Did you know that Canada was almost called Hochelaga? That’s just one of thousands of wacky facts awaiting readers in Uncle John’s quirky celebration of Earth’s second largest country. You’ll find page after page of bizarre history (like why the beaver was once classified as a fish), plus head-scratching news items (like the crook who returned to the …
Uncle John’s Kid-Topia Bathroom Reader for Kids Only! (Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader for Kids Only)
Learning Magazine 2014 Teachers’ Choice for the Classroom Award for Children’s Books2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Finalist in Young Reader: Nonfiction2012 ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards, Bronze in Juvenile Nonfiction CategoryUncle John knows what kids want: the fascinating trivia that has made Uncle Johns’ Bathroom Reader a household name, plus fun stuff meant For Kids …
No one skewers public servants of all political stripes like Uncle John! Here’s a no-holds-barred look at the history and lunacy of our govern-mental machine. Starting with the birth of democracy in the western world, you’ll learn how today’s political landscape was shaped and get an inside look at how government works (and doesn’t work)–from Main Street to …
Uncle John’s Weird, Weird World: EPIC (Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader)
The second fully illustrated, hardcover book in Uncle John’s popular new Weird, Weird World series opens up a portal to the bizarre. It’s page after page of unbelievable history, odd origins, tales of amazing luck, kooky conspiracy theories, epic fails, astounding facts, and some things that are so weird that they defy description. That’s where the pictures come …
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe (Uncle John Presents)
Plunges into the Universe is your anecdote to boring science text books. Uncle John and his loony lab partners will take you back to the Big Bang and forward to the distant future. You’ll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such as—you can’t sweat like …
It all started when a group of mad-scientist-type plumbers asked Uncle John a question, “Why should computers have the only worldwide network?” His answer: “They shouldn’t!” So Uncle John put together a top-secret plumbing team to link together all the world’s sewer lines and create…Presto flusho!…the Interpipe! Then he found a world-famous puzzle master to create 96 pages …
Hey, sports fans: Sports Spectacular is bigger and better than ever! The not-so-dumb jocks at the BRI have packed in all the best sports and games articles from the wildly successful Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series—and then bulked the whole thing up with more than 50 fan-tastic new pages. So place the ball on the tee, square up …
Uncle John has the need . . . for speed! (But he always uses his turn signal.) Hop on in and let the Bathroom Readers’ Institute take you on the ultimate road trip. From the first motorized vehicles to the flying cars of tomorrow, you’ll race around the world to learn about some great sets of wheels and …
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Shoots and Scores: Updated & Expanded Edition
Uncle John’s hard-hitting hockey book was such a success that we decided to send it back to the weight room to get beefed up for a new season. Now updated and expanded with 70 new pages, this collection of slap shots, penalty kills, and toothless grins offers hockey fans everything they love about this great game: its colorful …
Uncle John got a Factastic facelift for the 28th all-new edition of this beloved book series now with a classy flexibound cover on the outside and a sleek style on the inside! All of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader favorites are packed into these 512 glorious pages from little-known history to the origins of everyday thingsplus odd …