Did You Know?: Amazing Answers to the Questions You Ask

by D.K. Publishing

Bringing nature, science, history, and geography to life with 3-D digital illustrations, "Did You Know?" is a first reference book for elementary grade students.

Focusing on what children actually want to know about all of their favorite subjects including dinosaurs, rocks and minerals, weather, science, ancient civilizations and more, the question and answer format makes it appealing and approachable for kids 6-8 years old. Questions like "Why does it rain?," "Which animals have houses?," "What was a gladiator?" and more are answered with clear, accessible text and eye-catching CGI artwork, photographs, diagrams, and more.

With over 500 images and 192 pages of content, "Did You Know?" is the perfect tome to sharpen the minds of young readers.

Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

160 pages, Hardcover

First published July 21, 2014

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[MK · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides illustrations and concise verbal explanations for questions commonly asked by children about the human body, chemistry, space, animals, and more.

It's a good idea to take this opportunity to think about things that are usually so obvious that you don't think about them.

[Ahmed K-masterly {Cruel Sanity} · Rating 3 out of 5]

I must admit that the information that I got from this book is so astonishing for me, it might be the first time that I hear of something like this (every year the moon moves away from the earth a little bit) so this has to be discovered earlier haha, such a great thing to know!

[Erin Field · Rating 5 out of 5]

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