Synopses & Reviews
True or false?Real or fiction?
FACT OR FIB?and#160;Find out about science and the world around us . . . all by playing a game! Each book in this brightly illustrated and entertaining new series gives kids (and adults, too!) lots of chances to test their smarts.and#160;What's right and what's wrong?: Mars is the hottest planet. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents. Some modern artificial hands are controlled by the patient's own muscles. Check it out, take a guess, and see how you do! These fun fact books cover space, the human body, and technology.and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;Each and#8220;fact or fiband#8221; features three statementsand#8212;but only two are totally true, while the third is outrageously false. Make your choices, turn the page, and see whether you're right or wrong, along with more cool facts about the topic.
Review
Praise for the FACT OR FIB? series:
andquot;Brightly colored backgrounds and large photos enliven the page layouts. An index lets readers return to their favorite facts . . . These titles are sure to be popular with students who enjoy collections of miscellanea, and kids will likely enjoy quizzing each other.andrdquo; andmdash;School Library Journal
Synopsis
True or false?
Real or fiction?
FACT OR FIB? Find out about science and the world around us . . . all by playing a game Each book in this brightly illustrated and entertaining new series gives kids (and adults, too ) lots of chances to test their smarts. What's right and what's wrong?: Mars is the hottest planet. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents. Some modern artificial hands are controlled by the patient's own muscles. Check it out, take a guess, and see how you do These fun fact books cover space, the human body, and technology. Each "fact or fib" features three statements--but only two are totally true, while the third is outrageously false. Make your choices, turn the page, and see whether you're right or wrong, along with more cool facts about the topic.
Synopsis
What's right and what's wrong?: Mars is the hottest planet. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents. Some modern artificial hands are controlled by the patient's own muscles. Check it out, take a guess, and see how you do! These fun fact books cover space, the human body, and technology.and#160;and#160;and#160;
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Is a basketball rim twice the width of the ball? Does the average person walk about 70,000 miles during a lifetime? Can playing sports help kids do better at school? And when a food label says andquot;natural ingredientsandquot; . . . could it mean
crushed bugs? Test your smarts about sports, fitness, and healthandmdash;and try to tell fact from fib.
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About the Author
Kathy Furgang started her editorial career working as an intern at the Childrenand#39;s Television Workshop Magazine Group, before movingand#160;on to Random House Books for Young Readers and then McGraw-Hill Education. Kathy is now a full-time freelance writer and editor who specializes in the Kandndash;8 educational markets in the areas of science, language arts, social studies, math, and ELL. For National Geographic Kids, she wrote Everything Weather: Facts, Photos, and Fun that Will Blow You Away! and Everything Money: A Wealth of Facts, Photos, and Fun!and#160;She has also written numerous workbooks for Flash Kids. Kathy lives in Albany, NY.