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Fantastic Eyewitness Book!
This is one of the best Eyewitness books.It taught me a lot not only about Leonardo DaVinci but also about the beginning of the Renaissance.The focus on Italy was quite illuminating and I wonder why this topic is rarely introduced in school K-12.Usually one has to wait until high school if not college to learn about the time period.This book is a great introduction for students and I will share it with mine. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography - Art    2. Children's 9-12 - History - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. History - Renaissance    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Reference - General    9. Renaissance    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Art   

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Interesting Book for Kids
My son - just now five - really enjoyed this book.It shows a boy - William looking out his window as the seasons progress.The pictures are colorful and up-to-date.This book would be enjoyable for parents and kidsalike.The flow of this book plus the "cool" pictures make itbetter than average bedtime reading and the with the weather the way it isthese days - expanding your child's weather vocabulary seems like a goodidea!

Interesting Book for Kids
My son - just now five - really enjoyed this book.It shows a boy - William looking out his window as the seasons progress.The pictures are colorful and up-to-date.This book would be enjoyable for parents and kidsalike.The flow of this book plus the "cool" pictures make itbetter than average bedtime reading and the with the weather the way it isthese days - expanding your child's weather vocabulary seems like a goodidea! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Juvenile Fiction    4. Juvenile literature    5. Preschool Reading Skills    6. Readers    7. Readers - Beginner    8. Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Weather    9. Weather    10. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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i don't usually write reviews for books i haven't seen yet..
...but I have to tell you that David Burnie rocks!I was looking for an earlier edition of this book (Tree) that we got from the library to see if I could get a used copy, and I am thrilled that DK came out with a new edition.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Juvenile literature    5. Nature - Trees & Forests    6. Science & Nature - Trees & Forests    7. Trees    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Nature / Forests & Trees   

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Another Great Pyramid Book!
I love Eyewitness books and this the newest in my collection.The book deals a lot with Ancient Egypt so my students will go nuts over that.It also has some Mayan pyramids and Mayan culture.It is a wonderful book.I love the book and my students will love it too. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Egypt    5. History - Ancient    6. Indians of Mexico    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Pyramids    10. Reference - General    11. Social Science - Archaeology    12. Sudan    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Ancient   

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I Love Eyewitness Books!I want them in Spanish!
These books are great for all my students and the Spanish versions allows my Spanish speakers equal access to these great books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Body, Human    2. Children's 9-12 - Science    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science    4. Foreign Language Study - General    5. Human anatomy    6. Human physiology    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    10. Science & Nature - General    11. Science & Technology - Anatomy & Physiology    12. Spanish: Grades 4-7    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Anatomy & Physiology   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Career And Vocational Guidance    3. Career/Job    4. Careers - General    5. Careers - Other Specific Fields    6. Careers / Job Opportunities    7. Dentistry    8. Dentistry (General)    9. Dentistry - Dental Assisting    10. Education & Training    11. Vocational guidance    12. Business & Economics / Careers    13. Educational & careers guidance    14. Work & industry / world of work   

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Encyclopedias, Juvenile    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Pictorial works    9. Reference - Encyclopedias    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / General   

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What's cooler than outer space? Kids and adults alike will enthusiastically assert that astronauts, space ships, and rocket science are some of the most fascinating subjects on (or rather, off) earth. Read more

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A mini-museum about space exploration in an illustrated book
Since President Bush declared his intention to have the United States go back to the Moon, establish a permanent base, and go to Mars, space exploration is in the news again.When I first started going to school my father was stationed in Florida and we would get out of class to go outside and watch the Mercury flights take off, so I remember when space exploration was an exciting idea and when the entire planet watched the first landing on the moon.But then I also remember when we stopped going to the moon and the only time we really paid attention to space missions was when a shuttle was destroyed. This book is full of information.
"Eyewitness Space Exploration" Tells about space and its many factors. I recommened this book for those who a really in to space (rockets, going to the moon, that kind of thing.)

Eyewitness Space Exploration
The Eyewitness Space Exploration is a good book.Did you ever wonder how it would be to be an astronaut?Or how long to train for the journey?To find out these answers, read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Astronautics    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Science & Nature - Astronomy    7. Technology - Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Astronomy   

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Good Book
Many photos of stunning real-life photos and explanations give you and entirely new look at human and animal bones on how they work.

Rich with photos and information, a treasure trove of info!
I would have loved having books like these when I was a kid.I currently have this book on my coffeetable. I like looking at the photos and illustrations and reading the information. Features interesting cross-sections of bone, and different animal and human skulls and bones.Sounds morbid, but it's far from it... just vividly bright photos. When afriend with children comes over to visit, this book will usually occupythem for well over an hour... the images are so real, you feel like you canreach in and touch the fossils and other images portrayed.Read more

Subjects:  1. Bones    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Reference - General    7. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    8. Skeleton    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Anatomy & Physiology   

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Castle Under Attack
This book really helped our seven-year-old son who was struggling to enjoy reading as a first grader.He got excited about the pictures of Legos and decided to read this out loud.He memorized most of the difficult words and this helped build his confidence as reader.

Orchard Park, NY Mom
My six-year old son laughed out loud when he read this very funny book.It had an interesting and amusing plot about a good King and his family, and some nasty bad knights out to cause trouble.The book also has the little fact boxes on some pages which contain information about coats of arms, suits of armor, etc.I think any 6 or 7 year-old child would love this book.It's the best Dorling Kindersley Level 2 book of all.

A mom from Brooklyn
I have two Lego fans in my house.This book with its level 3 rating is great for early readers.It is a "take to school for readingtime" favorite. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure    2. Action & Adventure - General    3. Adventure and adventurers    4. Adventure fiction    5. Castles    6. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    7. Children: Grades 1-2    8. Fiction    9. Historical - Medieval    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Readers - Beginner    12. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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It's a Dog's World
Discover the world of dogs, wolves, jackals, and forxes - their natural history, behavior, and domestication.Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Animals - Pets    3. Animals - Wolves    4. Canidae    5. Children's 9-12 - Animals/Pets    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. Dog breeds    9. Dogs    10. Juvenile literature    11. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Juvenile Easy Readers    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Readers - Intermediate    8. Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Earthquakes & Volcanoes    9. Volcanoes    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Nature / Earthquakes & Volcanoes   

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Pony Power
What to learn about the intersting world of horses? If you said yes this is the right book for you! The complete guide of horse colors & breeds. Want to know how the horse looked like over 1,000,000 years ago? Or the bones insde a horse? Well if you want to learn more get this book! After you are done reading this book, play horse triva with a friend... trust me you will win for sure. The photos are amazing, the captions will explain everything you will need to know about the horsey world! So canter to the BUY THIS BOOK button!
With this DK book you can both look and learn about horses
Having spent this week watching "Seabiscuit," "The Story of Seabiscuit," and "Seabiscuit: The Lost Documentary," it seemed like this would be a good time to find out more about the world of horses.My experience with horses in the real world is rather limited (I rode one on a Caribbean island, but it knew I was a weak master and did not want to obey).Fortunately, Juliet Clutton-Brock's look at "Horses" for the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books series provides an informative guide to the world of horses and ponies. Picture Perfect -Horse of course
This is a well planned and wonderfully illustrated book on horses, with many great rare photos of exotic members of the horse family. I was truly delighted to find good close up pictures of equines that are on the endangered list and and text written in easy to understand english. For thechild or the adult this is a must for the horseman's library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Farm Animals    2. Animals - Horses    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Equus    6. Horse breeds    7. Horse family (Mammals)    8. Horses    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Horses   

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Disappointing
I have purchased quite a few DK Readers books for my kids. We love them. This one, for some reason, has failed to grab their attention. I barely made it half way through before the kids started to suggest that I read other books.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - History - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Classical mythology    5. History - Ancient    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Legends, Myths, & Fables - Greek & Roman    9. Mythology, Greek    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Readers - Chapter Books    12. Trojan War    13. Trojan horse (Greek mythology)    14. Ancient Greece    15. English    16. English language reading schemes    17. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Chapter Books    18. Myths & mythology   

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Almost perfect
We've been looking for a dinosaur book for our dinosaur obsessed almost-3-year-old and this is one of the best we found. The illustrations are realistic without being too scary and the text is just simple enough without being useless. What this book lacks, however, is a pronunciation key (maybe everbody else in the world knows how to say these names, but some of them were lost on me!!) and some sort of indication of how the different dinosaurs described compare in size.

Good Intro to Dinasours
This was a good introduction to dinasours for a 3 year old.The pictures are very colorful and the text is kept to a minimum.The only difficulty was pronouncing the names of the dinasours so that my son could repeatthem.I suggest adding the typical pronounciation symbols that you find ina dictionary. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures    2. Children's Baby/Preschool    3. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    4. Children: Preschool    5. Dinosaurs    6. Juvenile literature    7. Preschool Picture Story Books    8. Fiction    9. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dinosaurs    10. Picture books   

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Terrific pictures, concise mini history of aviation.
This book covers aviation from it's earliest beginnings. There are many books on this subject, but this one stands out.Read more

Subjects:  1. Aeronautics    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Flying machines    5. Flying-machines    6. History    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Reference - General    10. Transportation - Aviation    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / Aviation   

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Outstanding Children's Reference!
The whole family enjoyed the page by page layout per religion.Was a great organizer for all the other books that had come before."Well organized, good balance of pictures and text, and handy comparision fact boxes are a BONUS! The best, most concise book out there!And, a great precursor to DK's Christianity, Buddhism, etc. books!Must have for your well-rounded library!" -- We all agree. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Religion    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Religion    7. Religion - General    8. Religions    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Games / Gamebooks    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Games & Activities - Puzzles    5. Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween    6. Juvenile Easy Readers    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Picture puzzles    10. Puzzles    11. Readers - Beginner    12. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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DK books are wonderful
My daughter is 4 1/2 and is beginning to read.The DK books are wonderful and she loves them.The pictures are very good (all DK books are excellently illustrated) and the short stories hold her interest.This series is great in that the reading levels are clearly marked on the book cover, so she knows what to look for when at the library or bookstore.Read more

Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Fire extinction    5. Fire fighters    6. Fire fighting    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Occupations    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Readers / Beginner   

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4 1/2 *ARGGHHH, MATIES!A Treasure of Pirate Information
Once again, Dorling Kindersley swabs the decks of other publishing houses with its high quality production, style, and storehouse of sidebars, illustrations, and tidbits of information.This book is recommended for children in grades 2-4, although they caution that these are rough guidelines.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. History - Other    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Law & Crime    7. Pirates    8. Readers - Intermediate    9. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Chapter Books