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In my 21+ years of teaching, you’d be surprised at some of the questions kids have asked. Thanks to Google and smartphones, it’s so much easier to answer those questions now…or at least, point kids in the right directions to find their own answers. Still, do you remember the days when you turned actual pages in order to glean information about a topic? Christopher Lloyd to the rescue!
You might be surprised to hear that many school systems have done away with textbooks completely. Our school, for example, provides a Chromebook for each student. All books and resources are online. The kids in my life, both my personal children and my students, are not given free reign to search for information online. In a reference book, however, they have all kinds of freedom! Absolutely Everything takes the best of what you remember from old textbooks and encyclopedias, puts it in a kid-friendly format, and makes it relevant again.
I appreciate the exciting text features found in Absolutely Everything. Vivid photographs of primary sources are included. Interesting images are tucked in the corners, highlighted by informative captions. The vocabulary is rich without being too difficult for late elementary/middle school aged children. It would be an excellent supplement for middle school students who read below grade level, because it’s fun without looking babyish like leveled readers tend to appear. Quotes and bar graphs help to illustrate ideas, support reasoning, and provide evidence. This provides a great correlation between content areas like science, math, and social studies, while incorporating reading skills.
My daughter is a factoid person, and when she saw this book sitting on the counter, she honed in on it like a heat-seeking missile. The cover is very appealing, and the topics found within are high-interest for kids. There’s a great variety of information, details, statistics, and vocabulary words. Kids will have fun pointing out that there’s no way for the book to truly contain absolutely everything, so challenge them to figure out what should appear in the next volume. If nothing else, having a print book is a novel way to learn in this modern era!
Absolutely Everything is a terrific resource to keep on our home bookshelf. Note that it has a non-creation world origin theory; instead, the Big Bang is mentioned. I’m okay with my kids reading about non-creation theories and having a broad view of scientific theories, but mentioned it in case other readers have an issue with it.
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I absolutely love books like these! You’re so right in saying that we turn to Google for so many answers these days. Sometimes informative books like this also provide answers to questions that we didn’t even know we had. 😉
I liked reading this about the good book; T.REX, King Tut, Confucius, Cleopatra, Genghis Khan, William the Conqueror, Toussaint Louverture, the Wright Brothers, Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai, Gravity, microbes, wars, epidemics, climate change, conquistadors, slavery, revolutions, religions, railways, computers, artificial intelligence…
“Visit the book’s publishers! Then leave a book-related comment on the giveaway post. ” I love the large miniature painting on the page about European exploration–it’s so beautiful!
“Dinosaurs!” looks like another great book of theirs, with fold-out illustrations!
The “Shakespeare Timeline Posterbook” looks like it would be cool!
“Magna Carta Chronicle” looks like the perfect gift for anyone who loves the Magna Carta!
I think their “Science Timeline Stickerbook” has neat technology pictures!
The “Science Timeline Wallbook” would be neat, with six feet of science info!
“Eye Spy” looks like an amazing look at animal eyesight!
I am interested in the Science Timeline Posterbook.
I used to read up to a dozen books at a time covering almost all genres except romance. I would line the books beside me when I went to bed early and read a chapter from each one. Then, for several years, I was taking prescription pain medication and could never stay asleep to read. Of course, the pain medication got to the point where it was no longer effective and I transitioned off of it. Thankfully, I am now back to reading every night at bedtime, however, since I am putting in a lot of hours as a freelance writer, I only read three or four at a time. Thanks for the super giveaway opportunity. This would be an awesome book to read with our grandson and I would enjoy it too!
“The Illinois Chronicles” looks like it would tell you everything about Illinois!
They have a great selection of interesting books!
“Bugs!” looks like another great book in their Explorers series!
“What on earth happened…in brief”
The “Big History Timeline Stickerbook” has all sorts of historical stickers, including dinosaurs and the Taj Mahal!
Explore Dinosaurs.
the esplore dinosuars looks awesome, my kids love to learn this way
This sounds like a great bed time book! We like to read a few pages each night and like books you know where you left off at!
My boys would love this book. They would also like the What On Earth Happened book.
“The Big History Timeline Wallbook” looks like an excellent resource on the rise and fall of civilizations!
The Science Timeline Posterbook.
“The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook” would be so amazing with “more than 1,000 pictures set in the iconic Globe Theatre”!
Nature Timeline Stickerbook
My boys would like the Sports Timeline Sticker Book.
“The Sports Timeline Posterbook” would have everything for a sports fan!
“The Science Timeline Posterbook” would be a great resource for schools and budding scientists!
The Shakespeare Timeline Stickerbook.
Explorer…Bugs!
“The Nature Timeline Wallbook” promises “the complete story of natural history in 1,000 species”–that does sound complete!
I like that Absolutely Everything is nicely layed out. Interesting information with pictures. I know I would enjoy this book so would my kids.