National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of How

by Jill Esbaum

Overview

This charming reference book answers questions kids ask every day, taking a closer look at the things that surround them and how they work—from cars to vacuum cleaners, storms to seasons, animal bodies to humans. More than 100 colorful photos are paired with age-appropriate text featuring answers to questions like "How do chameleons change color?" "How do refrigerators stay cold?" "How do tornadoes form?" "How do submarines stay underwater?" "How does food get to the grocery store?" and "How does my body heal?" This book helps parents share fascinating, accurate answers, and inspires kids to be curious, ask questions, and explore the world around them. Games and parent tips encourage interactivity and extend the experience of the book beyond its pages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426323294
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/08/2016
Series:	National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	73,349
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	AD840L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

A native Midwesterner, JILL ESBAUM is a widely published author of books for young readers. She is a frequent school visitor and conference speaker. She teaches writing for children at the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival and the Whispering Woods Picture Book Writing Retreat.

Editorial Reviews

"Esbaum’s text is funny, educational, and exciting enough to keep children turning those pages until the very end. This book is flexible and diverse enough to be used across multiple genres, including science, social skills courses, math, horticulture, ecology, oceanography, meteorology, or simply as a vibrant independent reading tool." — New York Journal of Books

"Readers will have fun looking through this book and will also enjoy the many subject areas covered... I found it hard to put the book down as each page contained another interesting question. The design is very appealing with colorful pictures that follow the text." — School Library Connection


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From the Publisher

2015-12-22
From how a hair dryer works to how cheese, chocolate, and ice cream are made, Esbaum offers simple answers to over 50 common questions. Some of her answers are a little too simple: it's hard to see any real difference between the two types of doorbells she describes, not quite right to characterize what the taste buds sense as "sweet, salty, bitter, sour, or just plain yucky," and dead wrong to claim that when a rocket "is high enough to have escaped Earth's gravity it has reached space." Moreover, though grouped into six broad categories such as "Food" and "The Animal Kingdom," within their rubrics, the questions and their arrangement both feel entirely arbitrary. Still, the big, square format and many bright color photos of animals, objects, and young people at work and play will encourage extended browsing. Each section includes one or more simple activities, such as a yummy demonstration of tectonic mountain-building using moistened graham crackers over a bed of whipped cream, and also a pattern recognition game that builds on previously presented facts. A scattershot assortment, easy on the eyes if only fitfully valuable for giving young inquiring minds the straight dope. (bibliography, index, parent tips) (Nonfiction. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews