Ripley's Believe It or Not!: Creepy Stuff
Ripley's Believe It or Not!-authority on the strange and unusual-and Scholastic present the second of four incredible collections of the world's weirdest, wackiest facts. Believe it!\ Scare Yourself Silly!\ Are horror movies your thing?\ Would seeing a hgost make your day"\ Do shrunken heads appeal to you?\ How about a statue with real human hair and fingernails?\ Creepy Stuff is packed with strange and spooky facts! Test your own psychic ability by taking the "Believe it or Not! quizzes and...
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Scare Yourself Silly!Are horror movies your thing'Would seeing a hgost make your day" Do shrunken heads appeal to you'How about a statue with real human hair and fingernails'Creepy Stuff is packed with strange and spooky facts! Test your own psychic ability by taking the "Believe it or Not! quizzes and Ripley's "Brain Busters" along hte way. Take a peek adn be amazed at the spine-tingling world around you.Children's LiteratureDisgusting, awesome, unbelievable, grotesque, gruesome, and scary are six ways to describe the material covered in this book. Boys will probably enjoy the gory and freaky material covered. Different aspects of life and facts in history are covered from many areas of the world. There are a variety of topics presented in this unusual book including cars, witchcraft, twins, astronomy, cats, extrasensory perception, ghosts, and predictions. There is a lot of information, which can sometimes be overwhelming. There does not appear to be a pattern to the way each page is laid out. The eye goes everywhere. Each page inundates a person with facts, photos, and illustrations. Midway through the book, there is a collection of real-life, creepy experiences and stories incorporating color photographs. This section of the book catches the eye due to the glossy pages and vibrant colors. Potentially, this book could be placed in a history, geography, or social studies class. This will most likely be a popular book in the school library as word spreads about its content and pictures. There is a table of contents, a multiple choice question on each page, a page of brain busters, a bonus question, a pop quiz, an answer key, and a Ripley's Scorecard. Reviewer: Cheryl Williams Chang
Introduction1Chapter 1Visions, Dreams, and Prophecies5Chapter 2Coincidence or Destiny?23Chapter 3Not-So-Inanimate Objects37Chapter 4Spooks, Specters, and Witches49Chapter 5Just Plain Weird59Pop Quiz75Answer Key79Ripley's Scorecard83Photo Credits87
\ From Barnes & NobleScare yourself silly! Are horror movies your thing? Would seeing a Ghost make your day? Do shrunken heads appeal to you? If so, you'll love Creepy Stuff! It's packed with dozens of strange and spooky facts that are all true...and were compiled by Robert Ripley, of "Ripley's Believe It or Not" fame. Even after death, Ripley continues to mesmerize us with his praiseworthy, strange, and utterly fantastic compilation of life's true oddities. Here, in this bizarre-but-fascinating book are dozens of spine-tingling tidbits about the world around us. Dare to enter Ripley's freaky, creepy world!\ \ \ \ \ Children's Literature\ - Cheryl Williams Chang\ Disgusting, awesome, unbelievable, grotesque, gruesome, and scary are six ways to describe the material covered in this book. Boys will probably enjoy the gory and freaky material covered. Different aspects of life and facts in history are covered from many areas of the world. There are a variety of topics presented in this unusual book including cars, witchcraft, twins, astronomy, cats, extrasensory perception, ghosts, and predictions. There is a lot of information, which can sometimes be overwhelming. There does not appear to be a pattern to the way each page is laid out. The eye goes everywhere. Each page inundates a person with facts, photos, and illustrations. Midway through the book, there is a collection of real-life, creepy experiences and stories incorporating color photographs. This section of the book catches the eye due to the glossy pages and vibrant colors. Potentially, this book could be placed in a history, geography, or social studies class. This will most likely be a popular book in the school library as word spreads about its content and pictures. There is a table of contents, a multiple choice question on each page, a page of brain busters, a bonus question, a pop quiz, an answer key, and a Ripley's Scorecard. Reviewer: Cheryl Williams Chang\ \
