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Meet Alexander—a boy living in Athens, Greece, in 380 BC. The famous Olympic games are just around the corner, and he gets to go and assist one of Athens’ prized athletes. But when the athlete gets sick the day of his competition, can...

Meet Clara—a girl living in Los Angeles, California, in 1915. Major motion-picture companies have moved out to Hollywood, and she’s right in the middle of all the action. When she finds herself working behind the scenes in the film industry...

Meet Ellie—an enthusiastic, bumbling teenager who is fascinated with Mars. When a misunderstanding lands her in the astronaut training program for the first human mission to Mars, Ellie is determined to prove her worth. The hilarious Long-Lost...

Meet Ahmed—a boy living near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt in 1922. Though he’s grateful for his job as a photographer’s assistant, he’d like to shoot something more interesting than rich tourists in front of the temple in...

Meet Ann—a smart but unlucky teenager keeping a diary of her life as she hunts for dinosaur bones. When she gets an opportunity to search for fossils in the American West, Ann is determined to turn her luck around and show the world her discoveries...

When was the first Earth Day? How do animals survive in winter? Why don't we just drink seawater? We at World Book answer all of your environmentrelated questions. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such topics as food, inventions, and...

When we talk to our dogs, can they understand us? Why does a cat's tongue feel prickly? Are dogs of similar breeds always friends? We at World Book answer all of your questions related to dogs and cats. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about...

When was YouTube created? Why did medieval surgeons know so little about anatomy? Why is medicine important? We at World Book answer all of your questions related to inventions and origins. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such topics...

Underneath a tiger's fur, are there also stripes? What makes me ticklish? Why are electronic devices so addicting? We at World Book answer all of your questions about random stuff. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such topics as food,...

Does your heart stop when you sneeze? What makes spiders dangerous? What would happen if an asteroid hit Earth? We at World Book answer all of your questions related to fear and danger. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such topics as...

How tall is the Statue of Liberty? Which sting is worse: a bee's or a wasp's? Which are healthier, fruits or vegetables? We at World Book answer all of your questions related to records and extremes. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about...

How do birds migrate from the north to the south? How do germs affect our bodies? What happened to the asteroid that created Crater Lake? We at World Book answer all of your questions related to how things work. Answer Me This, World Book answers...

Is the brain the largest organ in the human body? What happens to the brain when we fall asleep? Why does a song get stuck in my head? We at World Book answer all of your questions related to the brain and head. Answer Me This, World Book answers...

Who invented candy? How do tomatoes turn red? How good is lava at popping popcorn? We at World Book answer all of your questions related to food and eating. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such topics as inventions, sea creatures, and...

What is plankton? How do sea otters sleep? Why don't we have gills? We at World Book answer all of your questions related to sea creatures. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such topics as food, inventions, and the environment, too. We...

Who was Marie Curie? Who was Confucius? Did George Washington Carver invent peanut butter? We at World Book answer all of your questions about people—and things that aren’t people, like places. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such...

Can I eat a wolf for supper? Do emus bite? Is a blobfish made of jelly? We at World Book answer all of your wild animalrelated questions—and not only questions about animals eating stuff . . . or you eating animals. Answer Me This, World Book answers...

How long will the sun burn? How hot can the sun be? Why does the sun go away at night? We at World Book answer all of your outer spacerelated questions—and not only questions about the sun. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such topics...

How are rainbows formed? What do clouds feel like? Why is the sky blue? We at World Book answer all of your sciencerelated questions—and not only questions about things that happen above your head. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such...

Why do older people lose their teeth? Does gum really take seven years to digest? Why can I curl my tongue? We at World Book answer all of your human bodyrelated questions—and not only questions about your mouth area. Answer Me This, World Book answers...

What’s the biggest shark? What’s the smallest shark? Why do sharks have rough skin? We at World Book answer all of your oceanrelated questions—and not only questions about sharks. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such topics as...

Did cavemen hunt dinosaurs? What was the biggest dinosaur skeleton ever found? Who would win in a fight: a shark or a dinosaur? We at World Book answer all of your prehistoric timesrelated questions—and not only questions about dinosaurs. Answer Me This,...

How does catnip affect cats and make them all loony? Why do dogs smell each other’s behinds? Do hamsters ever throw up after all that spinning? We at World Book answer all of your petrelated questions—and not only questions about pets. Answer Me This,...

Why does pizza taste so good? When was the chocolate chip cookie invented? Should I wait to swim after I eat? We at World Book answer all of your random questions—and not only random questions about food and food’s limits on fun. Answer Me This, World...

How does GPS work? How do mirrors work? How does a light bulb work? We at World Book answer all of your technologyrelated questions—and not only questions about how things work. Answer Me This, World Book answers questions about such topics as oceans,...

I’m from the future. We need you. Ever since he learned about climate change, twelve-year-old Jonah has dreaded a weather-beaten future where not even his asthma medication can save him. Luckily, a girl from that future arrives just in time to...

What do you want to be when you grow up? Do you reach for the stars? Do you value teamwork and shoot for the moon? Are you out of this world? You want to be an astronaut! It's a tough job but learn from a real-life astronaut what it takes to achieve that...

What can smell like bubble gum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by humans, and even help create rain? The answer is mushrooms! From their hidden networks underground to the fruiting body above, mushrooms can do incredible...

Every month has a full moon, and every full moon has a story. Full Moon Lore explores the origins of each full moon's name, from the Strawberry Moon to the Wolf Moon and beyond. Told in rolling prose with delightful nighttime illustrations, this story is...

This whimsical, rhyming tale whirls readers through all the fantastic things that can be found between the pages of a book. From a pirate adventure to a fairy fete, Books Do Not Have Wings explores all the wonderful things a book is that go way beyond...

In this multicultural travelogue through each of the 24 time zones, young readers are invited to travel the world and experience all the people, places, and things that exist on our planet right now. In every minute of every hour of every day, something...