The moment this book arrived I knew that it was going to be a hit with big man. He loves his non fiction books and always comes back from the school library with one. Our current library book is levers. This book is filled with interesting facts. He was immediately drawn to fact #0017 Fieldfares scare off enemies by dive bombing them with their poo (well that's a boys sense of humour for you!)
It is lovely finding him reading it. He sometimes needs help with some of the words, but it is great seeing him so interested in reading.
The book is packed with pictures and is organised into topic too. I must say even I have enjoyed flicking through. As they say "you learn something new everyday" and here you could for 1000 days. Who knew that #0242 The biggest blood sucking leeches are as long as your arm and as wide as a banana!?!
I think this is a fantastic book. We have some other non fiction books from Parragon that we also think are great such as Sharks and this is another great addition to our collection. I am pleased to be able to offer one of these fantastic books to one of my readers. Just complete the rafflecopter below.
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I also wanted to let you know about the Gold Stars challenge that big man is going to be doing over the summer. I have to say he was less than keen on the idea when I told him I was signing him up to do some work every day for 30 days over the summer holidays. However, once he saw the book, he was much happier about the idea.
The theory behind the challenge is that over the summer, pupils can experience "summer learning loss." So by completing a page a day for 30 days, I am hoping that big man will go into Year 2 having remembered all his hard work this year. We were given the English book, but I think I will also get him the Maths one as well. I will keep you updated on how it goes!
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145 comments:
Moles aren't really blind, they just have very poor eyesight. Great giveaway xx
Moles aren't really blind, they just have very poor eyesight
#0017 Fieldfares scare off enemies by dive bombing them with their poo
you cant lick your own elbow!!!
A crane fly is very poisonous , but they cant bite x
Daddy long legs can bite you.
Snails can sleep for up to 3 years.
you cant lick your own elbow
For a butterfly to fly it must have a body temperature of no less than 86 degrees fahrenheit or 30 degrees celsius
Strawberries. Only fruit with seeds on the outside.
The biggest leeches are as long as your arm and as wide as a banana!
Cold weather makes fingernails grow faster.
your hearing starts going down naturally at age 301
It seems strange that the Mona Lisa painting doesn’t have eyebrows or eyelashes
In 1938, Time Magazine chose Adolf Hitler for man of the year.
Humphrey Bogart never said 'Play it again, Sam' in Casablanca, what he actually said was you played it for her now play it Sam
A cow has 4 stomaches!
Most lipstick contains fish scales
A cockroach can survive for days without its head.
Nothing rhymes with orange
Fieldfares scare off enemies by dive bombing them with their poo :) Just had to :)
It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once, to completely drain the average human of blood.
Koalas and primates are the only animals with unique fingerprints. Humans, apes and koalas are unique in the animal kingdom due to the tiny prints on the fingers of their hands.
Coffee comes from a coffee cherry - the coffee bean is actually the seed from the middle of the cherry
With the exception of one family, all spiders are venomous.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out!
Penguins can't walk backwards
With the exception of one family, all spiders are venomous
Florence Nightingale used to carry a pet owl round with her
cows can walk up stairs but can't come back down them!!!
my sons would love this! My fact is that cucumbers are cooler on the inside than on the outside. Bizarrely they can be up to 20 degrees cooler !!!
The loudest animal is the howler monkey. They can be heard up to 3 miles away!
Its the male seahorse that carries and gives birth!!
a cockroach has two brains, one in his head and one in his bum!
A rabbit can carry two litters of babies at the same time.
a reticulated python is big enough to swallow a human whole
Brazil is the only world cup winner that has never won it at home (yet)
Giraffes have blue tongues!
Your stomach is size of your fist.
Owls are one of the only birds who can see the colour blue!
Lobsters are technically immortal... if they didn't catch a disease or get physically hurt, they wouldn't die as their cells don't deteriorate like ours do, and they don't get arthritis etc!
Otter's sleep holding hands-(and look so cute doing so!) :) x
A baby stomcahe is the size of a marble
it is impossible to lick your elbow
The total weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on earth.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny
your brain on average is the same weight as a melon :)
An ostriches eye is bigger than its brain
One of the most popular pizza toppings in Brazil is green peas
Each one the main characters in SpongeBob Squarepants was inspired by one of the seven deadly sins.
The tongue of a blue whale weighs the same as an elephant.
Honey is the only food that doesn’t spoil. To make 1 pound of honey, bees would have to visit over 2 million flowers.
Back in the 90s Michael Jackson wanted to play spiderman in the movie so bad he tried to buy Marvel Comics!
Sea Otters hold hands when they sleep, so they don't drift apart :)
It is rumoured that Homer (The Odyssey and Iliad) was blind
Bulls don't go after red they are actually colour blind and go after the movement rather than the colour.
a cup of tea has less caffeine than a cup of coffee, but 1kg of tea has more caffeine than 1kg of coffee
Did you knowunless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it
The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill 2 swimming pools.
Dogs are the only animal which can catch yawning off you
More people are killed by coconuts than sharks
your forearm is the same length as your foot.
In Arizona, America, Donkeys may not sleep in bathtubs!
A jellyfish is 95% water
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
you can see the great wall of china from the moon x
Bananas are the biggest herb in the world...I learnt that on a banana plantation in Coff's Harbour, Australia & it's stayed with me ever since!
The loneliest creature on Earth is a whale who has been calling out for a mate for over two decades — but whose high-pitched voice is so different to other whales that they never respond :(
Cold weather makes fingernails grow faster.
The venom in wasps contains a pheromone that causes other wasps to become more aggressive.
The biggest blood sucking leeches are as long as your arm and as wide as a banana
Your foot is the same length as your forearm. Can I write another one? Snakes smell with their tongue.
A jellyfish is 95% water
More people are killed by coconuts than sharks
Hot water is heavier than cold
Octopuses have three hearts
the animal with the most teeth is a snail
before erasers were invented bread was used to rub out mistakes
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
the only animal with four knees is the elephant.
Rats cannot vomit !
Each of the main characters in Spongebob Squarepants was inspired by one of the seven deadly sins.
Over 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
A jellyfish is 97% water!
Fleas can jump up to 200 times their height
We all have 1024 8xGreatGrandparents
without bees we would all perish .
there are no rattlesnakes in australia
An ant can carry up to 100 x its own body weight
Rats cannot pass wind.
a jelly fish is 95% water, my son would love this book, he is so inquisitive and just soak info like this up. he will be very good for a pub quiz when he makes 18!
An elastic band will keep a crocodiles mouth closed.
Labour rips all you stomach muscles
Hair is an indigestible protein!
Despite its
serene appearance when viewed from Earth, the energy produced from the
Sun is so strong that every second its core releases the equivalent of
100 billion nuclear bombs!
A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp which hunts tarantulas as food for its larvae. (Not sure how interesting that is, but I found it interesting lol). :) PS They are the most ugliest things I've ever seen.
you can't hear a ducks quack in a cave
It is generally believed that all of the American flags on the moon have been bleached completely white due to heavy exposure to UV rays!
An ant can carry up to 100 xs its own body weight
Hot potatoes aren't hot when they are cold.
Your nails grow quicker in cold weather :)
The thorny dragon can drink water by standing in it.
a new born panda weighs as much as a cup of tea!
Everyone has a unique tongue print, just like fingerprints.
100% of non-smokers die.
Graphene aerogel is the lightest material in the world and weighs only 160 grams (5.6 ounces) per cubic meter
A man's penis is three times the length of his thumb. Every man reading this is now looking at his thumb.
:-)
90% of Koalas have Chlamydia :/
Everyone has a unique tongue print.
Around 72% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water. To date, we've explored only 5% of that massive area.
Hippo milk is pink
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
Insects outnumber humans 100,000,000 to one ....aaaaarrrggghhh
A jellyfish is 97% water - knowing this i'm still scared of them though !
Tell me an interesting fact. (You can use one from the blog post if you are really stuck)
Dictionary definition (Chambers) of an éclair...............'long in shape, short in duration'
Sea otters hold hands when they sleep to keep from drifting apart.
Hippo milk is pink
Caterpillars completely liquify as the transform into moths
Most lipsticks contain fish scales
average pizza contains 38 teaspoons of sugar
Its impossible to lick your elbow!!
most birds and sharks cant fly or swim backwards
50% of human DNA is same as in banana....... explains a lot!!!!!!
A giant squid has the worlds largest eyes!!! All the better to see you with!
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled
Strawberries aren't actually berries, but bananas, avocados, pumpkins and watermelons are.
The entire population of the world can fit into the state of Texas! ;-)
If you travel straight across Russia you will cover 7 time zones
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
When you hear the sea in a shell you are really hearing your blood rushing through your blood vessels in your ear.
Ostriches can run faster than horses
Owls are one of the only birds who can see the colour blue.
An Ant can carry nearly double its own little bodyweight!!
a newt lives out of water for about 3 years
thankful for this one - In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile
u cant buy a bible on a sunday.
Turtles can breathe through their bums :-)
Law? Surely that is common sense!?!
Religions (Such as the Indian Temples) are CONS - they will even count money donated at a funeral and ask for more, stating its too little
Indian religion, Praj. Samaj etc does forced (CON) marriages - introducing disrespectful females for marriage to educated people
you would have thought so, are quite a few weird laws out there if you google them http://www.strangefacts.com/laws.html
Prince Philip was actually educated in Nazi Germany.
Google was originally named "Backrub"
Turtles breathe through their bums.
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