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National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Why (National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books) Hardcover – 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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“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.

Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
Lexile Measure: NC630L (What's this?)

Series: National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books
Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books; National Geographic Little Kid edition (May 10, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1426307934
ISBN-13: 978-1426307935
Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 0.6 x 10.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 771 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Reference > Almanacs
- #1 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Mystery & Wonders
- #5 in Books > Children's Books > Activities, Crafts & Games > Games

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

ByDavid Perezon 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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and topics like bubbles, animals

ByJasmineon December 20, 2016

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This book is disappointing compared to the others in the series. Many of the entries are more about "how" than "why", although the topics are mostly of interest to children (and/or their parents) as well: things such as why we need to eat vegetables or brush teeth support what parents are saying, and topics like bubbles, animals, and why we look different are great for curious children.

The thing that irks me most about this book is the "what's wrong" spread at the end of each chapter. I would expect National Geographic to be able to manipulate photos better, but it is just a random assortment of crazy things that don't belong. I find it horribly irritating, but to be fair, my 5yo enjoys it.

All in all, it's an okay book, but not their best. It wouldn't be on the top of my list.

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Educational, attractive but falls apart...

ByR. Josephon June 7, 2016

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Beautifully illustrated and very factual and informative. It is not babyish in that I learned quite a lot reading the book as well. My only complaint is that the pages are stuck singly and the book is falling apart ... not due to misuse but little hands will turn the pages with enthusiasm. I am in the process of sticking each page back ...

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Three Stars

ByUSxPaton July 11, 2016

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Not as interesting as the space book by the same publisher.

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My grandson loves this book

ByJ Davison April 23, 2017

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I bought this for my six year old grandson and he absolutely adores it. It covers many topics of interest to him and presents it in a way that is easy for him to understand. A good purchase.

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Excellent Book

ByAmazon Customeron December 25, 2015

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I bought this book as a Christmas gift for my seven year old nephew. He had already received more then a few wonderful presents, but when he took out this book along with "Little Kids First Big Book of Space" that was it! He had someone reading to him for the next few hours and he was looking up additional facts and information on google. He quizzed the rest of the family on the new information all through Christmas dinner so we all learned some new science facts. This book is excellent. The information is easy to understand and the pictures are terrific. These are large books, they are large size and they have a lot of pages. This book is an excellent value.

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Great book for the little curious ones

Byamazonncbon April 28, 2017

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Great book for curious children . Totally recommended . Only reason to give the order less stars is the packaging . This was supposed to be a present and the corners came all rugged and a bit crushed . Packaging could have been better .

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Love this book!

ByVanessaon September 4, 2017

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Great book! I'm going to purchase more in the series. My 3 year old wanted me to read the entire book in one sitting! Very informative.

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