National Geographic Kids Brain Games

The Mind-Blowing Science of Your Amazing Brain

By Jennifer Swanson

Paperback

Published on Sep 8, 2015 | 112 Pages

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Grades 3–7
Ages 8–12

QUICK: Name the most powerful and complex supercomputer ever built. Give up? Here’s a hint: It’s housed in your head and it’s the one thing that makes you YOU. Your brain is mission control for the rest of your body and steers you through life. Not bad for something the size of a softball that looks like a wrinkled grey sponge!

In this fascinating, interactive book—a companion to the National Geographic Channel hit show – kids explore the parts of the brain and how it all works, brainy news nuggets from a neuroscientist, plus fun facts and crazy challenges.

"This book is over 100 pages of fun. It offers clever brain challenges, activities designed to give the brain a much-needed break, and even explains how the Rubik’s Cube can actually improve the thinker’s life... The pictures are vibrant and detailed, leaving nothing to the brain enthusiast’s imagination."—New York Journal of Books

ISBN 9781426320705 (Paperback)
Published on Sep 8, 2015
Published by National Geographic Kids
Pages 112
Dimensions 8-1/2 x 10-7/8
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: 750L | Fountas/Pinnell: S

Jennifer Swanson

Jennifer Swanson is a life-long LEGO bricks enthusiast. After all, what better way to learn engineering and design than by building it yourself? She even asked for—and to the delight of her and her new husband— received a LEGO set as a wedding gift! Jennifer not only grew up in a house filled with LEGO bricks, but raised three children who loved them as well. An award-winning author of multiple STEM books for kids, she is thrilled to be writing this book, which combines her love of LEGO bricks with the science of the world around her.

Consultant:
David Holmes is a geography consultant who lives in South West England. He is an ex-teacher, best-selling GCSE and GCE Geography author, and Senior Examiner—with a keen interest in technology, data, as well as fieldwork. He is a LEGO fan and reckons he can build anything that is in this book (if he can get his hands on enough LEGO bricks!).