Category: Curiosities & Wonders

Could there really be life beyond Earth? Readers visit scientists the world over who ambitiously seek to answer that question. Through a combination of captivating narrative and scientific facts, author Gloria Skurzynski skillfully demonstrates how the quest for extraterrestrial life is real, widespread, and growing.
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Haunted Schools: True Ghost Stories

By: Allan Zullo

Price: $3.55 USD

Publisher: Scholastic : 1996-01-01

Seller ID: 0439682002-3-18096547

ISBN-13: 9780439682008

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Is There Life in Outer Space?

By: Branley, Franklyn M.; Miller, Edward [Illustrator]

Price: $3.43 USD

Publisher: HarperColl : 1986-04-18

Seller ID: 006445049X-3-29046834

ISBN-13: 9780064450492

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Are there furry creatures on the moon? Or Martians who ride spaceships to Earth? Today we know Martians don't exist, but we also know that plants and animals may live far beyond our solar system. Franklyn M. Branley's fascinating text and Edward Miller's zany illustrations tap into kids' curiosity to give a dazzling tour of life out among the stars. Updated with new photos of Mars and a "Find Out More" page full of hands-on activities.'This is a lighthearted yet serious introduction to the concept of life on other planets. It stretches the imagination by asking questions about life off Earth a...
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Is There Life in Outer Space? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)

By: Branley, Dr. Franklyn M.; Miller, Edward [Illustrator]

Price: $3.53 USD

Publisher: HarperCollins : 1999-08-25

Seller ID: 0064451925-3-20769729

ISBN-13: 9780064451925

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Bears and birds, people and planets--many things live on planet Earth. But do they live anywhere else? For a long time people have wondered about that. Maybe you have, too. Read and find out how scientists search for signs of life in outer space. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.This is a Level One Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary gra...
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Is There Life in Outer Space? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Book)

By: Branley, Franklyn Mansfield; Madden, Don [Other Contributor]

Price: $4.68 USD

Publisher: Crowell : 1984-01-01

Seller ID: 0690043740-3-26207861

ISBN-13: 9780690043747

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Kids' Book Of Gross Facts & Feats

By: Strasser

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Troll Communications : 1998-01-01

Seller ID: 0816743835-3-18599245

ISBN-13: 9780816743834

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Here is the official catalog of all that is gross, weird, and amazing. From microorganisms living in your mouth and dust mites sleeping in your bed to sun-dried maggots for dinner and white ant pie for dessert, this fascinating book will have kids freaking out friends and family everywhere.
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Monster Soup: And Other Spooky Poems

By: Evans, Dilys; Rogers, Jacqueline [Illustrator]

Price: $3.55 USD

Publisher: Scholastic : 1992-09-01

Seller ID: 0590452088-4-25364653

ISBN-13: 9780590452083

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty

By: Joy Masoff; Terry Sirrell [Illustrator]

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company : 2000-01-02

Seller ID: 0761107711-3-24142227

ISBN-13: 9780761107712

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Kids love stuff that's gross. From the liquids, solids, and gases--especially the gases --or their own bodies to the creepy, crawly, slimy, slithery, fetid, and feculent phenomena in the world at large, kids with a curious bent just can't get enough. Oh, Yuck The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty brings together, in one book, all the good things about some of the baddest things on Earth. Exhaustively researched and impeccably scientific, yet written with a lively lack of earnestness, Oh, Yuck is an ants to zits encyclopedic compendium covering people, animals, insects, plants, foods, and more...
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Readers: Bermuda Triangle

By: Donkin, Andrew

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: DK Children : 2000-03-01

Seller ID: 0789454157-1-23201754

ISBN-13: 9780789454157

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Like New

Five planes vanish into the blue ocean. Two crews disappear from a ship. Strange things can happen when you enter the Bermuda Triangle.

Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.

With DK Readers, children will learn to read--then read to learn
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Readers: Bermuda Triangle

By: Donkin, Andrew

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: DK Children : 2000-03-01

Seller ID: 0789454157-4-23983420

ISBN-13: 9780789454157

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Five planes vanish into the blue ocean. Two crews disappear from a ship. Strange things can happen when you enter the Bermuda Triangle.

Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.

With DK Readers, children will learn to read--then read to learn
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Readers: Bermuda Triangle

By: Donkin, Andrew

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: DK Children : 2000-03-01

Seller ID: 0789454157-3-21676903

ISBN-13: 9780789454157

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Five planes vanish into the blue ocean. Two crews disappear from a ship. Strange things can happen when you enter the Bermuda Triangle.

Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.

With DK Readers, children will learn to read--then read to learn
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Real-Life Strange Encounters

By: Dils, Tracey E.; Dils, Tracey E.; Carter, Bob; Haynie, Jeff

Price: $3.65 USD

Publisher: Willowisp Pr : 1998-01-01

Seller ID: 0874068665-3-26843947

ISBN-13: 9780874068665

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Ripley's Special Edition 2005 (pob) (Ripley's Believe It Or Not)

By: Packard, Mary; Author, Ed. Of Ripley's Inc.

Price: $3.43 USD

Publisher: Scholastic Inc. : 2004-10-01

Seller ID: 0439651913-3-19302906

ISBN-13: 9780439651912

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Packed with full-color photos and illustrations, an easily accessible collection of Robert Ripley's weirdest, wildest, and wackiest phenomena.
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Ripley's Special Edition 2005 (pob) (Ripley's Believe It Or Not)

By: Packard, Mary; Author, Ed. Of Ripley's Inc.

Price: $3.43 USD

Publisher: Scholastic Inc. : 2004-10-01

Seller ID: 0439651913-4-29050099

ISBN-13: 9780439651912

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Packed with full-color photos and illustrations, an easily accessible collection of Robert Ripley's weirdest, wildest, and wackiest phenomena.
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Star Babies

By: Summer Rain, Mary

Price: $14.50 USD

Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing : 1997-11-01

Seller ID: 1571740694-11-25034701

ISBN-13: 9781571740694

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Few children's books convey the message that we are not alone in the universe. Mary Summer Rain has written Star Babies for the new and enlightened generation of children who will foster the understanding that our true reality is a vast universe peopled with God's childen, that we are all intelligent beings sharing one Universe, one neighborhood, and that there is no such thing as an alien.

This book is illustrated throughout with enchanting full-color paintings.

Strange Creatures That Really Lived

By: Selsam, Millicent Ellis; Dewey, Jennifer [Illustrator]

Price: $3.55 USD

Publisher: Scholastic : 1990-08-01

Seller ID: 0590444301-4-26360105

ISBN-13: 9780590444309

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

Strange Mysteries from Around the World

By: Simon, Seymour

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: William Morrow & Co : 1997-04-01

Seller ID: 0688146368-4-25681830

ISBN-13: 9780688146368

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Used: Acceptable

What science can't expalin

Everyone likes a good mystery -- and the stranger it is, the more we enjoy it. In this fascinating book, discover nine strange mysteries that are all true. What caused fish and frogs to rain down from the sky? Could a crystal skull really have eerie powers? In this newly revised edition of an old favorite, award-winning author Seymour Simon explores these amazing stories and more.
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The Abominable Snowman

By: Antonopulos, Barbara

Price: $3.55 USD

Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree : 1977-01-01

Seller ID: 0817210539-3-17627524

ISBN-13: 9780817210533

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Used: Good

The Adventures of Q-bert

By: Robinson, John

Price: $3.92 USD

Publisher: Parker Bros : 1983-01-01

Seller ID: 0910313121-4-25250536

ISBN-13: 9780910313124

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

The Bermuda Triangle (The Unexplained)

By: Rudolph, Aaron

Price: $3.75 USD

Publisher: Capstone Press : 2004-09-01

Seller ID: 0736827188-3-27419699

ISBN-13: 9780736827188

Binding: library

Condition: Used: Good

- Full-color photographs
- Table of contents, glossary, bibliography, index
- Reinforced library binding
- 32 pages, size: 7" x 9"
- Learn about chapter introductions
- Contextual definitions of unfamiliar terms
- www.FactHound.com Internet sites
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The headless ghost: True tales of the unexplained

By: Warren, William E

Price: $12.70 USD

Publisher: Prentice-Hall : 1986-01-01

Seller ID: 0133842800-4-27117233

ISBN-13: 9780133842807

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Used: Acceptable

The Hungry Giant of the Tundra

By: Sloat, Teri [Adapter]; Sloat, Robert [Illustrator];

Price: $3.52 USD

Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books : 2001-05-01

Seller ID: 0882405365-3-27587340

ISBN-13: 9780882405360

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

At sundown, a group of children ignore their parents' calls to come home. Suddenly a huge form darkens the horizon. It's the hungry giant, looking for his supper.
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The Mystery of Crop Circles (Can Science Solve?)

By: Oxlade, Chris

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Rigby Interactive Library : 1999-05-01

Seller ID: 1575728044-3-26179632

ISBN-13: 9781575728049

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Used: Good

What better way to explore science than through the investigation of a mystery? The Can Science Solve? series does just that by exploring a famous mystery, and then using scientific techniques to provide a variety of possible explanations. Readers are encouraged to examine the evidence, consider the motives, and make their own decisions. Books include numerous eyewitness accounts and photos juxtaposed against scientific technique and theory.
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The Story of David

By: Pingry, Patricia A.; Britt, Stephanie McFetridge [Illustrator]

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Candy Cane Pr : 2000-01-20

Seller ID: 0824941713-3-24033015

ISBN-13: 9780824941710

Binding: Board book

Condition: Used: Good

Suitable for toddlers and ages upwards, this illustrated book, with durable heavy pages, brings to life the story of David.
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Top Ten of Everything 2005

By: Ash, Russell

Price: $3.93 USD

Publisher: DK ADULT : 2004-09-13

Seller ID: 0756605180-3-27683987

ISBN-13: 9780756605186

Binding: paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Trivia Book (Spongebob Squarepants Humor Books)

By: Fain, David

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon : 2000-01-01

Seller ID: 0689840187-3-24140698

ISBN-13: 9780689840180

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

Plunge into the sea and head toward Bikini Bottom The SpongeBob SquarePants Trivia Book is packed with everything you've always wanted to know about SpongeBob SquarePants and all his underwater friends. It's guaranteed to be as off-the-wall as SpongeBob himself
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True Lies (True Lies, 1)

By: Shannon, George; O'Brien, John [Illustrator]

Price: $3.43 USD

Publisher: Greenwillow Books : 1998-08-27

Seller ID: 0688163718-4-26714885

ISBN-13: 9780688163716

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

In this collection of lies from many nations, the challenge is to find the slippery truth. By reading with care and not jumping to conclusions, readers will delight in discovering how these characters lie while at the same time they tell the truth.