Usborne Books

I don't know about you, but I'm just beginning to discover some of the great books for kids published by Usborne. Beck got these two for his birthday and they have both already provided a lot of fun discussion and engaged reading sessions.

The First Encyclopedia of Our World is "internet linked" which means that for most of the articles Usborne maintains up-to-date links to bring the articles to life. So far we've custom built our own volcano and watched it erupt with simple explanations along the way - and - we've discovered the journey a river makes from high in the mountains all the way to the sea.And this is just the beginning!



And the other one is titled The Usborne Time Traveler. For each of the historical times you visit, you're introduced to a family and get to know their life and customs, their houses and pastimes, special feasts, battles - all kinds of interesting stuff! The text is simple enough for my 3 year old to enjoy when I read it aloud, but appropriate for a much older school-aged kid to read independently and enjoy. The pictures all so full of detail that both of my boys get completely absorbed just looking and asking questions and discussing it all. I love it too!