Young readers can chow down on a slice of mouthwatering history in this nonfiction reader all about pizza. A special section at the back includes relevant information on subjects like geography and science.

"Did you know that for thousands of year chocolate was only available as a drink and not a sold candy? Or that soldiers in the Revolutionary War were given rations of hot chocolate? Now you can become a History of Fun Stuff Expert on the history of hot chocolate!"--back cover.

A fact-filled reader shares engaging facts about telephones, from inventor Alexander Graham Bell's preference that answerers say "ahoy" to the higher power of today's smartphones compared to the first moon landing computers. --Publisher

"Learn about the history of video games in this non-fiction level three reader. In this book readers will learn all about how video games came to be, from Pong to Pac-Man and everything in between!" -- "Did you know that the first arcade video game to achieve widespread success was called Pong? or that Pong was loosely based on the game of table tennis? The average American spends 13 hours a week playing video games.... that's 676 hours a year!...

"Blast off ito a galaxy full of fun with this fact-tastic nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series about the history of fun stuff!"--

"Now beginning readers can learn all about Charles M. Schulz's iconic comic strips, beloved characters, and the cartoons and movies in this nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read about the history of the Peanuts Gang! Did you know that many of the characters in A Charlie Brown Christmas were voiced by regular kids from the producer's neighborhood? Or that Charles M. Schulz had his first sketch published at age fourteen in the local newspaper's "Ripley's...

"A history of the Crayola company starting with the company's formation by cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith through the 20th century and beyond, highlighting the innovations they made to the products and processes"--