Letters From Mr. J B Fact Finder

Description

Letters From Mr. J B Fact Finder started as an e-mail that was sent out once a week to everyone on a growing e-mail list. The list of e-mail recipients kept growing, and the letters kept growing and eventually became a book that would later become a finalist at the 2020 IAN book competition.

Letters From Mr. J B Fact Finder is a book about history trivia. We take a look at moments in history and some of the people involved. We will learn about corporate pioneers, how holidays throughout the calendar year got their start, and more. We even take a look at some crazy laws across the country.

This is not your typical trivia book listing fact after fact, line by line. Each chapter is its own subject, and each subject is written in the form of a letter. There is a letter for each week of the year.

These are stories that you will be sharing with your friends.

Do you know who called themselves the Peanut Specialist?

What famous person loved to ride his bicycle but did not trust the brakes on the bike so whenever he wanted to stop, he would always drag his feet?

What famous person died in 1849 but, because of lack of money, was not buried until 1858?

What was Mozart talking about when he said, "Watch this lad. One day he will force the world to talk about him"?

Letters From Mr. J B Fact Finder is a book about history trivia. We take a look at moments in history and some of the people involved. We will learn about corporate pioneers, how holidays throughout the calendar year got their start, and more. We even take a look at some crazy laws across the country.

This is not your typical trivia book listing fact after fact, line by line. Each chapter is its own subject, and each subject is written in the form of a letter. There is a letter for each week of the year.

These are stories that you will be sharing with your friends.