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Books in World's Strangest series

  • World's Strangest Ocean Beasts

    Lonely Planet Kids

    Paperback (Lonely Planet, Aug. 21, 2018)
    Enter the weird and wonderful world of ocean beasts. Our animal experts have found 40 of the planet's most bizarre species and ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts and amazing photos, we reveal each sea creature's seriously strange characteristics and the unusual ways they hunt, eat or defend themselves. More than 70% of our planet is covered in water and our oceans contain millions of living things. Inside World's Strangest Ocean Beasts, kids will discover the biggest creature the world's ever known, worms that look like Christmas trees, ferocious predators and masters of disguise. And with our 'strange-o-meter', they can compare each animal based on its appearance, weird abilities, rarity and strangeness! Ocean Beasts include: Trumpetfish Sea cucumber Ocean sunfish Red lionfish Sea pig Striped pyjama squid Longhorn cowfish Blue whale Flamingo tongue snail Narwhal Portuguese man-of-war Pistol shrimp Immortal jellyfish Red-lipped batfish Other titles in the series include: - World's Strangest Predators - World's Strangest Places - World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school.
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  • World's Strangest Predators

    Lonely Planet Kids

    Paperback (Lonely Planet, Aug. 21, 2018)
    Discover the planet's weirdest and scariest predators. Our animal experts have found 40 of the planet's most bizarre species and ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts and amazing photos, we reveal each creature's ferocity, beastly behaviour and cunning methods to catch their prey. Every creature needs to eat to survive, and for many that means tucking into other animals! To do this, they've created clever ways to hunt and gobble up their unsuspecting 'lunch'. Inside World's Strangest Predators, kids will discover plants that feast on insects, a real-life dragon that can tackle a buffalo and the snake with a unique disguise for catching birds. And with our 'strange-o-meter', they can compare each creature's danger, cunning, ferocity and strangeness! Predators include: Venus flytrap Piranha Arctic Fox Box jellyfish Trapdoor spider Komodo dragon Giant Amazon centipede Polar bear Great white shark African crowned eagle Anaconda Great grey shrike Tarantula hawk wasp Honey badger Other titles in the series include: - World's Strangest Places - World's Strangest Ocean Beasts - World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school.
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  • World's Strangest Places

    Lonely Planet Kids

    Paperback (Lonely Planet, Aug. 21, 2018)
    Discover the planet's weirdest and most wonderful places. Our travel experts have found 40 of the planet's most bizarre sights and natural wonders - and ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts and amazing photos, we reveal the incredible power of nature, amazing feats of human construction and the world's most mysterious locations. The world is full of beautiful and strange places to visit and marvel at. Some are thousands of years old, others modern and recently discovered. Inside World's Strangest Places, kids will discover the city where everything is underground, a post office you need a swimsuit to visit, and secret locations that, well, are far too secret to mention here. And with our 'strange-o-meter', they can compare each place based on its uniqueness, wow factor, surreality and mysteriousness. Places include: Pig beach in the Bahamas Plane Graveyard in Arizona Rainbow Mountain in Peru Chocolate Hills in the Philippines Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean Area 51 in Nevada Crooked Forest in Poland Salt flats of Uyuni in Bolivia Eye of the Sahara in Mauritania Snake Island in Brazil Stonehenge in England Bermuda Triangle Cave of the Crystals in Mexico Nazca lines in Peru Other titles in the series include: - World's Strangest Predators - World's Strangest Ocean Beasts - World's Strangest Creepy Crawlies About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school.
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  • World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies

    Lonely Planet Kids

    Paperback (Lonely Planet, Aug. 21, 2018)
    Enter the weird and wonderful world of creepy-crawlies. Our animal experts have unearthed 40 of the planet's most bizarre species and ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts and amazing photos, we reveal each creature's seriously strange characteristics and the unusual ways they hunt, eat, or defend themselves. They're sometimes hard to spot, but there are a mind-boggling 10 billion billion bugs on the planet. Inside World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies, discover the tiny terror that blows itself up to save its friends, a creature so well disguised even its own species can't see it, and a giant spider the size of a dinner plate. And with our 'strange-o-meter', compare each animal based on its creepiness, fight factor, and superpowers! Creepy-crawlies include: Elephant beetle Hickory horned devil Happy-face spider Zombie snail Leafcutter ant Froghopper Spiny devil katydid Goliath birdeater spider Giant weta Asian giant hornet Scorpion Death's-head hawkmoth Bird-dung crab spider Exploding ant Other titles in the series include: - World's Strangest Predators - World's Strangest Places - World's Strangest Ocean Beasts About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humor and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school.
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  • The World's Strangest Automobiles

    Adrienne Kessel

    Hardcover (Smithmark Pub, July 1, 1996)
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  • Strange World: Baboons Waited on Tables in Ancient Egypt, Weird Facts About Ancient Civilizations

    Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger, Robert Roper

    Paperback (Scholastic, June 1, 1997)
    Shares unusual facts and jokes about ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome
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  • Stranger Origins

    Jack Castle

    Paperback (Independently published, July 31, 2019)
    FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR JACK CASTLE comes a brand-new world of science fiction and fantasy, where futuristic theme parks dominate a civilization totally dependent on technology and entertainment. -Here's how the End began- First came radio, then movies and television. Virtual reality only lasted until hologram-rooms became a household name. Still, the suspension of disbelief was never enough. Then… Henry Stranger revealed his full-immersion theme parks to the world, and within a single generation more people lived, worked and played in Henry Stranger Worlds than out of them. Real or imagined, historical or fantasy: it doesn’t matter, pick any story-world you like. What could possibly go wrong? Hard to believe the end of the world all began in a cubicle, with a sweet, unassuming Creationeer, named Lisa Burton. "I am so fired."
  • Tornadoes Can Make It Rain Crabs

    Melvin Berger

    Paperback (Scholastic Inc., Aug. 1, 1997)
    A collection of bizarre facts about natural disasters includes lesser-known tidbits about tidal waves, earthquakes, volcanoes, lightning strikes, and the sinking of the Titanic. Original.
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  • Frogs Swallow With Their Eyes!: Weird Facts About Frogs, Snakes, Turtles, & Lizards : A Weird-But-True Book

    Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger, Robert Roper

    Paperback (Scholastic, June 1, 1997)
    Shares unusual facts and jokes about reptiles and amphibians
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