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13½ Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything
- Author
- DK
- Narrator
- Alex Wingfield
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Publish Date
- 9 April 2020
- Run Time
- 7 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Learn something about everything with 13 mind-blowing facts plus a little myth-buster about every topic under (and including) the sun! Everyday objects from cars and skeletons to pianos and chocolate take young readers on an incredible factual adventure.
Did you know that one in every four animals on earth is a beetle? Or that white chocolate isn't technically chocolate? 13½ Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything includes over 1000 facts on 80 different subjects to satisfy a child's thirst for knowledge.
Familiar objects - the Earth, a tiger, an Apollo spacesuit, a scorpion - are exploded to reveal their extraordinary insides. Surprising myth-busters give children a wealth of new favourite facts, such as chameleons change colour to stand out, not blend in and that sharks only kill 6 people a year while people kill 100 million sharks a year!
This audiobook will draw young listeners into 13½ Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything and irresistible information will keep them there!
© 2017 Dorling Kindersley Ltd © 2020 DK Audio
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Details
- Author
- DK
- Narrator
- Alex Wingfield
- Duration
- 7 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 April 2020
- ISBN
- 9780241471784
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage reference: Encyclopaedias, general reference, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Children’s / Teenage general interest: General knowledge and interesting facts
Synopsis
Learn something about everything with 13 mind-blowing facts plus a little myth-buster about every topic under (and including) the sun! Everyday objects from cars and skeletons to pianos and chocolate take young readers on an incredible factual adventure.Did you know that one in every four animals on earth is a beetle? Or that white chocolate isn't technically chocolate? 13½ Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything includes over 1000 facts on 80 different subjects to satisfy a child's thirst for knowledge.Familiar objects - the Earth, a tiger, an Apollo spacesuit, a scorpion - are exploded to reveal their extraordinary insides. Surprising myth-busters give children a wealth of new favourite facts, such as chameleons change colour to stand out, not blend in and that sharks only kill 6 people a year while people kill 100 million sharks a year!This audiobook will draw young listeners into 13½ Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything and irresistible information will keep them there!© 2017 Dorling Kindersley Ltd © 2020 DK Audio
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