Synopsis: If you like "The World Almanac for Kids," you'll love "Yo! I Know: Brain-Building Quizzes," the first in a series of quiz books that combine wacky and serious facts with a healthy serving of fun. Kids will learn critical thinking and test-taking skills while being entertained. "Yo! I Know: Brain-Building Quizzes" has full-color graphics and illustrations on every page, along with a covered spiral binding that makes the book easy to use anywhere,…

Synopsis: From simple questions like "How much food do you eat each year?" to more complex ones like "What makes blood red?" this book helps kids understand their bodies.As kids begin to wonder how their body works, they will want to know it all. In sections on hair and skin, body works, and senses, the authors take complicated questions, like why do you need two ears, and make them comprehensible to the young readers. Other questions, like why you blush,…

Synopsis: "What did people use before they had refrigerators?" and "Where do inventors get their ideas?" are some of the questions answered in this intriguing look at inventions.

Synopsis: From simple questions like "What do bats eat?" to more complex ones like "Why do fireflies glow?", this book delivers the answers kids want in a conversational format that's easy to understand.Q: How do bats see in the dark?A: With their ears!In this wonderful introduction to nocturnal animals, kids will learn hundreds of facts about creatures of the night. Readers will find out that each kind of firefly has its own special signal, that…