Emily Reviews Strikingly True!

FROM EMILYREVIEWS.COM

As I kid I went through a phase of really loving the Ripley’s believe it or not tv show. I was recently sent the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Strikingly True book to check out. The book is really big, at around an inch thick and over a foot tall. There’s a total of 254 pages.

Unlike the tv show, everything included in the book is true or real. Did you know that the biggest limo in the world can carry 40 passengers and is 70 ft long? Or that there is a dog in china who walks on two legs full time? Even when sitting, the dog squats on its back legs instead of putting its front legs down. The book is intended for kids but I must admit I found it fascinating myself. It’s a great book to just pick up and look at regardless of whether you have five minutes or an hour. You don’t feel like you have to read it from the first page to the last, and there are tons of images throughout the book.

Both features make this great book for “pulling in” those kids who are hesitant to read books. They don’t feel like they have to sit and read for so long that they get bored, and there are lots of neat things to look at. Sections include science, world, animals, body, transport, etc. In a way, the book can be quite educational in the sense that it informs us about the existence of people, diseases, animals, inventions, etc that we didn’t know existed, and it lets us know that certain things are possible that we thought were impossible. I think this would be a great book for kids or just those who are curious in general.

Buy it: You can purchase this book from amazon for 19.11. Or you can check out the other Ripley’s books at www.ripleybooks.com.