When my kids where younger (Upper KS2 years) I was constantly looking for good quality Science books that explained concepts with lots of diagrams and illustrations (we like visual books). And I happened to stumble upon a range of Science books that are probably not that well known. They are a range of Science books published by Button Books. The ones that we have discovered are these ones, but there are a few others.
The books are not overly long, normally 50 pages (although the Microbe books is slightly more), they take complex ideas and explain them in a concise manner that makes sense without oversimplifying it. They use lots of diagrams and illustrations to explain the concepts but also don’t overcrowd the pages with way too many words. They really do a good job of making Science visual and something that can be broken down into small manageable chunks (we like dealing with Science in small chunks).
I think they are little gems.
I think one of the advantages of these books is that they do not look like a typical “science text book” but they rather have a format of a fun reading book. They are more inviting to read than your normal science text books and I like that they just cover one Scientific area in one book. I think more smaller Science books are less intimidating than one massive book. And I personally think you can never expose your kids to too many Science books. Really the more the kids are exposed to these Scientific concepts when they are younger the less overwhelming their Science will be when they are trying to get into more detail and study it in their Secondary years.
If you can get your hands on some of these I think you will not be disappointed.
I must be admit I have not spotted any of these books at our local bookstores or our local library but you can get them via good old Amazon – these are the ones that we have.
My First Book of Quantum Physics
Like I mentioned above I believe there are a few more in this range but these are the ones that we have and the ones that I have read so I cannot mention or comment on the others.
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