This amazing book is the culmination of two years of travel to over 30 countries, recording the stories of the lives of children all over the globe. Children love reading about other kids, it gives them something to relate to, a person their own size, someone that likes the same things and puts up with [...]
Another book in the unique collaboration between UNICEF and DK Publishing, A School Like Mine takes us around the globe and right into the lives of other schoolchildren and peeks into their classrooms. Wonderful color photos show us the average day of students, what their desks look like, lessons that they may have and once [...]
Planetwatch is a beautiful yet saddening look at our planet. Beautiful due to the wonderful photos of the absolutely amazing animals and plant life that inhabit our earth; saddening because of the stark truth of the damage that overpopulation, climate change and pollution have done to our earth. I like the fact that it does [...]
This week I will post three reviews on a series of books by DK Publishing that were published in association with Unicef. There are actually 4 books in the series, but the fourth will be reviewed in my latest BookSense article for MumSense magazine which will be published April 1st. The first of the three [...]
Blast Lab Activity Book is an excellent companion to the original Blast Lab book that I reviewed earlier on this site. Full of the same type of fun scientific activities, it also has the added bonus of over 800 stickers to match. Stickers that include intestines, snot and fart noises. How can you lose giving [...]
The How Things Work Encyclopedia is the perfect starter book for inquisitive little minds, the topics presented aren’t too heavy in detail and cover the everyday items that surround us. Each page is color coded so that you can quickly find the area you are looking for, whether it is the section on energy or [...]
If only becoming a genius was as easy as reading this delightful book! However, if you are quite determined to become a genius, then picking up this entertaining read will certainly give you a head start. Ha ha, get it ? Head start? Ahem.. never mind, no one gets my humor. From the very beginning, [...]
Blast Lab is a clean freak’s worst nightmare. In an incredibly good, scientific, keep your children entertained, but your-house-will-never-be-clean-again way. Almost all the materials can be found in the average household, and if not, they can be easily acquired at the nearest store. Do you have a bar of soap and a microwave? Be prepared [...]