National Geographic Kids Book Club

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What’s on your reading wish list this holiday season? There’s something for everyone, from the History Buff to the Fact Hound, the Animal Lover to the Ultimate Explorer and everyone in between.

Take a peek at one of our faves this year: The Ultimate Book of Whales, featuring all the major whale species, including dolphins! Discover which whales have epic underwater battles with giant squid, why scientists think dolphins have unique names for each other, the challenges these animals face, and much more. Dive in!

 

New Books (12 books)

The Ultimate Book of Whales: Up-Close Encounters With Earth's Mightiest Mammals (National Geographic Kids Ultimate Books)
Greeking Out Tales from the Underworld: Ghostly Myths from Around the Globe
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026
Weird but True! Know-It-All: Weather & Natural Disasters
It's a Numbers Game! Hockey: The Math Behind the Perfect Slap Shot, the Split-Second Save, and So Much More!
National Geographic Kids Why? Dinosaurs: 99+ Awesome Answers for Curious Kids (Ngk Why?)
Weird but True! Space
I Know Dino!: Amazing Breakthroughs, Mega Mistakes, and Unsolved Mysteries in Dinosaur Science
Weirdest Animals on the Planet
Our Country's Presidents, 2024 Edition: A Complete Encyclopedia of the U.s. Presidency
Beyond Infinity: Exploring the Secrets of the Universe With the James Webb Space Telescope
Greeking Out Heroes and Olympians

More Fun Books (12 books)

National Geographic Kids Why?: Over 1,111 Answers to Everything
Greeking Out: Epic Retellings of Classic Greek Myths
Weird But True! Disney: 300 Wonderful Facts to Celebrate the Magic of Disney
Yes! No? Maybe So...: Amazing Answers to More Than 250 Mind-Blowing Questions
Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret (Book 1) (Explorer Academy, 1)
It's a Numbers Game! Football
That's Fact-tastic!: Mind-blowing, Eye-popping, Jaw-dropping Stuff About Our World (Bet You Didn't Know)
Not-So-Common Cents: Super Duper Important Facts About Money You Can't Afford to Miss
Zeus the Mighty: The Quest for the Golden Fleas (Book 1)
5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!): Updated and Expanded!
Weird but True! Star Wars: 300 Epic Facts from a Galaxy Far, Far Away....
Ultimate Bugopedia, 2nd Edition: The Most Complete Bug Reference Ever

Comments (10984)

QUIZ TIME!!! 1. What is your favorite bottled drink? (for example, Coca-cola, Prime, Sprite, etc.) 2. What do you want to be when you grow up? 3. Book worm or movie fan? 4. What is your favorite Disney character? 5. If you could be transported into any movie, which one would you choose? 6. Hoodies or sweatshirts? 7. What is your favorite flower or plant? 8. What are some of your favorite emojis?....MY ANSWERS: 1. Vitamin water!! 2. UX designer 3. I'm both but I love books a little more than movies 4. Cinderella 5. I actually don't know XD 6. Sweatshirts! 7. Peonies 8. 🙈,💛,🙃, and 😂....hope you enjoy the quiz and I look forward to your answers!

1. Water (lol) 2. Dentist 3. Book worm 4. Mulan or Moana 5. Idk why but Alice in Wonderland is nice! 6. hoodies 7. Any plant that I do not need to take care of lol hahahaha 8.😮🤣😜🤪😎

I feel number 7! My mom is super good at keeping plants alive but me....not so much! Thanks for replying!

Ramune Soda and Vitamin Water. Idk? Bookworm. Idk. The day before tomorrow. Hoodiessss. Umm? Lavender?

1. Sprite! 🥤 2. Eye doctor. 👁️ 3. Both 📖🎥 4. Cinderella 🐭 5. School for Good and Evil 🌹🥀 6. Sweatshirts! 👚 7. Cherry Blossoms🌸 8. 💖😁😂

We're pretty similar! That's cool you want to be an eye doctor! Thanks for replying!

1. Maybe Coca-cola. 2. A doctor. 3. Both, movies more. 4. So many- Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty...... 5.Harry Potter because it will be so exciting and thrilling! 6. Sweatshirts. 7. Roses. 8. 💛 and 😂. Loved the quiz!!!

1.(black tea, everywhere in Taiwan convenience stores) 2. Ha, I wanted to be an artist before, then I decided to be a scientist, but now I want to be photographer! Ideas really change over time! 3. Hm...that's hard for me...I can only say I'm both! 4. Pocahontas 5. Narnia, it seems so magical 6. hoodies 7. I love sunflowers-they are so beautiful 8. 🤭 and 🤣 Thanks for the quiz :)

Being a photographer would be so fun! I think I would want to be a wedding photographer. What about you? Thanks for replying!

I have heard some amazing stuff about the convenience stores there, visiting one is on my bucket list!

1. I really don't like anything fizzy, so just water???? 2. An engineer. 3. BOOK WORM! 4. I really don't have one 5. Idk 6. BOTH! Mostly hoodies. 7. None 8. I barely use any!

I don't like fizzy drinks too! It makes my tongue feel strange....

If you don't like fizzy drinks, you should try vitamin water! I love it and it's pretty much, like the name says, flavored water. Thanks for replying!

1. Coca-cola, but if you let me do canned, then Barq's root beer 2. Software engineer and I want to release music, I already have written some songs 3. bookworm 4. Merida 5. I have no idea... 6. Hoodies 7. Lilies of the valley 8Thank you for the quiz!!

Wow! I want to see what you've written, it must be good! 😁

Oh, I don't know, it's a pretty easy piano song, but thank you!! 😁

You've written songs?! That's amazing! I've been wanting to write my own worship song but I don't know where to start! I get some melodies and words stuck in my head but I'm never able to finish it! XD Also, lilies of the valley are stunning! Thanks for replying!

Awww, thank you! My first song was a piano song and I made it when my dog died. It's called Miss You.

1. Either peach Fuze tea or bottled water 2. A doctor!! 3. Both (it depends on my mood) 4. Ariel! 5. Cloudy with a Chance Of Meatballs! 6. Hoodie 7. I don't really have a specific favorite, but I like Cherry Blossoms! 8.🫶, 😭 , and 💖 I very much enjoyed the quiz, thanks so much!

You know, you're pretty smart to pick Cloudy with a Chance Of Meatballs! 😂 I would love if it would rain pizza or something! Also, I also love the 😭 emoji...I feel like I use it a lot XD Thanks for replying!

I agree, good choice! Cloudy with a Chance Of Meatballs is really, really great!

Yess, my line of thought fr! I absolutely love the 😭 emoji! I wanted to explain in what context I use it, not wanting any confusion that it's because I'm sad, but iykyk.

This week's quote: "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" ~ Thomas Edison...my geography teacher shared this one in class and I really liked it so I wanted to share it! Have an amazing week!!

Hiya peeps! Super quick question: What languages can y'all speak? My answer: I can speak english, german, chinese, and french! Have a fantastic rest of the day!

Girl, English is also one of my natives, but it's still so harddddd

Really?? Imo, your English is really good! Mine on the other hand is.... struggling.

Thank you!! My grandma is very proper with her grammar, so I've learned proper grammar (to the point I struggle to read improper grammar, a red flag, I know :( ), so thank you!! And yours is really good!!

English and Chinese! Wow! You're so smart to speak so many languages!!!

You're welcome! I'm planning to learn Japanese but it's so hard!

ASL (American Sign Language), English, and I'm learning both Portuguese and Spanish

Fluently English and ASL (American Sign Language). Not fluently Latin and Parisian French.

I can speak Chinese (Mandarin and I understand Cantonese, English, and a little bit of Japanese! Just curious, do you speak Mandarin chinese, Cantonese chinese, or both? Thx!

Wow, that's really cool! I speak Mandarin Chinese. And no problem!

Well, english and chinese are my mother tongue (my chinese needs significant improvement though, maybe we could practice^^), I had to learn german when I moved to Germany, and I'm taking french at school (so far, it has been a 3 year journey).

I know a bit of Hokkien too! I take Taiwanese Hokkien classes at school, although I'm really bad at it!

My mom said Hokkien is similar to Taiwanese, apparently not the same? She said she used to speak Taiwanese, mostly with my great grandmother, but said she now forgot most of it. I'd love to learn though!

Yeah, Hokkien is similar, but personally I think it's harder then Taiwanese!

I'm going to sound super dumb but I can only speak English. 🤪

Don't worry you are not the only one lol 🤣

Lol, thanks! I take Spanish next year in school so fingers crossed that goes well

Aww, thanks! I'm pretty nervous about it but I hopefully I'll be able to practice with some friends

No, not at all dumb! Everyone's different and that's totally ok!

So... I have a question for everyone. Do you like Lord Of The Rings, and if you do who is your favorite character/s? Mine are Gandalf then Aragorn.

I've heard many people talking about it but I haven't seen it yet!

I haven't read/seen it yet! I heard it was Christian related, similar to Narnia?

Yes, actually C.S. Lewis helped bring J.R.R. Tolkien to Christ. It is somewhat like Narinia but also not... In my opinion it is actually better than Narnia. In That Hideous Strength, Lewis names one of the places in Tolkien's world.

Yeah, you're right! I actually did a book report about him last year for school!

Huh, that's interesting, I never knew that

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