National Geographic Answer Book: Fast Facts About Our World Hardcover – September 21, 2010

it was a Christmas present for ta 13 year old who is a voracious reader. She said that she really liked it and I don't think she was just humoring me. I thought it would be a small start at helping her see that Wikipedia, as useful as it is, is not the final authority on all things and that using another source to double check is a good habit to cultivate.

WOW! This is a beautiful book and my kids just LOVE it. Like all NG products, the photos and content are EXCELLENT. My kids love informational books and this is one of many NG books that we purchased for them and they will be used over many years. Great quality, great book!

I recommend it for bright kids age 8 and up, and for normal-average kids age 10-12 and up. Whutz so gr8 is u can pick it up for and read it for 2-3 minutes or an hour. Fascinating topics, and a quick read.

I bought this book for my girlfriend for Valentine's Day. Since then I have been bombarded (in a good sense) with facts about the world that I never thouhgt I would know. If you are interested in knowing more about what is around us, this is a definite buy

Got this for my 2 granddaughters. They haven’t used it yet, but loved it for book report in the future.

Cannot complain one bit about the price that I got for this book. The book arrived quickly and was packed well. I read this book and found it was perfect. Just what the description said.

National Geographic Answer Book: Fast Facts About Our WorldCorrect information is a primary concern in an "Answer Book", even when the answers are fast facts. From this point of view, the book is not as good as the advertisement would have us believe; the book might be useful, but be ready to check the answers using other sources. A few examples.Picture (photograph) on page 310: "Charles Lindbergh lands at Croydon Airport, London, completing his historic transatlantic one-man flight on April 20, 1927 ......." (Croydon Airport?? April 20 1927???).The TRUE FACTS: Lindbergh started his one-man transatlantic flight taking off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York at 7:52am on MAY 20, 1927. He landed his plane (Spirit of St. Louis) at the Le Bourget Airdrome, Paris, France at 10:22pm (Paris time) on May 21, 1927."How does a flower work?" See picture of the PARTS OF A FLOWER on page 139:the ovules are indicated as egg cells. Again, this is not a true fact: the ovule is a complex multicellular structure containing one egg cell.The short description of plant responses to light signals (p.139) is on the short side and, as it is, does not tell the complete story; perhaps, photoperiodism should have been mentioned in addition to phototropism; and it would also have been nice to mention that there are other plant hormones(gibberellins, cytokinis, etc) in addition to auxins.All considered, one cannot give more than one star to this book, and if used to satisfy children's curiosity, the parents should make sure of confirming the information using other sources.

My husband couldn't put the book down. He enjoyed it very much