How long is the Amazon River? Who was the first president to have a telephone in the White House? WithSmithsonian Everything You Need to Know: Grades 4-5, kids will learn exciting and fascinating fact
In Explore a Shark, a detailed three-dimensional format gives the reader a hands-on exploration of the most feared predator of the seasthe great white shark. This unique "model" can be deconstructed a
Weighing in at over 400 pages, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids is a fact-a-palooza of obscure information. Like what, you ask?Well, did you know that bats always turn left when the
“The Petrified Forest of Arizona seemed like the perfect place to start to search for fossils,” writes our hero in his 1929 journal. Thus begins the exciting hunt for dinosaurs and their prehistoric s
Which state flag was designed by a thirteen-year-old?Which state lets you keep any gems you find while mining at the Crater of Diamonds State Park?And which state is home to the second most-visited ho
Children will enjoy this fun, playful board book edition of this Margaret Wise Brown classic.Animals have fathers, just like you. Fathers that play with them, care for them, and love them. All the fat
It’s wacky and fun! It’s illustrated and easy to read! It’s a whole new twist on learning! And it’s FOR (curious) KIDS ONLY--boys, girls, kids who like to read, kids who don’t…even grown up kids. Go a
An icon of the Industrial Revolution, railroads were essential to the progress of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Today’s trains travel at speeds up to 268 miles per hour, and the limits continue to be pushed. Trains: A Complete History provides an excellent overview of the train models that were groundbreaking in their respective eras. The scope of progress comes to life on these pages—from the 1830 Best Friend of Charleston, whose passengers were to said to have traveled “on the wings of the wind” at a whopping top speed of twenty-five miles per hour, to the 2012 hybrid-powered Japan Railway HD300, which uses 36 percent less fuel than traditional trains and travels at speeds up to seventy miles per hour.Complete with a detachable collection of press-out model train pieces, Trains: A Complete History is the two-in-one book that will have train enthusiasts young and old tooting their horns and hollering, “All aboard!”
Nothing seems to capture the imagination of humankind quite like the ability to fly, and just over a hundred years ago, that dream became a reality. Over the last century, planes have progressed in wa
In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne takes readers back to the Puritan days of the American colonies, into a society as unforgiving as its harsh New England winters. The story of Hester Prynne,
Uncle John and the folks at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute love all things Canadian and figure that just because they weren’t lucky enough to be born in the Great White North doesn’t mean they can’t
"Call me Ishmael" is the iconic opening line of Herman Melville’s classic American novel, Moby-Dick. Ishmael is a seaman aboard the whaling vessel, Pequod, under the vengeful captain, Ahab. Maniacally
From veggie juicer recipes to fruit smoothies, The Ultimate Juices and Smoothies Encyclopedia has it all! With over 300 pages of recipes, this encyclopedia contains the perfect recipe for whatever moo
First released in serial form in 1844, a year before Dumas’ publication of The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers was an instant success, largely due to Dumas’ transformation of the historica
From the redwood forest to the Mexican border, the Pacific coastline to the Mojave Desert, California is the most populous state in the Union and the eighth-largest economy in the world. And what bett
"Have you ever wanted to recreate your favorite cocktail at home? Now you can! The Ultimate Cocktail Encyclopedia has over 5,000 recipes for everything from cobblers to shots and shooters. Whether you
The colorful artwork of nature illustrator Maurice Pledger is paired with fun sticker activities in Animal Kingdom: Into the Wild. Children ages 3 and up will learn all about these amazing creatures a
The colorful artwork of nature illustrator Maurice Pledger is paired with fun sticker activities in Animal Kingdom: Dinosaurs and Bugs. Children ages 3 and up will learn all about these amazing creatu
"Leaves of Grass is a timeless collection of poems and essays penned by influential nineteenth-century writer Walt Whitman. This profound compilation explores topics such as nature, mysticism, mortali
The U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings is part of the Word Cloud Classics series and a collection of the crucial documents that established the United States. In addition to the Constit
