I had the opportunity earlier this year to join the National Geographics Kids Ambassador program. There are a number of ambassador programs around and each holds their own value. National Geographics Kids is a program that offers different educational books, and other fun material that we can provide to our readers.
The program has provided me with a significant number of great items over the past few months. Most of the items below I have received since I joined the program, however there are a few that I chose to add because they appealed to me.
Now that Christmas is past and we head into boxing day, most people are faced with a couple of dilemmas. One is where to find great boxing day deals. The other is what to buy to replace those accidental duplicate gifts.
This selection from National Geographic should help provide a great number of options. They can all be purchased through Amazon or from the National Geographic Store and from experience dealing with my children, I can tell you that these items tend to be a huge hit.
Got a question? Well now you have an answer! What’s on the inside of a turtle shell? The animal section’s got you covered. What’s in the deepest part of the ocean? Why doesn’t Earth just float off into space? Check, check, and check. With topics ranging from silly to serious, we’ve got the expert information you need in a fun and entertaining format that will keep kids digging for answers.
First, assemble a historical, 600 piece jigsaw map puzzle. Next place the second layer-3-D monuments. The action really begins with the free 4-D app that allows you to interact with the puzzle digitally while learning key facts, viewing images of each structure, and playing a trivia game for further learning.
This book is packed with adorable animal facts, nuggets from history, snippets of cool new science, amazing photography, advice from National Geographic explorers, and weird-but-true facts. Also included are expert tips, jokes, quotes, and exercises to boost kids’ dose of daily joy and get them actively involved in their own well-being.
The tale of Lakota, the shy wolf pup, is sure to touch the heart of any animal lover. Readers will marvel at hiss strength growing up as the lowest-ranking and frequently picked-on member of a wolf pack until he finally finds that supportive and nurturing friend he’s always wanted. The book also introduces readers to the need for conservation: through Lakota’s story, they will come to understand the many challenges faced by wolves in the wild today.
Filled with excitement and hilarity, this compositional challenge lets you tell your very own story starring…YOU! Combining National Geographic Kids’ photography and illustrations in colorful laugh-out-loud pages, this engaging, entertaining, and educational book takes you on a fun-filled trip through the amusement park and invites you to enter a new world by writing your own wild and wacky adventure.
As you gaze up toward the rain forest treetops, you see a…polka-dotted parrot?! Sort fact from fiction in this fun adventure. Filled with excitement and hilarity, this compositional challenge lets you tell your very own story! This engaging, entertaining, and educational book introduces you to the sights, sounds, and animals of the rain forest, and invites you to enter a new world by combining your story with theirs.
With school pressures, social pressures, parental pressures, the teenage years are tough. But it could be worse! You could be face-to-face with an angry grizzly, or chest-deep in quicksand. Never fear, National Geographic has the solution! In this hilariously informative take on surviving the trials of middle school and the jungles of South America, we combine our expertise on nature and adventure with the fun-and-learning approach of our Nat Geo style, the perfect advice to conquer any obstacle, whether it threatens life or social status or both. Edgy, young, authoritative, and amusingly illustrated, this title will grab the attention of young teens.
Former U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate, J. Patrick Lewis authored this collection of animal-focused jokes and riddles that will keep kids reading, rhyming, and laughing. The Just Joking series has wowed the kid crowd, and now Just Joking: Animal Riddles delivers 150 hilarious and puzzling riddles all about animals, guaranteed to amuse kids everywhere!
Mission: Tiger Rescue is all about inspiring young animal lovers to get up close to elusive tigers and the real-life challenges they face. The book combines fun and amazing adventure stories, gorgeous photography, hands-on activities, fascinating information, and more, connecting the reader in-depth with the animal’s real world. Meet real-life tigers and learn about their habitats, challenges, and successes.
When poems are paired with nature, something magical happens! Former U.S. Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis curates a poetic celebration of the natural world in this stellar collection of nature poems. From trickling streams to deafening thrunderstorms to soaring mountains, discover majestic photography perfectly paired with contemporary (such as Billy Collins), classics (such as Robert Frost), and never-before-published works.
Stories and illustrations of gods, goddesses, heroes and monsters in a stunning tableau of Norse myths, including the thunder god Thor, the one-eyed god and Allfather Odin, and Loki.
Discover 1,000 more fun, fascinating, and funny quiz questions in these two installments of this popular series, each with all-new content. Packed with fantastic photos and a dynamic design, kids will have a blast quizzing themselves, friends, and family members on tons of fun trivia
Rule the ocean in this sticker and activity book from National Geographic Kids! The activity book is packed with mazes, spelling and pattern games, drawing activities, shark facts, and more. Kids are sure to love these pages loaded with fun, and learning!
The natural world experts at National Geographic present the ultimate encyclopedia on reptiles, and it is designed just for kids. Crawling with fascinating facts, lively text, and tons of cool, colorful, images of the weirdest and wackiest reptiles on Earth, it is sure to be a favorite. Snakey, slimey, scaley, and sensational! Enjoy the amazing world of the most popular reptiles on the planet. With colorful photographs and fun facts, this easy-to-use encyclopedia profiles snakes, lizards, amphibians, turtles and tortoises, crocodilians, and tuatara. Profiles of each animal are accompanied by Did You Know? details and fast facts including scientific name, size, diet, and habitat.
Space is still the final frontier and Mars continues entice generations of young people. In this fascinating book, astronaut Buzz Aldrin challenges curious kids to think about Mars as not just a faraway red planet but as a possible future home! What would it be like? How would you get there? What would you eat for breakfast? Find out what life might be like far from Earth as you navigate your way through this fun and fascinating book.
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