Ken Jennings is conserving busy as Jeopardy! is on hiatus for the summer season. The host introduced an replace on a mission away from the sport present.
On August 21, Jennings shared that his collection of youngsters’s books, Junior Genius Guides, is being revamped. “Very excited that, starting this fall, @simonandschuster is reissuing my seven Junior Genius Guides as conventional paperbacks with new covers! (And a few updates as a result of—consider it or not—the primary books got here out over a decade in the past! The unique Junior Genius youngsters at the moment are in faculty or jail!),” he wrote on Instagram.
The seven books embody Maps and Geography, Greek Mythology, U.S. Presidents, Outer House, The Human Physique, Historical Egypt, and Dinosaurs. The video solely confirmed Maps and Geography and Greek Mythology, however didn’t present the brand new covers. He additionally didn’t share a hyperlink on how one can order the brand new covers.
In keeping with Ken Jennings’ web site, “Every guide within the collection is crammed filled with fascinating factoids about some subject of data, from geography to Greek myths to U.S. presidents, delivered to life by the charming illustrations of Mr. Mike Lowery. Every guide is structured like a day of college…if college have been utterly superior! Seven intervals filled with information, trivia, and pop quizzes, together with video games for recess, craft initiatives for artwork class, recipes for lunch, and so forth. Readers who move the Official Junior Genius Certification Examination on the finish of every guide will be capable of print out a certificates documenting their newfound experience.”
Within the feedback, followers shared that their grown kids nonetheless have the books, and one turned a nuclear engineer on a submarine due to the books.
The Junior Genius Guides usually are not the one books Jennings has written. He began in 2006 with Brianiac, which particulars Jennings’ obsession with trivia. He then wrote one other trivia guide, Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days, in 2008. He’s additionally the creator of Maphead, As a result of I Mentioned So!, Planet Humorous, 100 Locations to See After You Die, and his most up-to-date guide, The Full Kennections.
Regulate Ken Jennings’ Instagram web page for extra info on the rereleases.
Jeopardy!, Season 42, Beginning September 8, verify native listings