Product Description

Science can be fun! The Kingfisher First Science Encyclopedia takes a child-friendly, hands-on approach by including more than 100 simple experiments that help make complex scientific principles clear to preschool and primary-grade children. Colorful photographs and illustrations of children demonstrating each experiment will encourage readers to join right in. With its easy-to-use alphabetical arrangement and its clear and simple text, this book is an essential home resource, enabling and encouraging always-curious kids to search for the answers themselves. Plenty of fact boxes and cross-references allow further research on every topic. Ranging from atoms, computers, and the human body to X-rays and zoology, this book is a truly comprehensive first introduction to basic science. Over 1,000 appealing, colorful photographs and illustrations, with clear and easy-to-understand definitions. 100 Science activities and project. Vocabulary carefully chosen for the 5-8 year old reading level. Cross-references encourage further exploration. Glossary of scientific terms.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1262808 in Books
• Published on: 1997-09-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 112 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 2-3?Covering about 75 topics and including nearly as many demonstrations, this primer will help young readers gain a basic understanding of what science is and how it works. Ordered alphabetically, the articles range in length from three sentences to four pages; each introduces a concept (color, floating), gadget (calculator, television), or field (physics) with a header definition in large type and a combination of illustrations and full-color photos with explanatory captions. Some of the entries include instructions for simple science activities. Every article finishes with a box of see-also references. As topics range from "Day and Night" to "Microwaves," both the level of detail and the number of words likely to be unfamiliar vary drastically, but special terms are defined in context, and the pages are invitingly uncluttered. Potential hazards are flagged, and any boiling or cutting is left in the directions to adult helpers. Though the arrangement is arbitrary and the choice of topics unsystematic, novice researchers will find this helpful for quick reference, and as a supplementary source of ideas for primary-level science projects.?John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Ingram
The Kingfisher First Science Encyclopedia takes a child-friendly, hands-on approach to science with more than 100 simple experiments that can help make complex scientific principles clear to preschool and primary-grade children. Colorful photos and illustrations of children demonstrating each experiment encourage readers to join in.

About the Author
ANITA GANERI is a writer and editor of children’s books, including the companion volumes in the Young Person’s Guide ... series. She lives in England.

Customer Reviews

Mom of one smart son
Excellent book to help parents answer all of those "why's" that children come up with. Not only facinating for the little ones but Mom and Dad have fun re-learning all kinds of facts. A must have reference book!