Aimed at 4th to 8th Graders, But Daddy will like it too

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	• Pick Me Up Jeremy Leslie, David Roberts DK CHILDREN, 2006 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 27 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Careful!

Hand this book to an inquisitve 8 year old and you better be prepared to have lots of interesting conversations - ones you may not be ready for!
Designed like webpages for todays internet savvy kids. Excellent idea! Excellent book!

Fun and informative for the whole family.....

This book was on a display case at the library. Attracted by the cover, we took it home. A few minutes later, my 12yo son asked me to buy a copy for his birthday. All 4 of my children (14,12,11, and 8 1/2)constantly browse through it. I enjoy "Pick Me Up" myself and intend to purchase another copy for my twin nephews for their birthday. Anyone who considers himself/herself well informed would be astonished at the number of things that even an adult could learn from this book!

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Something for everyone

Kids love it because they can dazzle you with little known facts. Adults enjoy the plethorea of info. Excellent feature is the cross referencing included with many topics.

Aimed at 4th to 8th Graders, But Daddy will like it too

Just where else you find out 'Why the Roman Empire is like McDonald's.' (Answer: Both are set world domination.) And then to find two pages that talk about Rome and McDonalds comparing the two organizations. Strange but I had never thought of comparing them. Let's see, Rome had some 645,000 troops, McD's has 1.5 million employees. Hmmmm! This is beginning to make sense. Then on most pages you find a Link - a hyperlink like you have on the web, that takes you somewhere else.

And most of the pages are like this. You want to read about the Beatles, or find five places that have more sheep than people. And who were the kings and Quees of Denmark (No, Hamlet wasn't really one of them, but then again, he was a Prince.)

Anyway, that should give you the idea. This is a random, off beat, marvelous encyclopedia (I guess you'd call it). It's done like modern kids TV, short, quick and hyperlinked.

While intended for kids somewhere around the 4th to eighth grade, daddy might find it fairly fascinating as well.

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What a book

I got this book for Christmas, and didn't like it very much at first. But when I skipped through the pages, random fun facts were all over the pages! I learned so much from this book, and the graphics are amazing! A real time-killer.

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