Bonkers Books: Why Headless Chickens Run and Other Bonkers Things You Need to Know

From the icky to the amazing, from the unusual to the downright silly – from headless chickens to heat-radiating Tibetan monks and killer tissue paper – this bonkers book is packed with laugh-out-loud facts you’ve simply got to know. Plucked from the worlds of history, science, natural history and just about everywhere else, this is unbelievable-but-true comic mayhem to share with all your friends. Prepare for boredom-busting, brain-boosting, rib-tickling, fact-filled fun!

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    Michael Cox

    Michael Cox is a favourite Scholastic non-fiction author, and has written numerous titles in the Top Ten, Dead Famous and The Knowledge series. He lives near Newark, Nottinghamshire. Horror is his speciality…

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    Winner of the Stockport Schools Book Award for Fintan Fedora.

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