Children’s / Teenage general interest: General knowledge and interesting facts

What is a black hole?

Which animal has the biggest eyes?

How much do you REALLY know about the science that matters?

How much do you REALLY know about the science that matters?

Winner of Best Books with Facts in the 2013 Blue Peter awards, voted for by children.

A fabulous bumper book of facts containing everything you ever wanted to know about sport, medicine, space, ghosts, inventions and much, much more!

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders British, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the British!

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Egyptians, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the Egyptians!

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Greeks, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the Greeks!

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Romans, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining and gory bits about the Romans!

Why don't hammer-throwers get dizzy?

What's inside a laptop?

What happens in your head during a headache?

How will climate change affect our future world?

The latest collection of terrific trivia from the bestselling author of WHY EATING BOGEYS IS GOOD FOR YOU and double Blue Peter Best Book with Facts Award winner.

Welcome to World Records - Horrid Henry style!

A book about the most interesting thing on earth--you!

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Bounce, climb, leap, and slide with lemurs in this adorable introduction to these curious and energetic creatures!

Stomp, tromp, clomp, and trumpet with elephants in this charming introduction to these gentle giants!

Young readers learn all about insects in this new Pre-reader from National Geographic Kids.

In this charming picture book for pre-schoolers, curious kids will learn all about the wild world of lions – one of nature''s most fascinating and charismatic creatures.

Meet amazing penguins from all around the world!

Girls can be a mystery-even to themselves.

In early America, married women had no rights under law.

It was women who first picketed the White House for a political cause.

In the 1800s, women were second-class citizens.

It took decades, and a Constitutional amendment, for all American women to get the right to vote.

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In the United States, people of all different backgrounds live together.

By the year 2050, Latino Americans will number 80 million.

Each Mexican American has a story like no other.

What do a ghost story, a wise saying, and a holiday celebration all have in common?

In the United States, people of all different backgrounds live together.

Americans with darker skin colors have often faced discrimination in the United States.

In the United States, people from all different backgrounds live together.

In the United States today, Hispanics make up the largest minority group.

Abraham Rodriquez speaks for many Puerto Ricans when he writes, "e;Of course I'm Puerto Rican.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

On November 4, 2008, Americans went to the polls and elected the first black president in the history of the United States.

Without education, it's very difficult to make the most of your talents and abilities.

Historically, theocracy has been a fairly rare form of government.

In an oligarchy, political power rests with a small privileged group.

Monarchy is a form of government in which a hereditary ruler serves as head of state, typically for life.

How did large, complex states develop from small clans and nomadic tribes?

In the turbulent years after World War I, a new type of governing philosophy took shape in a handful of countries.

Today, the basic ideas underpinning democracy--that government exists for the benefit of the people, and that it must have their consent to be legitimate--may seem obvious.

For several decades during the 20th century, communism was one of the world's dominant forms of government.