Get a sugar rush from some more seriously sweet facts on all kinds of topics to boost your brainpower in this third delectable Brain Candy book.
Elephants have thick skin, but just how thick? Turns out it's 50 times thicker than human skin and can add as much as 900kg to the weight of this massive animal!
Earth's smaller animals offer some sweet surprises, too. Hop on a honeybee to discover just how hardworking these fast-flying insects are. They beat their wings 200 times a second as they fly about. And no wonder they're so busy-they need to pollinate two million flowers to make just one pound (.45 kg) of honey.
Brain Candy books take a novel approach to learning by serving up an appetising assortment of facts and numbers, then diving deeper into each topic.
Like learning cool facts and how they're connected to the bigger picture? Treat yourself to a little Brain Candy! Sure to be an addictive addition to the bookshelves of Weird But True! and Just Joking fans and curious kids everywhere.
Complete your fun fact book collection:
Brain Candy and Brain Candy 2
Ultimate Weird But True!
Ultimate Secrets Revealed!
| ISBN: | 9781426372506 |
| Publication date: | 11th November 2021 |
| Author: | Julie Beer, Michelle Harris, National Geographic Society US |
| Publisher: | National Geographic Kids an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | National Geographic Kids |
| Genres: |
Science Children’s / Teenage general interest: Machines and how things work |