Best Children's Atlases
Jam packed with the latest data, bright, bold images, large maps, a brand-new design, and lively information about the world’s land, people, and animals, the third edition Beginner’s World Atlas will be the most up-to-date world reference for kids ages 5–8. A portion of all National Geographic proceeds is used to fund exploration, conservation, and education through ongoing contributions to the work of the National Geographic Society.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My child was not much interested yet."
"Good starter for kids learn to read maps."
"My 8 year old nephew is obsessed with maps of all kinds and loves this."
"Super nice, educational book."
"Very basic...good for younger kids but not for my 7 1/2 year old granddaughter."
"My 7-year old is always pouring over this book every free min he gets."
"I bought these two items for my grandson for Christmas."
The 50 States explores 50 illustrated maps, each featuring state capitals, famous residents and key historical moments to learn all about.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My 10 year old son loves looking at this book for fun!"
"My seven year old loves this book."
"The illustrations are bright and fun and the information is factual and interesting."
"I get more ideas from this book to add to our daily work."
"Bought this book for my 5 year old."
"I bought this for my grandson."
"And a great addition to our personal library!"
"Great fun to share with school age children especially when traveling the United States."
This charming reference introduces young readers to the wider world by exploring languages, landscapes, weather, animals, capital cities, mountains, deserts, and other landscapes and landforms, and more. Elizabeth Carney is a children's writer and editor specializing in children's nonfiction.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"We love the entire collection."
"Easy to read for young children."
"Very vibrant colors and so much information that my guys found interesting."
"Perfect educational, fun book for kids!"
"Great book, excellent like all the National Geographic Series."
"Beautiful and unique pictures even for adults not just children."
Best Children's Atlases
This charming reference introduces young readers to the wider world by exploring languages, landscapes, weather, animals, capital cities, mountains, deserts, and other landscapes and landforms, and more. Elizabeth Carney is a children's writer and editor specializing in children's nonfiction.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Easy to read for young children."
"Very vibrant colors and so much information that my guys found interesting."
"Perfect educational, fun book for kids!"
"Great book, excellent like all the National Geographic Series."
"Granddaughter spending countless hours reading and learning, thanks to this book I am 'The best Grampa ever"."
"a gift to a 5 years boy, he loves it."
Best Children's Travel Books
Greg Heffley and his family hit the road in author-illustrator Jeff Kinney's latest installment of the phenomenal bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Will the Heffley family make it home?
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I checked my email and there was a purchase of this book that I didn't make. If anyone knows how to take off the one click purchase option on kindle PLEASE let me know."
"The ninth installment of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, The Long Haul features Greg and the rest of the Heffley family embarking on a road trip at the start of summer vacation. The Long Haul and the rest of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series fall under the genre of realistic fiction graphic novel, with both the writing and illustrations by Jeff Kinney. Though I would suggest this book for children in grades 4-7, it is funny enough and for parents or older siblings to enjoy as they read along. Because the drawings are just stick figures outlined in black, it is hard to tell whether multiple cultures and races are being represented."
"We loved this as a family."
"Whole series is great."
"My grandson finished this series in third grade and was disappointed when he had read them all and there wasn't something to look forward to."
"Great series-Introduced it to my teens years ago and passed them down to my 8 year old."
"fun story."
"My son love's these books."
Best Children's Almanacs
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! Amy Shields is a longtime editor of National Geographic books who is known for her work in children's literature.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"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?'. Why are some animals big and others small?"
"I bought this book and a few others that were similar for my kids (Ages 6 and 12) for Christmas."
"This is one of the best books I've purchased!"
"This was a great book to give my curious 4 year old."
"I bought this for my 4 year old for Christmas and it was a quick favorite."
"A little discombobulated format wise, but the subject matter stimulates valuable discussion between parent and child."
"Not exactly what I expected."
"Easy to read for young children."
Best Children's Thesaurus
122,000 synonyms, antonyms and related words Main entries have shared meaning core followed by a list of synonyms, related words and antonyms Alphabetically arranged for easy lookups Value-priced for budget-conscious parents and teachers. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Once again I can say this is a fun book to have."
"bought this for my daughter since it was on her school supply list, this was a great price for a Websters thesaurus and hopefully it will help her out this year."
"Welcome back to when I was in school son(I graduated high school in 2001 not that long ago but yes that long ago!)."
"Great selection of words."
"A must have for children just learning how to be articulte !"
"This is actually a great thesaurus for anyone wanting assistance in mixing up the words in your writing so it isn't a repetition of the same words to the point of redundancy."
"A Thesaurus is a Thesaurus!"
"I bought this for my very dyslexic adult son & he's using it while he's trying to read."
Best Children's Dictionaries
This top-selling dictionary featuring 35,000 updated words, phrases, images, and authoritative content from Merriam-Webster is a must-have resource for elementary school children. Grade 2–5—Including a reference guide to letter pronunciation at the bottom of each spread, this work also includes an alphabet locator on the side of each page.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The second error is literally huge: " [Pluto] orbits the sun at an average distance of 3.7 million miles (5.9 million kilometers)." In fact, Pluto's average distance is 3.7 BILLION miles (5.9 billion kilometers) from the sun."
"Book came in great condition with an undamaged spine."
"I home school and I wanted my child to be able to look up words instead of looking up on a computer for his definitions."
"She does a lot of independent reading and she'll probably need a more comprehensive dictionary in a year or two, but for now it's a nice introduction to using reference books."
"This is super easy for my 2nd grader to use and she just enjoys thumbing through it from time to time."
"Very good dictionary for kids."
"From the picture the book doesn't look very large, but it is actually quite thick, like you'd imagine a dictionary SHOULD be."
"Your kids need this!"
Best Children's Encyclopedias
Featuring 2,500 species and packed with stunning color photographs, amazing animal facts, maps, and more, the new National Geographic Kids Animal Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive on the market today, amazing and entertaining readers, while providing them with authoritative information about the animal kingdom. Special features in each section include ANIMAL PROFILES spreads that focus in-depth on a particular animal and ANIMAL RECORDS spreads that highlight superlatives such as fastest, tallest, smallest, etc. No less than 2,500 animals are included in this oversize encyclopedic reference.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My daughter absolutely loves this book as with most other animal books she brings it with her in the car and will read it for hours."
"A lot of beautiful pictures."
"Birthday gift for my niece and she LOVED it."
"Great detailed pictures!"
"father of the year for this one."
"AMAZING photography and very educational!"
"My daughter loves this book."
"Nice but could have made it more children use."
Best Children's Citizenship Books
Brilliantly illustrated by former Disney Artist, Phil Jones (Tarzan, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch), and written by an award-winning poet and active-duty Marine, this hardcover children's book will warm the hearts of both young and old as the audience is taken on an imaginative adventure that teaches about the culture & traditions of the USMC. The real spirit of Goodnight Marines culminates on the final page, where the moon shines on the father's picture next to his son - sleeping safely in his room with Tuffy Hound. Brilliantly illustrated by former Disney Artist, Phil Jones (Tarzan, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch), and written by an award-winning poet and active-duty Marine, this hardcover children's book will warm the hearts of both young and old as the audience is taken on an imaginative adventure that teaches about the culture & traditions of the USMC. ------ A note from the author - Major David Dixon: "As a Marine and Iraq War veteran, I feel honored to represent the Marine Corps and the traditions that I hold so dear.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If you are a Marine, know a Marine, were a Marine, married a Marine, or were raised by a Marine, this book will melt your heart."
"Our 7 year old daughter enjoyed the story and the additional information helped to explain to her some details, as well."
"Goodnight Marines is a thoughtful homage to the Marine Corps presented for both young and old to enjoy."
"The 4 children of the Marine who will get this book, will cherish it because it is (in their mind) about THEIR DAD! This book should be widely available to Marines, their families and friends and all Americans who reap the benefits of living in a country protected by Marines and other Military."
"Being an "old Marine wife" the pictures that are shown brought tears to my eyes, so many deployment memories; thank you for the F-18's! When anyone enlists or marries into the military you do so as an adult and have a decent idea of what you may encounter, reguardless of MOS."
"I myself have been in the USMC for a little over 19 years now, and have seen the pain in little ones' eyes when their mommy or daddy is being shipped off overseas to do what they do best. Even if you have not served in the Marine Corps or the military, this is still a wonderful piece of art to learn some history and traditions that are so near and dear to all Marines."
"I purchased "Goodnight Marines" for Rory, my soon to be (June 19th 2017) 2 year old Granddaughter."
"I gave a copy to my nephew along with a collage of photos of my Marine son in uniform, and he absolutely treasures this book and is so proud of his cousin."