"The world's most astonishing facts & records"--T.p.

Includes index.

Strange but true animals and plants: Hide-and-seek ; Weird fish ; Happy endings ; Animal aptitude ; Bionic critters ; Welcome, strangers! ; Peculiar plants ; Seeing double ; For real? A strange but true game -- Strange but true quests: Mythical quests ; Going for gold ; Under the waves ; Antarctic adventures -- Strange but true sports and contests: New twists on old games ; Wacky winter sports ; Playing with food ; Ahead by a nose? ; You call these contests? -- Strange but true inventions: Talking and texting ; Way cool inventions ; Crazy or cool? ; Just imagine ; Going, going, gone ; Take it from nature ; Move over, Jetsons! -- Strange but true jobs: You do what??!?! ; Wild work ; Bizarre jobs. B.C. -- Strange but true science and technology: Forever and a day ; Bots on the move ; Thinking outside the box ; Weird science ; What on Earth are you wearing? ; Curious and curiouser -- Strange but true art: Wonderfully strange ; Beach artwork ; Wacky fashion ; Dot's all, folks! ; It's not a science, it's an art --

Strange but true buildings: Home, strange home ; Modern fantasies ; A shady structure ; On and off the drawing board ; Strange but true body feats: Limber up! ; Can you do it? A strange but true checklist ; Super stunts ; Walking on air ; How weird is this? -- Strange but true size: Big stuff ; Small stuff ; Outsize and outlandish -- Strange but true food: Dish it out ; Strange tastes -- Strange but true ideas: 20th -century wizard ; Fiction to fact? -- Rethink-and discover! -- Strange but true sites and sights: American oddities ; It's a wide, weird world ; Time to celebrate! ; Strange statues ; The big squeeze ; Music to the ears -- Really strange but true: Nutty notions ; on the move ; Sound the alarm! ; Fact or fiction?

The book will be devoured at home and at school, and can serve as the basis for original research reports relating to various curriculum areas.

4-8 Mitinet.

4-8 Mitinet.