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Quick and practical tips in a warm-hearted presentation.

In a question-and-answer format this book tells what rock is the hardest, why magnets pick up some things and not others, how Velcro works, and many other facts about materials.

"Learn all about the most exciting duels that have ever been fought in the galaxy".--P. [4] of cover.

Combining facts, informative opinion, and insights, this book includes more than 2000 chronolog entries, 2500 illustrations, decade-by-decade infographics, datalines, and essays on the events that shaped the twentieth century.

Uses animal names to introduce rhythmic language and rhyme, as Tanka the elephant and his friend Skunk play drums to keep the beat.

Written like an annotated timeline, this book focuses on 180 key events and people that have changed our world.