Ripley's Believe It or Not Special Edition
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Special Edition is a hardback non-fiction book published annually from 2001 to 2017, branded as the following year. The book is aimed at young readers and presents weird stories and photographs in a similar format to the larger, more mature Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Annual. The book is produced by Ripley Publishing in the United Kingdom for Scholastic USA.[1][2]
Origin
The first Ripley’s special edition was published by Scholastic in 2001.[3] The last was published on August 29, 2017. [4]
Edition List
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Special Edition. Published September 2001. On the cover: Many, including the Lighthouse Man of Chongqing, and a frog with a dumbbell.
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Special Edition 2004. Published September 2003. On the cover: Many, including The Lizardman, a dog with dentures, and Liew Thow Lin.
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Special Edition 2005. Published September 2004. On the cover: Many, including Tom Leppard and an alien with a TV remote.
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Special Edition 2006. Published September 2005. On the cover: Many, including The Lizardman and a two headed cat.
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Special Edition 2007. Published September 2006. On the cover, many, including Elaine Davidson and a dog with golf balls in its mouth.
Ripley’s believe it or not Special Edition 2008. Published September 2007. On the cover: Marco Hort, a Swiss performer with around 400 straws in his mouth. [5]
References
- ↑ "The Scholastic Store". Store.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ↑ Archived July 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Packard, Mary (2001). Ripley's Believe it or Not! Special Edition. Internet Archive. Ripley Pub. ISBN 978-0-439-33063-3.
- ↑ Believe it or not, Ripley (August 29, 2017). "Ripley's Believe It Or Not Out Of This World Edition 2018".
- ↑ Either, I don’t know (September 19, 2006). "Last Straw For Big Mouth".