Synopses & Reviews
Infomania is the compulsive desire to gobble up information, and kids growing up in the information age have it bad. Young infomaniacs are hungry, hungry, hungry for information. Who knows information better than Uncle John? No one! And now he's figured out how to deliver information fixes without computers or modems or the Internet. How? In a handy pocket-sized book packed with fascinating facts! Uncle John's
InfoMania is bursting with information so compelling, so mesmerizing, so...weird...it could only come from the professional infomaniacs at the Bathroom Readers' Institute, and it's "For Kids Only!"
Inside this nonfiction, easy-to-read pocket guide youll find...
- How to Get Rid of Freckles (live frogs are involved)
- Action Figure Facts
- What Makes 3-D Movies Work
- Avalanche Survival Tips
- World Records to Beat (extreme hula-hooping, anyone?)
- And much, much more.
Designed just for kids, this two-color, illustrated pocket book shares essential and off-the-wall information pulled from the info-maniacal vaults of the Bathroom Readers' Institute. It's science, history, math, social studies, sports, and entertainment; all packed into 272 pocket-sized pages and delivered in the bite-sized bits kids love to read!
Lexile score: 920L
Review
"Curious Cures (If they dont work, blame the old wives that told the tales!): To get rid of freckles . . . rub a live frog over your face."
— from the book
Synopsis
Do you have a compulsive desire to know something about everything? Then you have
infomania, and Uncle John has the cure
Infomania is the compulsive desire to gobble up information, and kids growing up in the information age have it bad. Young infomaniacs are hungry, hungry, hungry for information. Who knows information better than Uncle John? No one And now he's figured out how to deliver information fixes without computers or modems or the Internet. How? In a handy pocket-sized book packed with fascinating facts Uncle John's InfoMania is bursting with information so compelling, so mesmerizing, so... weird...it could only come from the professional infomaniacs at the Bathroom Readers' Institute, and it's "For Kids Only "
Inside this nonfiction, easy-to-read pocket guide you'll find...
* How to Get Rid of Freckles (live frogs are involved)
* Action Figure Facts
* What Makes 3-D Movies Work
* Avalanche Survival Tips
* World Records to Beat (extreme hula-hooping, anyone?)
* And much, much more.
Designed just for kids, this two-color, illustrated pocket book shares essential and off-the-wall information pulled from the info-maniacal vaults of the Bathroom Readers' Institute. It's science, history, math, social studies, sports, and entertainment; all packed into 272 pocket-sized pages and delivered in the bite-sized bits kids love to read
About the Author
The Bathroom Readers' Institute is a tight-knit group of loyal and skilled writers, researchers, and editors who have been working as a team for years. The BRI understands the habits of a very special market, Throne Sitters, and devotes itself to providing amazing facts and conversation pieces. The Institute is headquartered in Ashland, OR, and San Diego.