DK Publishing's Visual Encyclopedia of Geography

TC: Good book for my 4th grader child.

United States on Aug 09, 2023

Manas: Good book. Nice packing.Accountable follow up by the seller.everything would be perfect if they use courier service instead of India Post for the next clients.
The book is really good to gain knowledge.

India on Jul 14, 2023

Guy E. Moosburger: Does a very good job covering multiple topics, actually, a whole range. It does miss on one point, the polar bears are going to become extinct from climate change. It's false. And the biggest threat to polar bears is humans hunting them to low levels. You can't score a science book high marks for including false statements. Hence the 3 stars.

Canada on Dec 26, 2022

Tong Elsie: Consiglio da cuore!

Italy on Oct 05, 2022

audcress: Exactly as described

United States on Aug 24, 2022

Furong: my daughter likes them very much

Canada on May 20, 2021

Ken Saladin: When I was in 3rd or 4th grade, there was a book titled simply "Nature" that I kept perpetually checked out from the school library, renewal after renewal. Chock-full of beautiful photos ranging from butterflies, to minerals and gemstones, to birds and mammals, to volcanoes and glaciers, with simple child-accessible prose, the book fascinated me and I daydreamed about whether it would be possible to make a living studying nature when I grew up, or it would just have to be my hobby. My "nature study" inspired by this book was the earliest memorable experience that led eventually to my getting a PhD in zoology, teaching it for 40 years, and becoming a textbook author myself. I always credit my happy career choice in large part to the esthetic appreciation of nature, and I credit that early esthetic appreciation to this book.

I see "Smithsonian Geography" in the same light. I look forward to presenting it to our grandson for his upcoming 10th birthday. It's beautifully and lavishly illustrated, and spans a wide range of topics about our planet, from insects and dinosaurs to oceans and volcanoes to planets and moons. He already loves this subject matter and has read many books...

United States on Feb 17, 2021

Elisabeth: Sent out to find a basic geography book , but came across this and after reading reviews and overviews bought it in addition to what I was initially looking for. This doesn't cover much in the sense of maps and topography, its more of an all encompassing encyclopedia of earth sciences, but as such, it is amazing! Beautifully written and illustrated, and full of information to teach and intrigue interested learners. I am planning to use this along with other materials for helping teach many science concepts to my young homeschoolers this year.

Canada on Sep 06, 2020

Susan: Don't be misled into thinking this is a book for kids only. I'm a 50s adult and learned a LOT in this book. With all the talk on climate change and our planet, it's important to have some basic knowledge level about our planet. This book is an Outstanding resource to educate yourself about our world. Visually stunning photos on every page, and the text gives you the practical, general information. Covers everything from the atmosphere, magnetic fields, our solar system, oceans, geology, minerals, volcanoes, glaciers, soil, weather, ice Ages, and a lot more. Highly recommend for kids and adults.

United States on Apr 22, 2020

Graham H. Seibert: Little boys are full of questions about violence in nature. My five-year-old son talks often about the great extinction, when a meteor strike 65 million years ago killed all the dinosaurs. He looks forward with great anticipation to seeing a volcano next year on our trip to Italy. Video of earthquakes fascinates him.

This book does a good job of explaining the history and character of our planet, and why these occasional rather violence events take place. It also does a good job with the peaceful, everyday evolution of our planet. The photography is wonderful.

In this era print must compete with video for a child's attention. Print is richer. A child can absorb more information in a shorter period of time from print than video, and can revisit it easily to make sure of his understanding. Print gives the parent an opportunity to discuss the material as they are reading. Video on the other hand condemns both to be passive observers to whatever the producer has put together. Reading is a more intellectually stimulating activity.

For all those reasons I applaud this book. I'm sure that my five-year-old son will be looking at it for years and that will remain a...

United States on Jan 29, 2017