Big Book of W.O.W.: Astounding Animals, Bizarre Phenomena, Sensational Space, and More Wonders of Our World

by Andrea Silen

Overview

Join the exploration experts at National Geographic Kids on a globe-trotting adventure through what’s most spectacular in our universe.

Embrace your inner adventurer as you explore the most incredible and inspiring wonders of our world. Roam through the breathtaking sand dunes in Namibia’s Namib Desert. Marvel at Mexico’s axolotl, an animal that can regrow almost any body part. Plunge into a mysterious underwater forest in Kazakhstan. Open your mind to far-off wonders in space, ponder the darkest depths of the ocean, time travel to the ancient wonders of the world, and make friends with the Aibo robot dog, a futuristic Fido.

As you race from one amazing wonder to the next, you’ll take in gorgeous photography and mind-boggling facts that reveal the truth, history, and scientific explanation behind all that’s cool and wow-worthy in our universe.

An epic journey around the globe—and beyond! Perfect for anyone who’s endlessly curious about the world.

Complete your collection with The Big Book of Bling, Ultimate Weird But True!, and 5,000 Awesome Facts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426372773
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/08/2022
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,092,742
Product dimensions:	11.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

ANDREA SILEN is a writer, editor, and frequent contributor to National Geographic Kids media, including National Geographic Kids magazine and its companion website. She lives in Washington, D.C.

KELLY HARGRAVE writes a variety of nonfiction and novelty children’s books for top publishers and licensed properties that inspire kids to think genuinely and creatively about their own world, full of unexpected discoveries and incredible possibilities. Hargrave lives in Colorado, where she loves exploring nature with a pen, paper, and camera always at the ready. Web: www.kellyhargrave.com.

Editorial Reviews

2022-08-31
A wide-ranging pictorial panorama of phenomenal sights from our world and beyond.

Often sacrificing size for sheer quantity, fresh sheaves of bright color photos—digital images aglow with saturated colors—compete for attention with each page turn; the potential to elicit widened pupils in viewers seems the only criterion for inclusion. Grouped into nine broadly topical sections, the subjects range from spectacular geological formations and dramatic weather phenomena to wildlife (including blue whales, sharks, and exotic seahorses), skyscrapers and other manufactured wonders of both the ancient and modern worlds, and rare sights, from an elephant with a prosthetic leg to a portrait of twin astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly. One chapter is devoted to mysteries, from unicorns and UFOs to Amelia Earhart’s fate. Nor is the sky the limit, as in another section, exoplanets and colliding galaxies swim into view. Quick spurts of well-caffeinated commentary, superimposed on the pictures or wedged in between, crank up the wow factor while adding the odd fact or contextual note. Though sustained exposure carries a risk of reader fatigue, there is likely something here to pique almost any sort of interest, even on a quick flip through.

Unusually broad and tailor-made for casual browsing. (index, photo credits) (Nonfiction. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews