Deborah ChancellorRecensioni

599.75

I liked this book after reading it. I liked the book because the illustrations enhanced the story and were appropriate to the mood of the story. The illustrations used bright pastel colors to attract the audience and helped enhance the story as one is reading. The illustrations help to show what else happens in the story that is not explicitly written in the text. For example, on page 8, Muddypaws is eating the sausages off of the table. However, the text does not say Muddypaws does this. The text just says, "'Bad dog!' scolded Ben's mom, and shooed him outside" (pg. 8). This shows how the illustrations enhance the story by contributing factors that are not written in the text. The illustrations helped to complete the story and made the story flow easier. I also liked the language in the text. The language is descriptive, but simple for a young audience to follow. For example, as the children are running into the party, the author describes this by writing, ". . . and the front yard was filled with stamping feet, new smells, and loud voices" (p. 11). This language is descriptive so that a young audience can envision what this would look like because the language is appropriate for the targeted audience. The language helps the audience envision the story in their minds. The big message of this book focuses on friendship and how important friends are.½

I liked reading this book for a multitude of reasons. First, I loved the large captivating photographs that were present on every page. These images were all vivid and extremely high definition photos. These photos definitely draw the reader into the book and keep their attention until the end. I also liked that this book used questions as subheading within each page. Instead of using bland headings, the subheadings are phrased as interesting questions such as, “How fast are crocodiles?” These subheadings help to intrigue that reader and draw them into the text. In addition, these subheads make it easier for younger readers to find the information they are looking for. For example, a young reader may not have certain knowledge of academic vocabulary relating to animals so these easy to read questions are more effective. The main idea of this book was to inform readers about the vast diversity in the animal kingdom. The book describes each section of the animal kingdom and then features a variety of different species from that kingdom. This includes interesting facts about the species, where they live, what they eat, etc.

Non-fiction book with lots of short informational facts about each of the different senses. Short enough to read through in one sitting.

A great introduction to the biblical stories for children.

This book is subtitled as “an encyclopedia for inquiring young minds,” which would have been a much better main title for the book. By titling the book as they did, the publisher makes a claim that they will never be able to live up to and sets themselves up for the misleading of young minds. So according to Kingfisher, everything you need to know can be contained in 312 pages which are %50 pictures. Sounds like a good deal to me.
Unlike a real encyclopedia, Everything is arranged topically rather than alphabetically, breaking the breath of human knowledge into such subjects as Our Earth, Animals, People and Places, Machines, etc. These are further divided in different ways and are supplemented with links to internet sites on the bottom of most pages. The part that piqued my interest was People through Time, the history section.
Unsurprisingly, the information is no more than a taste of the subjects covered (The Egyptians, The Ancient East, The Greeks, etc.), whole civilizations getting no more than the two facing pages of the open book. The fact that the Vikings get as much coverage as the Romans pretty much says all you need to know about this book. It provides a good start for young students, but it is far, far from everything they will need to know.

This book introdece us about various riddle's answer.

For example,『Why do lemons taste sour?』
Lemons contain circic acid, which tastes sour.. You pick up this flavour along the sides, of your tongue. The lemon has taste is so strong that you can tell if one drop of lemon has been mixed with 50000drops of water!

『How loud is a whale's whistle?』
The blue whale makes a whistling sound. This amazing noise measures up to 188 decibels, which is as long as a space rocket launch!

『How fussy is a koala?』
Tha koala is the world's pickest eater. It will only eat eucalyptus leaves, and it spends most of its day searching for exactry the right type. Most other animals, eat any different things.