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Mind-Blowing Stories for Curious Kids: Jaw-Dropping Tales from History, Science and the Wacky World Around Us!
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Series: Jake's Landon's Mind-Blowing Books, Book 1
AnimalsGeneral Juvenile NonfictionHistory
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ISBN13: 9781918978186
Publisher: Blendon Publishing
Published: Jun 11 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if the strangest stories in the world were actually true?
Mind-Blowing Stories for Curious Kids is packed with weird, funny, jaw-dropping and completely true tales from history, science, nature and the wacky world around us.
Inside these pages, young readers will discover a city flooded by syrup, an army that lost a battle to giant birds, a chicken that lived without a head, an island ruled by rabbits, rocks that mysteriously moved across the desert and a lake where lightning flashes hundreds of times a night.
Written in a fun, fast-paced and easy-to-read style, this book turns real events into exciting short stories that make kids laugh, gasp and ask, Wait... that really happened?
Each story is designed to spark curiosity while introducing young readers to fascinating ideas from science, history, geography, weather, animals and the natural world. With bite-sized chapters, surprising facts, thinking prompts and simple activities, this book is perfect for independent reading, bedtime, travel, classrooms and homeschool learning.
Inside, readers will discover:
- The day Boston was flooded by millions of gallons of molasses
- The Great Emu War, when Australia battled giant birds
- Mike the Headless Chicken and the science behind his survival
- Japan's famous Rabbit Island
- The mystery of Death Valley's moving rocks
- The lightning capital of the world
- The volcano that helped inspire Frankenstein
- The strange town where it rained meat
- The Great London Smog and other unbelievable true events
Perfect for curious kids who love strange facts, real-life mysteries, funny history, amazing science and stories that sound too weird to be true, Mind-Blowing Stories for Curious Kids is ideal for readers aged 7-10.
Get ready to laugh, wonder and discover why the real world is often stranger than fiction.
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