Wednesday, October 21, 2009

New Books

afraid Are You Afraid Yet? The Science behind Scary Stuff by Stephen James O’Meara

  • Maggots? Severed heads? Vampires? Whatever your fear factor, you’ll find it in this compendium of murder, mayhem and monsters.  You’ll also find out what science has to say about the things that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
  • Are some houses haunted or just victims of bad plumbing?
  • Could a big scary ape like King Kong really exist?
  • Is Bigfoot a big hoax or the descendant of a long-ago giant ape from China?
  • Were the tombs of the pharaohs cursed or were they haunted by something even more deadly?

Just the Right Size: Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are size Little by Nicola Davies, Illustrated by Neal Layton

Did you ever wonder why there are no high-flying, wall-climbing, tall building-leaping superheroes in real life—and why there are no giant mutant monsters for them to fight? Find out what keeps big animals (like us!) from engaging in astonishing feats of strength and agility and why there would be a downside to being tiny and all-powerful.  Whether we’re big or small, our size defines a lot more about us than we could have imagined.

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