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C**E
informative and engaging!
Are your kids homeschooling or distance learning this fall? If you’d allow me to recommend just one thing to buy to support learning, take my word and buy these two books! Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World and Wildlives: 50 Extraordinary Animals That Made History have been favorites in our house for the last 6 months!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀So what makes them worth owning? Each volume contains 50 incredible true stories of women and animals who did amazing things in the world. You’ve likely heard some of these stories (such as Joan of Arc, Helen Keller, and Rosa Parks, or even Balto, Koko, and Roy & Silo), but many will be new. The volumes are organized into categories, like “Rescue & Protect” and “Believe & Lead”. The stories are told over full-page spreads, are brightly illustrated by Sarah Walsh, and include primary source photographs and documents when available.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Both also include contain back-matter spreads of where the animals were born or when the women were born, which is were we start our readings in the mornings. As you all know, I often read to the girls over breakfast. After we’d read a few picture books or chapters of our read aloud, we’d open to these spreads and each girl would pick and animal or woman to read about that day. By now, we’ve read most of these stories and revisited many of them multiple times.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀But even better? The girls have independently started to use these two books as reference books! The other day, when reading The One and Only Ivan, we read about a boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure in a zoo and was saved by one of the gorillas. My older daughter ran to get Wildlives to read us the true story of Benti Jua, the gorilla who did rescue a boy at the Brookfield Zoo in 1996!
M**S
Wonderful stories to teach empathy and respect
Very impressed with this beautiful book!Nice stories easy to read one or two beforeBed the Mm read our chapter book.Initiates discussions with child about the importance and wisdom of animals. Highly recommend this gorgeously illustrated book for self and makes a great gift with aSmall plush attached!
L**O
Just an Absolute Diamond of a Book
Wow! Saw all the wonderful reviews but holy cow these exceeded even those high expectations! And we are bookies, meaning we love and have lots of gorgeous picture books. The quality of this book is ridiculous for the price! It is a huge hardback book of the highest quality binding and the slip cover thing (and even the cover under it) is absolutely beautiful and top notch. The art and number of stories is amazing. The stories are detailed and, as others have said, my 5.5 yo daughter has loved reading 1-3 stories a night since she's received the book. In the last 2 weeks, she's probably asked for the book 5 times, which is amazing since we have tons of books (including some new great ones this Xmas) and since the language in this book is not exactly the most basic. And the art, like the language, is not particularly childlike. But she is not deterred and still is drawn. The only con I have is occasionally (like for the 9-11 dog story) there's some darkness to the story, but I just went ahead and adjusted the one or two places of concern on the fly because of her age. But really I'm just coming up with a con because most won't probably even notice. If you think your child might like this type of book, GET IT NOW. They should be charging $17+ easily for this book!
J**I
Fantastic short stories
I am a third grade teacher and read 2-3 stories from this book a week (about 10 minute mini lesson). Kids have fantastic discussions and bring up excellent questions after reading these stories. I often tie the stories into lessons with inspiration and motivation themes. Highly recommended this book for classrooms, animal lovers, and history buffs alike!
V**
Love it
My 7 year old loves this book !! We got it when it went on sale, paid $10! So worth it!! Beautiful illustrations.
P**E
Wonderful, delightful stories
Wonderful, delightful stories any child will love. I bought it for my 10 year old granddaughter. She loved the book.
K**E
9 Year Old Loved this Book
My 9-year-old daughter loved this book. She is very into true stories about animals right now and this one fit the bill.
A**A
Great purchase!
I got this for my cousin on her 10th birthday and she loved it!! I had already bought a different one by the same company and she loves these books!
M**M
Ein Buch zum Wegträumen
Ich habe das Buch vor einigen Tagen für mein Patenkind als Geburtstagsgeschenk gekauft. Es eignet sich prima, um ein halbes Stündchen einfach mal etwas Schönes und Informatives zu lesen und die wundervollen Illustrationen zu genießen. Es ist ein englisches Buch, lässt sich aber gut lesen, wenn man schon einige Jahre die Sprache lernt. Habe vor dem Verschenken noch schnell ein paar Artikel gelesen und die Illustrationen bewundert.
J**.
I can’t recommend this book enough!
We bought it for my 7 year old for Christmas but actually his 9 year old brothers love the stories and we’re finding ourselves on the sofa before bed every night to read a few stories together. The stories are engaging, really well written & the illustrations and photos are great.
ま**ん
内容は☆4、カバーが破れていたのは商品として☆1
イラストが魅力的です。文章もさくさく読める英語なので、親子で読めます。エピソードの内容は、ネット情報そのままの箇所がいくつかあったので、☆を1つ減らしました。カバーが4cmほど破れていたのにはがっかり。絵本なのに!
E**Y
Wow what a beautiful book!
My son bought this with some money he got for his 8th birthday, its a beautiful book, with fascinating facts, we all found the stories wonderful!
D**N
Very interesting and informative book
I bought this for my grandson to learn about all the animals that are/were around.I must say I have found it very interesting myself and learned a lot.Very good value, great illustrations and a lovely addition to the family bookshelf.
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