums
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Product Description: If hospital walls could talk, what tales would they tell? Hospitals are the nexus point between life and death, the place into which people enter this world, but also exit it. In this book, paramedic and paranormal investigator Richard Estep recounts some of the most fascinating and often chilling stories of hospital hauntings from across the globe...read more
By Richard Estep
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9781499463910 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $39.75 | About this edition: If hospital walls could talk, what tales would they tell?

Surviving Zombie Warfare
Product Description: Packed with vital information about how to prepare yourself and your home for the inevitable zombie apocalypse, the titles in this series include everything from the latest updates from world leaders in zombiology to unarmed combat techniques and guidelines for zombie-proofing your home...read more
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9781508171676 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $35.25 | About this edition: Packed with vital information about how to prepare yourself and your home for the inevitable zombie apocalypse, the titles in this series include everything from the latest updates from world leaders in zombiology to unarmed combat techniques and guidelines for zombie-proofing your home.

Preparing for and Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
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Product Description: Perhaps the most important element of any zombie apocalypse survival strategy is home preparation and defense. Zombie survivalists will learn here how to survey and repair any home defense weaknesses and deficiencies, how to build a store of rations and necessary supplies, and how to identify and establish ideal zombie-proof locations within the home...read more
By Ian Moores (illustrator)
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9781499463842 | Reprint edition (Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016), cover price $11.75 | About this edition: Perhaps the most important element of any zombie apocalypse survival strategy is home preparation and defense.

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9781499463866 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $31.75 | About this edition: Perhaps the most important element of any zombie apocalypse survival strategy is home preparation and defense.

World Wonders
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Product Description: For landmarks and landforms to be considered world wonders, they must be truly astonishing in some way. The remarkable places featured in this spectacular volume will astound and amaze readers as they learn about them through fun fact boxes and carefully chosen photographs and illustrations...read more
By Adam Hibbert
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9781482451375 | Gareth Stevens Pub, August 15, 2016, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: For landmarks and landforms to be considered world wonders, they must be truly astonishing in some way.

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