The Week Junior Big Book of Knowledge
The Ultimate Book for Curious Kids with Over 500 Incredible True Stories and Astonishing Facts
1st Edition
Published on 26. September 2024
256 pages
978-1-80199-524-5 (ISBN)
Description
"A treasure trove for trivia-heads of 8+" The Guardian
Let your imagination run wild with The Week Junior Big Book of Knowledge! Packed to the brim with brain-expanding facts and mind-blowing information, this book from multi-award-winning children's magazine The Week Junior is the perfect Christmas gift for curious children.
How much would someone pay for a painting done by a pig? Why did a Japanese company send a hamster to space? What do Star Wars and King Charles III have in common? And how can poo save your life?!
This fun-packed book is stuffed with facts - everything from the unbelievable to the essential! Whether you want to know about science or sport, inventions or art, amazing life on earth or what's up there in space, this is the book for you. With incredible true stories, and the world's most astonishing facts, The Week Junior Big Book of Knowledge has everything children love about the UK's most popular children's magazine The Week Junior - in book form. With brilliant photos, easy explanations and colourful design throughout, this book will boost your brain and help you astonish your friends!
Ideal as a Christmas gift, for birthdays, beating boredom or just as a way to inspire young minds, this large-format, full-colour hardback is a must-have for every child's bookshelf.
It's time to answer all the questions you never knew you had!
Let your imagination run wild with The Week Junior Big Book of Knowledge! Packed to the brim with brain-expanding facts and mind-blowing information, this book from multi-award-winning children's magazine The Week Junior is the perfect Christmas gift for curious children.
How much would someone pay for a painting done by a pig? Why did a Japanese company send a hamster to space? What do Star Wars and King Charles III have in common? And how can poo save your life?!
This fun-packed book is stuffed with facts - everything from the unbelievable to the essential! Whether you want to know about science or sport, inventions or art, amazing life on earth or what's up there in space, this is the book for you. With incredible true stories, and the world's most astonishing facts, The Week Junior Big Book of Knowledge has everything children love about the UK's most popular children's magazine The Week Junior - in book form. With brilliant photos, easy explanations and colourful design throughout, this book will boost your brain and help you astonish your friends!
Ideal as a Christmas gift, for birthdays, beating boredom or just as a way to inspire young minds, this large-format, full-colour hardback is a must-have for every child's bookshelf.
It's time to answer all the questions you never knew you had!
Reviews / Votes
A treasure trove for trivia-heads of 8+ * The Guardian * Big? Yes! Knowledge? Oh yes! [...] accessible, inspiring and perfectly pitched for its audience. * Lovereading4kids *More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Digital)
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 8 to 14 years, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
File size
246,30 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-80199-524-5 (9781801995245)
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The Week Junior
The Week Junior Big Book of Knowledge
The ultimate book for curious kids with over 500 incredible true stories and astonishing facts
Book
09/2024
Bloomsbury Education
€25.00
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
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The Week Junior is an award-winning current affairs magazine for children ages 8+. It reaches over 80,000 subscribers every week and covers a range of topics including news, science, nature and sport. They are known for providing children with a way to explore ideas and form and voice their opinions. Find out more about The Week Junior and their Summer of Reading campaign on their website theweekjunior.co.uk or on social media @TheWeekJunior.
Content
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Amazing Animals
- Animal achievements
- Fuzzy feelings
- Fuzzy friendships .
- . and fuzzy fun
- Bird-brained?
- Going wild
- Mischief makers
- Mutts on the move
- Cat quests
- Daring dashes
- Creature Features
- Marvellous mammals
- Remarkable reptiles
- Amazing amphibians
- Brilliant birds
- Fantastic fish
- Incredible insects
- Earth's Environment
- Good news stories
- Humans harming the world
- Beating the heat
- Restoring balance
- Making something from nothing
- Going green
- People Power
- Daredevils
- Remarkable rescues
- Fantastic finds
- Sensational Science
- Incredible AI
- Switched on or silent?
- Making ends meat
- The proof's in the poo
- Space: stranger than science fiction
- Brilliant Books
- Love your libraries
- Ready to read?
- Ready to write?
- Astonishing Art
- Arty food .
- . and foodie art
- Cool canvases
- Fake cake
- Mystery models
- Is it art?
- Appreciating astonishing art
- Fabulous Food
- Super-sized
- Nacho nibbles
- Undercover vegetables
- Fantastical flavours
- A sweet and savoury salad
- Out And About
- Vacation creations
- Terrible tourism
- Odd jobs
- What a way to live!
- Funny festivals
- High in the sky
- Rare restaurants
- Spectacular Sports
- Down and dirty
- Fast and slow
- Doubling up
- Caught in the act
- Spirited support
- Finding your passion
- Wonderful Wellbeing
- Getting a great start
- Succeeding at school
- The foundations of friendship
- Family time
- Taking me time
- Choose to snooze
- Creating a self-care kit
- Strange But True
- Days out for dust busters
- Curious costumes
- Mistaken for aliens
- Colossal collections
- How much?
- Wooden wonders
- Ridiculous wrongdoing
- Glossary
- Index
- Image Credits
