This zany miscellany isn't an ordinary encyclopedia by any measure. It's a collection of thousands of crazy, mixed-up, incredible, and highly addictive facts for kids served up in a completely random style. The colourful layouts have fun features like nerd words, flop tens (instead of top tens), goof-athons, and factpiles. Do you know: Why flamingos are pink? What the definition of mucus is? What the ten most expensive movie flops were?

A wacky collection of funny, bright, bizarre poems and stories by New Zealand writers. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Book Review Index provides quick access to reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media representing a wide range of popular, academic and professional interests. The up-to-date coverage, wide scope and inclusion of citations for both newly published and older materials make Book Review Index an exceptionally useful reference tool. More than 600 publications are indexed, including journals and national general interest publications and newspapers. Book Review Index is available in a three-issue subscription covering the current year or as an annual cumulation covering the past year.

The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But their desire for a family was the same. And with the help of a kindly zookeeper, Roy and Silo got the chance to welcome a baby penguin of their very own.

Provides the latest information on a wide range of topics, including animals, culture, geography, the environment, history, and science.

Provides a comprehensive overview for both beginning and advanced students of satiric forms from ancient poetry to contemporary digital media.

Animals.