Strange Stuff: True Stories of Odd Places and Things - Hardcover

Kids love to contemplate strange stuff. Quicksand is right up there with Bigfoot, the Bermuda Triangle, meat=eating plants, the lost continent of Atlantis, wolf children, voodoo and zombies, scorpions and tarantulas, black holes, and more. The myths and the truth as we know them are here in this grab bag collection of weird stuff designed to pique the insatiable curiosity of children. And to get them thinking.An examination of mysterious places and things explains why some mysteries like Bigfoot and the Bermuda Triangle remain unsolved; explores the world of meat-eating plants, scorpions, and tarantulas; and investigates the possibility of mermaids