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Spectacular Stories for Curious Kids: A Fascinating Collection of True Tales to Inspire & Amaze Young Readers Paperback – August 31, 2021

by Jesse Sullivan (Author), Davor Ratkovic (Illustrator)
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Big Dreams Kids Books (August 31, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1953429130
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1953429131
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 10 years, from customers
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.64 x 9 inches
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On a beautiful day (much like this one), Jesse was hunting for his car keys, and fell into the crevices of his sofa...never to be heard from again. And while every lost thing is a quest, what of lost authors? THAT is a story yet to be written...

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Not appropriate for children at all!!!
I have attached images of just some of the inappropriate content that I found while briefly reviewing the book. I did this as a precaution before letting children read the book. The book was purchased for a group of children ages 6 all the way to 11. I wouldn't even consider this appropriate content for the 11 year old child. This book should not be marketed to children especially children under the age of 16. In my opinion, the cover of the book is very deceptive and makes it look like a historical book that would be age appropriate for children but it is not.
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Lissa Jo McMahan
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Relevant
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024
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My fourth-grade tutor students are enjoying the stories. I use the stories to introduce spelling and syllable division patterns.
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Sandra
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read for 3rd Graders
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
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My grandson really enjoyed reading this book. He read it for school every day and loved the diversity of stories. His favorite was the Exploding Rat Strategy of WWII.
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ColdWeatherSkin
5.0 out of 5 stars Great non-fiction for kids
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2023
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6 year old loved it so much we got the animal edition. We read it to him, if a story appears too old we adjust or move on, but those occasions are minimal. It’s been a terrific introduction to non-fiction.
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Montzalee Wittmann
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting stories
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2021
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Spectacular Stories for Curious Kids
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This has so many crazy but true stories that kids, and adults, will love. There is a story about an army on horseback that rides up to a fleet of ships in the water and surprises them! A must read to find out that secret.
Lots of stories that will having you grossed out knowing what they did in the past for health! Interesting history on how we obtained certain things today.
The only story that is presented as the typical myth version is Rasputin. I know because I just finished reading a book on him and the myths surrounding him.
Other than that it is a fun book.
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Jenny C.
5.0 out of 5 stars As advertised
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023
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My 12 year old son really enjoys this book. An example story explains the origin of teddy bears. There is approximately 1 picture every 3-4 chapters. Its a good chapter book.
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Susan H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Grandson loves the book!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024
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Lots of famous folks and great stories!!

Great for young readers and old farts!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2022
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This book was so fun to read. I found out things I've never known, and they're ALL TRUE!. I was constantly putting in book marks on ones I thought were really fun or extra interesting. All the stories were only about 2 or so pages so I could stop and start through out the book. I tell some of the stories to my grandchildren and adults. One of the stories answers the question of where they came up with the name Teddy Bear, which was funny as we (grandchildren and i) had just been trying to figure it out. There is mentioned in some other reviews that it was not appropriate for younger children (8 or so). There were several stories that might upset some children that are those ages or under. They would be things that might cause them to worry or get frightened. My suggestion is to read it first, then read it to the children excluding those stories. There are so many other great stories they will love and they all are great to discuss. No matter the age I love
to read to others and they love to listen to me read. Enjoy.
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Pat Tranter
5.0 out of 5 stars Book
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2023
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I bought it for my grandson for Christmas. Don’t know how he will like it. It sounded like it would be interesting.
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Veronica
4.0 out of 5 stars Entretenido
Reviewed in Mexico on April 3, 2023
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Huena opción para inicio de lectura en ingles
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2024
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Granddaughter age 10 loved reading this and feeding back to me bits of information which I in turn fed back to office I work in. So all learning. Well written and keeps her interested
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Jayfer
5.0 out of 5 stars A hit
Reviewed in Australia on December 7, 2023
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As a gift to an 11 year old it was a great hit a promoted lists of chat.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Stories for Curious Kids
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2022
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Bought for grandchild, so unsure whether it has been of interest.
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Manjari
1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written
Reviewed in Australia on July 17, 2022
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Poorly written. Some don’t have impact.
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