Wildly True Stories for Curious Kids

Wildly True Stories for Curious Kids is packed with 97 of the most bizarre, hilarious and jaw-dropping true events in history. Every story is short enough to read in two minutes. Every story is strange enough to remember forever. And every single one of them actually happened.

Did you know that Australia once declared war on emus and lost? That the microwave was invented because an engineer's chocolate bar melted? That WD-40 got its name because the first 39 tries failed? That Napoleon Bonaparte, conqueror of Europe, was once chased out of a field by rabbits?

These things happened. All of them.

One story per page. No long chapters. No boring lectures. Just 97 moments that will make your kid put the book down and say Mom, did you know that...

Parents love it because their reluctant readers actually pick it up. Kids love it because every single page is a story worth telling someone.

Perfect for ages 8 to 14. Perfect for birthdays, Christmas and back to school. Perfect for the dinner table, the car, and the kid who needs one more thing before going to sleep.

97 true stories. Zero boring ones.