SuitabookBritannica First Big Book of Why
Sally Symes and Stephanie Warren Drimmer
- Reading
- Let the child choose questions by interest, read selected pages aloud or independently, and pause at diagrams and fact boxes. Use the index to revisit a topic and the glossary to explore unfamiliar terms.
- Themes
- Curiosity and questioning: The book organises information around questions children may ask about nature, bodies, food, machines, Earth and space. It presents questioning as a route into explanations and includes some mysteries that remain unresolved.
- Learning through varied information forms: Explanations are accompanied by photographs, original illustrations, diagrams, fact sidebars and interactive matching pages. The presentation offers several ways to approach factual material and supports browsing between visual and verbal information.
- Worth knowing
- Some topics concern bodies, animals, food, machines, Earth and space, while the book also mentions mysteries experts have not solved. A child may want help distinguishing established explanations from open questions.