National Geographic Kids Book Club

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Did you know that the axolotl can regrow nearly any body part? Or that the hagfish can fill a bucket with slime in less than a minute? Get ready to say “WHOA!” in this wacky book about the most bizarre animals in the world!

Encounter hundreds of far-out facts about animals with bizarre behaviors, strange superpowers, and mind-blowing mannerisms. Learn where these animals live, how their strange skill sets help them survive, and what makes them so wonderfully weird.

 

New Books (12 books)

Weirdest Animals on the Planet
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2025
Marvel's Iron Man Goes Magnetic (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!): Updated and Expanded!
Greeking Out Heroes and Olympians
Weird but True! Star Wars: 300 Epic Facts from a Galaxy Far, Far Away....
Weird but True World 2025: Incredible Facts, Awesome Photos, and Weird Wonders--For This Year and Beyond!
Ultimate Bugopedia, 2nd Edition: The Most Complete Bug Reference Ever
Can't Get Enough Cat Stuff: Fun Facts, Awesome Info, Cool Games, Silly Jokes, and More!
Beyond Infinity: Exploring the Secrets of the Universe With the James Webb Space Telescope
Yes! No? Maybe So...: Amazing Answers to More Than 250 Mind-Blowing Questions
Explorer Academy Vela: The Sailor Cipher (Book 1)

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Critter Chat
1,000 Facts About Space
Bite, Sting, Kill: The Incredible Science of Toxins, Venom, Fangs, and Stingers (National Geographic Kids)
Greeking Out: Epic Retellings of Classic Greek Myths
Weird But True! Disney: 300 Wonderful Facts to Celebrate the Magic of Disney
That's Fact-tastic!: Mind-blowing, Eye-popping, Jaw-dropping Stuff About Our World (Bet You Didn't Know)
National Geographic Kids Personality Quizzes
Ultimate Mammalpedia
Not-So-Common Cents: Super Duper Important Facts About Money You Can't Afford to Miss
National Geographic Kids Why?: Over 1,111 Answers to Everything

Comments (10844)

I am so behind on these, so sorry!! 🙈 This week's quote: "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm" ~ Winston Churchill

Can I get the story behind everyone's username? I love dogs (every other idea I had was taken, dang) and Christmas, so I combined those, and "doggiechristmas" sounded the best.

Sophie is my name, and the numbers at the front(852128)are just some random numbers I picked! I kind of want to change my username now, though!

Oh, good one! Mine is my middle name, and I am a Ravenclaw in Harry Potter. I was about to choose the word intelligent but it was too long. Wise was the best synonym for intelligent. If you're wondering what my old username is, it was arianne_wonder! (some old users might know) Thanks for asking!

Well I like Ninjas and I am the oldest child, that makes NinjaNumber1. The 649 is numbers my game gave me after I used this name, you know they put the numbers on usernames so that people don't get confused.

I'm also the oldest. It's definitely a pain in the butt, but it just wouldn't be the same without them!

Me too! I also like playing the electric guitar!

The story behind my username is I love soccer and I am a girl and then put the year I was born and made soccergirl2016

Ohh, that's a good question! I've always wanted to become a doctor, so my dad would often push me telling me to shoot high instead of low–– just instead of shoot beyond I chose "dream" because it sounds better; and I wanted something inspirational. In the end it was a win win. Not sure if some of you (most likely older users) remember, my old user used to be "annafantastic"–– but that was a long time ago.

OMG that was you?? Yes I remember lol, I knew you were someone I used to chat with on here like 4-5 yrs ago, but I couldn't remember who, guess that's why :-P

Hahaha, yeahh, I also remember you too from a while back, so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw you were active (hope it stays that way)!

Yayy, thank u ;) it's been so long, I wasn't too sure if u would or not hahha

Let's just say you were memorable (in a good way obviously), and it helps that your pfp stands out :)

ofc!! So, I made mine about 5 years ago so my mind is a lot different now but I love fashion (clothing, shoes, jewelry, etc) and technology, so I thought it was a nice combo.

I checked my activity, I'm almost at 10,000... That's a lot, but because I lost my first account, because I got locked out, I technically have more... I wonder how much.

Impressive! 😄😄

Wow, that's a lot! Love that you're so active!

Hi guys! I am aiming for 10 followers and if you follow me I will totally follow you and I will keep my promise!

Literally all of them! Mostly Hallmarks but I also love all the remade live-action Disney princess movies 😊

Yess, the live actions are soo good! I really like mulan and cinderella!

YES! The live action Cinderella is one of my favorite movies, it's just so sweet and romantic! 😭 I just found out a couple of days ago that there is going to be a live action Snow White 🎉

Oh, I love Lord Of The Rings!!

Lord Of The Rings extended edition, Kung Fu panda, How to Train Your Dragon, The Matrix, Sonic, Endgame, the list goes on and on so that's all I'll put.

I like Marvel movies! Maybe because I like fantasy books, and while Marvel is different, it's similar in a few ways.

I really like Marvel movies like Iron Man, Black Panther, and Black Widow. I also really enjoyed Avatar (the one with blue creatures). Whatta bout you??

Wall-E, Shrek are classics from childhood; I don't watch movies too often tho :)

You might think I'm crazy for this. But as far as I can remember I have never seen Shrek.

I like science fiction(like ID4 or Eternals) , and animal themed films(like PETS! )

I like Big, the princess bride, are you there god its me Margaret?, six triple eight, and much more!😁 What do you guys like for sports? I love tennis🎾

I've read "Are You There God? It's Me Margaret" before–– not bad at all. I really enjoy field hockey (pretty self explanatory; hockey on a field)

I enjoy basketball... But my favorite sport is Airsoft.

Def every single 2000's movies. Blended, Mean girls, 27 dresses, everything lol.

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