My kids have been back in school for almost a month! I can hardly believe it! I feel like it was just yesterday that we were buying school supplies and getting new school clothes. So far, they seem to be loving this school year – they both got great teachers and absolutely adore their school. But with a new school year comes homework, projects, and independent reading…which can be a tough sell after months of carefree summer days. Luckily, National Geographic Children’s Books was kind enough to send me some new titles for our library to help with those tasks.
Designed to get (and keep) kids engaged, National Geographic Kids books are filled with big beautiful illustrations and graphics, along with information that will make homework easier. These new titles include:
Real or Fake? – Can you mail an unpackaged coconut via the United States Postal Service? Did China build a secret city for 1,000 people on the sea floor? Is there really a type of bird with tiny, useless wings, hairlike feathers and nostrils at the END of its beak or is it just a hoax? Real or Fake tests your detective skills to determine which stories are real and which, in fact, are fake (oh, and yes, you CAN mail a coconut, China did NOT build an underwater city and that bird is not a myth! It is a kiwi!). Also included are history’s greatest hoaxes, secrets behind a good fake, internet urban legends, and crazy headlines.Mastermind – In this interactive book kids learn about what type of thinker they are and are given the chance to exercise different parts of their brains with games, tests and puzzles. As kids work their way through the book completing experiments, brain teasers, mazes, quizzes and games, their efforts (and smarts!) are rewarded with a Certificate of Mental Achievement declaring them as a Certified Mastermind.
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2017 – This latest edition of the New York Times best selling book is THE gold standard in nonfiction “edutainment” and features not only the latest discoveries in the worlds of technology, conservation and nature, but also grabs kids with cool weird-but-true facts, activities to keep ’em busy all summer long and amazing animals from around the world.
Everything Sports– Packed with big, bold pictures and graphics and featuring a diverse array of athletes (men and women of all races, young and old,) Everything Sports not only includes the most popular sports such as baseball, basketball, football, soccer, tennis, but also features the more extreme and quirkier sports like parkour, wakeboarding, fencing, curling, and table tennis. The book also dedicates several pages to the Olympics.
My kids are a little shy of the 8-12 recommended age group for these titles, but absolutely love them. Greenleigh was drawn to Mastermind right from the start, which doesn’t surprise me because she really enjoys puzzles and mazes in general. Hazeline, on the other hand, seems to really enjoy the National Geographic Kids 2017 Almanac, which I think is mostly for the pictures. I’m sure that the Almanac is going to end up helping a ton with homework later this year – it has so much information included! 
Each book is packed educationally rich information while keeping it fun and interesting. These are books that they not only want to read, but they’re books that they want to share with friends. Just this week Greenleigh asked if she could bring the Everything Sports book to school for their unit on teamwork. I couldn’t help but say yes. They are such fabulous new additions to our library!
Want to win these titles (valued at $49!) for your very own library? Enter to win using the rafflecopter form below! Good luck!
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The Real or Fake book looks interesting because my kids like to guess and read what is real and what is not real.
Real or Fake sounds like a fun book that will bring the family together.
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2017
The National Geographic Kids Almanac 2017 would probably be the one they’d like the most because it has activities and animals from around the world in it. I think they’d enjoy the “cool weird-but-true facts” and the animal pictures.
My son would love animal champions because he loves to learn facts about animals.
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I think they would like Real or Fake! My niece loves learning new facts about animals!
My son would like Real or Fake.
My kids would be interested in the National Geographic Kids Almanac 2017 .
The almanac sounds so interesting! My whole family would love the info inside 🙂
my son would ghet a kick out of real or fake!
My son would like Everything Sports because he loves soccer and basketball.
I think my son would like the real or fake book. It is always fun to find out some things are real.
Real or fake because it looks like a fun book.
I think my kids would like real or fake?
I think my kids would love the almanac the best because it has so many different facts.
My niece would love the real or fake book
Real or Fake? because I think my grandson would enjoy reading this.
My daughter would like the real or fake book the best!
My son would really enjoy Mastermind because he loves solving puzzles
My son would love the Real or Fake book!! I think he would have so much fun with that 🙂
We would love the everything sports book because our family is very into athletics.
I think my kiddos would enjoy all of them, but especially the “Everything Sports” book! They have become more and more interested in sports lately!
My 7 year old grandson would love the Almanac. He could learn so many facts from it.
I think my son is most excited to read the National Geographic Kids Almanac 2017 because he wants to discover the world 🙂
Thank You for the chance
My kids would love the Real or Fake book.
I think my daughter would love the National Geographic Kids Almanac 2017 because it has activities.
my son would like the “Real or Fake” book – I think he would enjoy guessing. these look great!
They’d like Mastermind.
I think she’d most like Real or Fake? because I think she’d get a kick out of seeing if she’s right or not on what is real and what is fake. Thanks.
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Everything Sports would probably be the choice because our house really loves sports.
My grandson would love the Everything Sports book!
Anything with animals will get my daughter’s attention but the Almanac looks like it would have plenty of information about lots of things!
I think my kids would enjoy the Real or Fake book, because they are already fans of these books. That is one we don’t have yet.
Thanks for the chance.
I think kids would most be interested in Real or Fake book cause they always want to know the truth in things.
It is hard to choose just one as we are a family of bibliophiles. I think the Real or Fake book might be a favorite though. It could also be fun to makes guesses as a family after-dinner activity.
The mastermind or real or fake would be great!! I love national geographic books for kids!
the almanac
my kids would love anything about animals!!
My grandson would love animal champions because he loves animals
The “Real or Fake” book would intrigue my boys! They would both love guessing!
My son would like Real or Fake.
My daughter would love the real or fake book, it sounds fun and interesting.
My son would like the Real or Fake book. He is just so interested in learning new things.
My daughter would love the kids almanac the most. She loved reading 2015 almanac
I think my daughter would love the real or fake book.
Which of these titles do you think your kids would be most interested in? Why?
Mastermind because my grandson loves figuring things out
I think my son would like the National Geographic Kids Almanac 2017, with all of its neat facts. I’m sure *I’d* even learn a thing or two, a notion that always tickles my son!
Real or fake sounds cuteb
Real or Fake would be fun to make into a game
I think they would like the National Geographic Kids Almanac 2017 the best. 🙂
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I think my boys would love the everything sports book
I think my daughter would like the Real or Fake book!