Knowledge Encyclopedia

This is a beautiful book. We're getting the entire set

I thought it was interesting and the adults enjoyed flipping through while the kids were distracted by toys. The pictures are large and very interesting and the text is mostly in captions, so there’s not a ton of reading but the vocab level is high. There about 2 pages per topic, so it covers a lot. Keep in mind the Biology pages have a pretty large image of ovaries and eggs with a description of fertilization. Nothing inappropriate or inaccurate but the receiver was young (very bright) so I checked to make sure they were ready for conversations if they hadn’t had them yet.

You can easily spend weeks reading through all these pages and looking at diagrams. Very intuitive and engaging way of presenting things like the Periodic Table of elements with insets on valence electron atom structure, as just one example. I love how some pages just take a very deep dive with elaborate diagrams and cross sections of some very detailed topic and develop it, even though this is primarily a large high level overview. Organization is done very well, and I am still finding details and little anecdotes and facts noted on page headers that I missed. I really love how DK books present information, and they have done a great job not just "recycling" pictorials and diagrams from many of their other books (a very small number either similar or reused, but in different scale and developed in a very different way) so don't worry about doubling up too much on their other books (like picturepedia or space or dinosaurs) as they come at things and develop them out quite distinctly to make it worth owning all of them.

This book has totally changed my social life. Let me tell you a little about my background so you understand what I am talking about. When I was three my parents got divorce. 3 is when we start to expand our cognitive ability (based on the book!) and based on the book, this process could be ceased by a big sudden change, say like parents separation. As a defense mechanism system you block all the little hatch (if you will) that absorb "knowledge". Then you somehow end up creating this parallel alternative world for yourself in which you mentally live in, and let your actual flesh and bones roam the "real" world... Then you craft your own paper and you drag your own ink from your own octopus (yes thats what you pet) to write in your own language and your own arrows that leads you to the boxes that you buried in the backyard with your mom's jewelries in. You did not know what jewelry was until years later. It was too late then, the house was deconstructed along with the backyard and all the boxes were gone and she never knew who stole them little by little and no one ever knew..its still a big mystery in the family. Anyway..based on my knowledge jewelry meant nothing among many other things...took me a while(up until a few years ago) before I realize that I have to give up my own knowledge and to develop relationship with the bones and flesh. This book! oh my! saved me from myself! now I can actually talk to people and make sense. I was at this easter party a couple of days ago and I talked about germs for minutes and Danny raised his eyebrows out of impression. I think I am ready to go ahead and live in the world now. Thumbs up to SMITHSONIAN Knowledge Encyclopedia!

This was an excellent buy and transaction. I ordered two of these books for my granddaughters, (8, 6, 4, & 1 yrs. old) who are homeschooled. I kept one book at my house to use whenever they're visiting. The book has a large hardcover. It's easy and interesting to read. Also, the author/publisher does a great job making sure the content is appropriate for multiple grade levels. There are easy to understand explanations and beautiful pictures!!! It covers a host of topics that meet Common Core objectives,too! When I first gave a copy to my gr kids, the oldest one nearly got in trouble for trying to sneak the book into bed. Funny thing, my daughter admitted after confiscated the book, she and hubby sat up in bed going through the book, too! I can already tell this book will be a staple reference among our family for many years to come.

My child likes the book a lot. Parents should know that the book contains reproductive information. It is done in a scientific manor. It does contain a picture of Michelangelo's David. It also contains information about non-binary people.

My daughter soaks up information of all kinds and enjoys doing research on things she is interested in. When I saw this book, I snagged it for a gift and she loves it! I would highly recommend!

Quality Hardback book. Beautiful,educational. I originally bought for grandkids,but ended up buying one for us the grandparents. Needed to remember what we have forgotten, lol. Great gift for everyone.

Lots of facts and the illustrations are fantastic. Covers a wide range of topics, so a good introduction to each area for starters. The book is quite heavy.

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Compré este libro para mi hijo como apoyo a sus clases de inglés ahora que estamos en casa. Está excelente, más de 150 láminas a doble hoja, muy buenas ilustraciones sobre varios temas e información clara e interesante para los niños y jóvenes a los que está dirigido.

Uno de los mejores libros que puede adquirirse, así de sencillo. Lleno de información y de excelentes gráficos y dibujos.

Fantastic book, great for all ages