So many children, and their adults, enjoy collecting facts. This book stack is full of them. In fact, from a really early age, word books are fun. And picture book biographies are one of my favoutire genre’s of books. The bbook at the bottom of the pile, is there becaue it is the biggest book, it is packed with page after page of fascinating facts. Enjoy…
Point and Find First German Words
This is a delightful board book, packed with interesting illustrations for the younger set. A great bounce through the zoo, playtime, onto a farmyard, the beach, a closet, the supermarket, the market, the park and the weather.
My favourite spread is about transport… with a digger and helicopter, lorry, fire engines and ambulances, it is busy and delightful. Ten new words on every page and lovely colourful illustrations to point at and talk about.
This Great Scientist Series of bright and colourful biographies about famous scientists is perfect for curious young readers. Each book in the series has wonderfully illustrated spreads, the story of their lives, filled with facts about the scientist and the world they lived in, what was happening at the time they lived and about their contribution to the world. There is also a timeline in each book, a quiz about the story, a glossary and an index. This is a beginner reference book, very readable, and perfect for school projects.
written by Great Scientists: Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai is one of my heroes, she was born in 1940, in a lush village in Kenya, in a time were girls were neither educated or expected to grow up and do more than house work. But, Wangaari’s family wanted her to be educated and as a child she was sent to school to learn English, Swahili and Maths.
When she finished school she won a scholarship to study in America, she returned home and later became the first woman in east Africa to earn a Phd (in Veterinary Anatomy). Later when Wangari visited her childhood village, she realised that the locals had cut down trees to make way for “money making crops” and yet they land had become arid and people had nothing to eat. She knew the solution would be to plant trees and she began planting The Green Belt Movement across Africa. She campaigned tirelessly for the planting of trees and eventually won a Nobel prize for her efforts.
written by Great Scientists: Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson was born in West Virginia, USA, in 1918. In an era when many black children in America were not allowed to go to school, Katherine’s mum was a teacher, and she was lucky to attend school. By age fourteen, Katherine was finished high school, and at eighteen she had completed her first degree in Mathematics and French. She time off her studies to raise her children.
It was during the Cold War, that Katherine got a job using her mathematical skills to work as a “computer.” Her job was to make flying safer using maths and geometry. Later when the USA launched their first mission into space, even though they had improved electronic computers, the flight didn’t take place until Katherine had checked the numbers, to make sure that everything was correct. Katherine received the Presidential Medal and the Congressional Medal for her accurate contribution to space flight, and so the space race.
Choose your own Evolution
This is a fabulous book, with a vintage feel to it. The illustrations are absolutely fantastic and for children (of all ages) who love animal facts, this is really fun to read. It’s written from evolutionists world view and the animals are the main characters, and are writing about themselves, teaching the reader as they explore. It is a wonderfully adventurous read, as you choose your own outcome on every page…
From the first page, you can choose to be a land based animal or a water based animal… and then from a simple life form you will wind your way through the book and become either an ammonite or a coelacanth, extinct or a survivor. It is a wonderful collection of page after page of animal facts, as the reader winds their way through an evolutionary web. This is a very gift-able book for a young scientist, who has moved on from easy readers.
These books were given to us for review purposes by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This is not a sponsored post and opinions expressed are entirely our own.