This book highlights unusual facts about the human body. Beginning with a brief "Words to Know" glossary, the volume then offers eight double-page spreads about specific weirdnesses (e.g., the speed of a sneeze; the high percentage of bones in feet and hands). Excellent color photos and accessible but limited text are not well served by the constant refrain, "It's weird, but it's true!" Reading list, websites. Ind.

BREDESON, Carmen . Weird But True Food . ISBN 978-0-7660-3866-0 ; ISBN 978-1-59845-367-6 . LC 2010035860. BREDESON, Carmen . Weird But True Human Body Facts . ISBN 978-0-7660-3865-3 ; ISBN 978-1-59845-369-0 . LC 2010035861. BREDESON, Carmen . Weird But True Rocks . ISBN 978-0-7660-3864-6 ; ISBN 978-1-59845-370-6 . LC 2010035862. BREDESON, Carmen . Weird But True Space Facts . ISBN 978-0-7660-3863-9 ; ISBN 978-1-59845-371-3 . LC 2010035877. BREDESON, Carmen . Weird But True Weather . ISBN 978-0-7660-3862-2 ; ISBN 978-1-59845-372-0 . LC 2010035863. ea vol: 24p. (Weird But True Science Series). diags. illus. photos. further reading. glossary. index. Websites. CIP. Enslow Elementary . 2011. PLB $21.26; pap. $6.95. Gr 1-2 Well designed to inject jolts of interest into emerging readers, each of these mini-albums presents marvelsfrom crowd-pleasing information about fried crickets and durian (a fruit that "smells like dead fish or dirty toilets!") in Food to giant hailstones and lenticular clouds in Weather . Each spread features a paragraph about the strange thing or phenomenon, opens with an attention-grabbing headline ("Kuiper Belt/Can it hold up your pants?"), and closes with the refrain, "It's weird, but it's true!" Large color photos or illustrations reflect the featured subjects. The back matter in each volume will stoke further curiosity nicely.