Weird but True: A Cartoon Encyclopedia of Incredibly Strange Things - Softcover

Goldenberg, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064461904 ISBN 13: 9780064461900

Publisher: Trophy Pr, 1997

Synopsis

An illustrated introduction to some of science's weirder facts describes such phenomena as raining frogs, edible insects, genius brains, acrobatic fleas, furless animals, and monster mushrooms. Original.

About this title

From Kirkus Reviews:

A carnival freak show of oddities--human, animal, and mineral--in five categories: ``People and Customs,'' ``Places,'' ``Technology,'' ``Animals and Plants,'' and ``Planet Earth.'' The subsets under these headings range from Alien Ailments to Zombies, and cover families with extra hair, fingers, or tails, underground cities, space toilets, and trained fleas, etc. Interspersed with the truly strange items are interesting facts about mirages, space junk, and gravity. The subtitle may be grandiose: The book is too short to be encyclopedic, and only some of the entries are incredibly strange. All are entertaining, however, especially for the lurid tastes of its target audience. The black-and-white cartoons and comic-strip typeface add accessibility as well as humor; hand this to those who have already pored over Ripley's many tomes. (Nonfiction. 8-12) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trophy Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0064461904
• ISBN 13: 9780064461900
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Gloeckner Phoebe