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National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Why Hardcover – Picture Book, May 10, 2011

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Linking to a popular feature in the super successful National Geographic Little Kids magazine, this book brings the browsable fun of the bestselling National Geographic Kids Almanac to a new audience: preschoolers! Using an interactive question-and-answer format and content grounded in a child's immediate world, the Big Book of Why delivers lively information, hands-on games, simple recipes, crafts, and more. What makes a car go? How does mushy dough become a crispy cookie? What does the doctor see in my throat? An essential parent reference, The Big Book of Why invites children to ask big questions, think big thoughts, and get answers that are accurate, engaging, level-appropriate, and based on sound educational findings. It helps prepare preschoolers for school in an interactive way―the very best way to foster learning at this age, according to research. Highly photographic and playful, this big book is an adventure in exploration.

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3 - 7 years
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128 pages
Language

English
Grade level

Preschool - 2
Lexile measure

NC630L
Dimensions

10.15 x 0.65 x 10.1 inches
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National Geographic Kids
Publication date

May 10, 2011
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9781426307935
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“Highly photographic and playful, this big book is an adventure in exploration and will make long car rides seem like a quick trip around the corner!” –Woman of Many Roles blog

About the Author

Amy Shields is a longtime editor of National Geographic books who is known for her work in children's literature. She has written several popular titles, including Little Kids First Big Book of Why and numerous installments for the National Geographic Readers series. Shields lives in upstate New York with her beloved dogs, Jenny and Toby.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1426307934
Publisher ‏ : ‎ National Geographic Kids; 1st edition (May 10, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781426307935
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NC630L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.72 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.15 x 0.65 x 10.1 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #698 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Children's Almanacs (Books)
- #3 in Children's Mystery & Wonders Books (Books)
- #20 in Children's Game Books (Books)

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Steffy

Inaccurate information

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2019

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Before purchasing this book I read some negative reviews regarding the accuracy of information provided in the text. I assumed the people writing the reviews were perhaps misinformed and the text was actually correct. I now agree with the negative reviews. While reading this to my son I have found numerous inaccuracies. For instance the explanation of why fingers wrinkle in the bathtub is quite far off and even says that blood vessels shrink when in warm water. That is 100% opposite of reality, blood vessels dilate when warmed. That is only one example of false information. I no longer read this to my son and plan to remove it from his library.

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David

Great book, don't listen to the negative reviews.

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2015

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It's not perfect but has tons of content. One of the reviews said it has misinformation because it classifies humans as "carnivores", but some recent studie shave classified humans as such "based on the percentage of meat in the typical human diet". See: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/04/20/150817741/for-most-of-human-history-being-an-omnivore-was-no-dilemma

Another negative review said the information is shallow and gave this example: "Some question do not even have answers like this one, 'why some animals are big and some are smalls?' the answer 'life happens everywhere it can on this amazing planet. life comes in every size, shape and color' ? what kind of answer is that?" Well, I think is a very good answer for the audience the book is intended for. Why are some animals big and others small? Because there are all kinds of animals in the world, some big and some small. I think it's a perfectly valid answer. If your kid needs more information you can teach him about evolution for an hour if you want. You have to understand the purpose of this book is having a lot of questions and a lot of content. If they start going deeper into answers then that means less content. I rather have more questions with simple answers than a few questions with 3 pages of an answer.

Finally, another reviewer seems to be confusing this book for something else and tries to show the "inaccuracies" but only comes off as a trying to display his knowledge of things. We get it, you know how to use wikipedia, guess what? This is a book for "KIDS", if you want to show off how much you know why don't you review a PHD book on physics?

This is a great book with tons of content and my kid loves it. It's not perfect, but that's why you're there as a parent.

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Rock Chalk

Book fell apart after each turn of the page

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2018

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From the very first time I opened the book, each time I turned a page it resulted in that page simply falling out of the book. Please see the pictures. Perhaps I got a defective book, but watch out.

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V. Ribeiro

Great little book for inquiring minds.

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2017

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I love this book. I got it for my son's 4th birthday and we really enjoy going through it. I love the pictures and that it includes little experiments to show and teach the whys. So farm, we really enjoyed pages discussing melanin and skin. Firstly, it was a really good way to discuss why some people have different shades of skin. Children are wont to just spout off what they see, without care to feelings or other social implications. My son's best little friend in the neighborhood is African-American and when we discussed this section, he immediately mentioned her and said "Jane has more melanin than I do!". I am glad that he seems to understand that everyone is different from one another in this scientific/reason manner, but without judgement. . I love that this book helps me explain things in a way of scientific causes of his observations. I love it and I will be buying others in the series.

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Kandice Sloop

This was a great book to give my curious 4 year old

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2018

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This was a great book to give my curious 4 year old. We read a few stories out of it every night. Our favorite so far is "why do your toes wrinkle in the bathtub." Lots of great information but at a level where my daughter can understand it. I will definitely look into buying the other books in this series.

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kw191919

My kids love these books

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2018

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My kids love these books! We have many of them, dinos, animals, planets. My only complaint is that the pages fall out easily. I wish they would spend more money making the book stronger. I would much rather spend a few more bucks for a product that lasts a lot longer

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but I think this may have been better for him when he was a little bit younger

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2016

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I bought this book for my 7 year old son in an effort to encourage reading and present new and exciting facts for him. There are lots of pictures and interesting facts, but I think this may have been better for him when he was a little bit younger. Kids are always asking "why" and many times we adults just don't have the answer, so this would be perfect for quenching those inquisitions. I would suggest this for kids between 3-5.

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Casandra

Great for the WHY kid stages!

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2018

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My 6 year old is so curious about everything. Asking why this why that all the time is great, but sometimes I need a break! Well guess what? This book is awesome! It’s very easy to read, has a great table of contents to easily find the answer to a question, and very colorful. I will be buying more in this series. So many encyclopedia type books are boring, but this one is very pleasing to flip through, read, and understand.

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Thomas J. St Denis

meh book with some bogus science

Reviewed in Canada on March 8, 2019

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Page 46 "floating balloons are filled with helium. Helium is a gas that is lighter than air. Because it is lighter, gravity has less pull on it."

Wrong. And in fact this trips up most elementary science students and they got it wrong here. Helium balloons don't float because they are "lighter" they float because they are less dense. Less dense objects float on more dense objects. For instance, a tanker ship is made of metals that are on their own denser and heavier than water. But as a boat they float? Why? Because as an entire object it's less dense than water (hint: Ships are largely filled with ballast like air.

Similarly, planes fly IN AIR because the air under the wing is higher pressure (denser) than the air above the wing. Is air lighter than air?

On the same page they talk about how hot air is "lighter than cold air" which it isn't. Hot air is simply less dense than cold air.

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A.L.

Not suitable for UK English

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2020

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Unfortunately I did not feel I could give this to my grandson as the spelling is American tabs it would confuse him with what he learns at school. Would not recommend for uk.

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Lots of questions to encourage discussion with little ones!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2019

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Bought as a gift for a 5yo school friends birthday. Was well received, had a little flick through before giving and has some fab questions which I'm sure will spark great conversations! Good quality book too, well made

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K. Cartin

Good for inquiring minds

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2019

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Excellent answers to the questions commonly posed by young minds. Each answer is easy to understand and short enough to keep attention. I think I've even learned new things!

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PeterS

Excellent Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2020

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One of a series of books we purchased for our granddaughter. Really well presented, interesting to the children and is really informative and opens up the mind.

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