National Geographic Kids Book Club

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Do you know how to calculate a goalie’s save percentage? What’s the record for the most shots in an NHL game? What’s the speed of the fastest slap shot? How much water is needed to make an ice rink?

This numbers-focused look at the fast-paced game of ice hockey is jam-packed with stats, sports trivia, awesome photos, and math challenges—plus a fun activity at the end of every chapter.

 

New Books (12 books)

It's a Numbers Game! Hockey: The Math Behind the Perfect Slap Shot, the Split-Second Save, and So Much More!
National Geographic Student World Atlas, Fourth Edition: Your Fact-Filled Reference for School and Home!
Weird but True! Know-It-All: Weather & Natural Disasters
Just Jokes: 591½ Rib-Tickling Riddles, Knee-Slapping Knock-Knocks, and Tricky Tongue Twisters for Kids! (Just Joking)
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
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

More Fun Books (12 books)

5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!): Updated and Expanded!
Beyond Infinity: Exploring the Secrets of the Universe With the James Webb Space Telescope
Greeking Out: Epic Retellings of Classic Greek Myths
Greeking Out Heroes and Olympians
National Geographic Kids Why?: Over 1,111 Answers to Everything
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)
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
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 (10997)

Here's a quote for you guys.“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”– ALBERT EINSTEIN. I want you to know that even though it is irritating when you can't do something right that doesn't mean you should quit. Keep working at it and you will get better, even if it takes a long time.

@charlotte2022 only has one follower, can everyone follow her?

Now she has 3! 😁✌️

Does anyone else scroll through the comments, and like every single one, so everyone has at least one like? No? Just me? Okay. 🤣😆

I do it sometimes, too!

Almost there! I have 19 followers and my goal is 20, can you follow me?

Already following, but I hope you reach your goal!!

Who else is a proud Hufflepuff? I changed my background color to one my house's colors. (It's yellow and black, for non-Harry Potter readers.)

I've watched all the movies when I was little (I can handle the scary parts, I've always done better with horrer, too, lol), with my other Harry Potter loving sister, but now I'm on book five!

I changed mine. How does it look?

Love the shade of yellow! I'm a Ravenclaw, and my background just happens to be blue :P

Me too! I have a different shade of blue though

I've taken a million, tests, and I've always come out as a Hufflepuff since I was eight, which was quite a few years ago :P

Go Ravenclaw! If I wasn't a Hufflpufff, I'd be a Ravenclaw, then Gryffindor, and I'd never be Slytherin. Also, thank you for the compliment, I love the shade of blue, too!

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