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THE 101 BOOK SERIES BY ERIC PLESKA

Easy Reading, MAXIMUM Fun! A 2020s throwback to the fun books we'd find back in the day at the Scholastic Book Fair!

These books aren't like boring school textbooks—they're made for FUN! Each page is packed with wild and wacky facts that you can read anywhere. Perfect to enjoy or for becoming the smartest kid in your class about pirates, monsters, dinosaurs, local history, and other AWESOME stuff! Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at Westchester County, NY libraries.

101 CHRISTMAS CHARACTERS & CUSTOMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD!

 Meet holiday visitors like Belsnickel, Krampus, Zwarte Piet, The Snow Maiden, and more. Learn obscure facts about Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph, Frosty, and other familiar names.

Discover unique holiday food from around the world and learn about offbeat holiday traditions like talking cows and pooping logs! 134 pages.

101 AMERICAN MONSTERS

Witnesses throughout the United States have encountered multiple scary monsters and eerie beasts. You may have heard about the legendary Bigfoot, but now is your chance to learn about 100 more creepy cryptids, river monsters, and frightening creatures said to roam the country, including Kentucky's Pope Lick Monster, West Virginia's Sheepsquatch, Iowa's Van Meter Visitor, Pennsylvania's The Dustman, New York's Hudson River serpent Kipsy, and the legendary Mothman!  But be warned: This book may be easy to read, but it may be horrifying to learn what might be lurking nearby!

101 NOTORIOUS PIRATES

 101 Notorious Pirates is a 204 page non fiction book published in 2020. From fictional favorites like Captain Hook and Long John Silver, to adventurous sea captains like Samuel Bellamy and Blackbeard, this is your chance to easily learn about 101 of the most notorious pirates of all time!

 Read about women pirates like Mary Read, Anne Bonny, and the feared Ching Shih, who commanded over 1,800 ships! Plus, pirates who hid treasure like Captain Kidd and the former African tribal chief Black Caesar, who turned to piracy and allegedly stashed piles of silver throughout Florida. Maybe you can solve the mysterious puzzle left behind by "The Buzzard" Olivier Levasseur. Before his death, he threw a necklace containing a cryptogram into the crowd with instructions on locating his hidden loot, valued at over one billion dollars!

Plus plenty of pirates you may not have heard of but have remarkable stories, like Big Pier the 7-foot-tall, 300 pounder who, in one single battle, captured 28 ships and took over 500 prisoners while defending his home!

101 SCARIEST EXTINCT MONSTERS

You might be absolutely shocked to learn what kind of horrific creatures used to live in our world. Beyond giant terrifying carnivorous dinosaurs, our oceans and land were full of spooky things, including giant giraffe-sized animals that flew, rodents of unusual size, and apex predators that could destroy anything currently living on our planet in seconds.

Some of these extinct monsters may have even lived in your very own backyard. While this book may be easy-to-read by design, the information within may be hard to digest and perhaps even change how you view your everyday surroundings. Dinosaurs, giant wildcats, huge reptiles, prehistoric birds, scary sharks, and lots of surprises! All of them are real. Which will be the scariest?

WESTCHESTER COUNTY 101

This is an easy-to-read book about 101 different people, places, and things that help make Westchester County, NY, extraordinary. Learn about famous former residents like Washington Irving, Tom Carvel, and Amelia Earhart, filming locations for numerous movies, local businesses, attractions, music, and more, including an abundance of inventions and fictional characters created in the suburban New York City county of Westchester.