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Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal
Explore the animal kingdom like you've never known before with this children's encyclopedia perfect for young animal lovers.Forming part of a fantastic series of kid's educational books, this bold and brilliant kid's encyclopedia uses ground-breaking CGI imagery to reveal the world as you've never seen it before. Informative, diverse in subject matter, easy-to-read and brimming with beautiful graphics, young learners can explore the incredibly detailed cross-sections and cutaways that reveal the inner workings of the animal planet.This charming children's encyclopedia opens the world in new ways,-Packed with facts, charts, timelines, and illustrations that cover a vast range of topics.-Encompassing a visual approach with illustrations, photographs and extremely detailed 3D CGI images.-Crystal clear text distills the key information.-DK's encyclopedias are fact-checked by subject experts to offer accuracy beyond online sources of information.This fully-updated edition of Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal! is the perfect encyclopedia for children aged 9-12, and introduces children to the major animal groups along with how they fit into the tree of life. Covering invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals and more, this amazing animal book for kids is jam-packed with fun facts about your favourite animals and lesser-known species as well as insightful infographics and data boxes so that every topic is covered in depth and detail while remaining easy to understand at a glance.Explore, Discover And Learn!DK's Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal! uncovers the marvels of the animal kingdom in unprecedented detail and with stunning realism, so you can spend quality time exploring the diversity of the animal world with your children, accompanied by impressive visuals to engage their senses. A must-have volume for curious kids with a thirst for knowledge, this enthralling animal encyclopedia is structured in such a way that your child can read a bit at a time, and feel comfortable to pause and ask questions. Doubling up as the perfect gift for young readers, who are always asking questions about our planet!At DK, we believe in the power of discovery.This thrilling kid's encyclopedia is part of the Knowledge Encyclopedia educational series. Celebrate your child's curiosity as they complete the collection and discover diverse facts about the world around them. Dive into the deep blue with Knowledge Encyclopedia Ocean! Travel back in time to when dinosaurs roamed the earth with Knowledge Encyclopedia Dinosaur! And hone your knowledge on how the human body works with Knowledge Encyclopedia Human Body! Whatever topic takes their fancy, there's an encyclopedia for everyone!
288 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1812
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9,121 books2,076 followersDorling 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.
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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.
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March 9, 2017
The encyclopedia may be an informative type of book, but it is not always the most interesting. A series of dry facts plastered all over the page with nary an image in sight. This dry type of learning is never going to work with some of our modern youth, more used to spending time looking for imaginary animals on their phones, than researching reals one in a book. If you want to capture their attention, you must first draw their eyes. DK have attempted this in one of the most colourful and vibrant enclclopedias you are likely to see.
From Chimpana to Chimpanzee, ‘‘Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal!’’ covers a multitude of the animal kingdom. Separated into chapters it highlights invertebrates and then different forms of vertebrates including mammals, birds and lizards. So far, so very normal, but to illustrate the different animals DK have packed their book with loads of full colour photos and illustrations.
‘‘Animal!’’ has set out to capture the imagination of a tricky group, the 9-15 year olds. Whilst younger children can be entertained with a few pictures and not much information, the older child will need a little more. Providing just pictures to a 12 year old trying to learn is not going to be enough as they also require information. Therefore, DK had to balance the need to attract attention, with also being informative.
They achieve this by making their book big and beautiful. ‘‘Animal!’’ is an A4 size book full of double spreads, this means that there is a lot of room to play with. A smaller book would have felt crammed if you shoved an image next to a load of writing; by expanding the dynamics of the books, DK have far more space to play with. Therefore, they have giant images, but also plenty of facts. As the book is aimed at the older child, these facts are more educational and not all written for entertainment’s sake, but DK have negated a lot of the dryness by separating the facts out into bitesize chunks that can be read when you want.
It is not the factual element of the book that will at first attract, but the pictures. Here ‘‘Animal!’’ excels. The images look fantastic and almost rise from the page. As the book has to cover the entire animal kingdom you get to see plenty of the well-known, but also many of the unusual. Like any encyclopedia, DK are unable to cover absolutely everything. There is a slight disproportion given to some animals – you may get a double spread on elephants, but only a page on a huge number of moths. Sacrifices needed to be made, but it does mean that as beautiful as this book is to look at, your child may still need to tap up the internet for those last few pieces of information.
‘‘Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal!’’ is so well put together that it does not really matter that it cannot cover all, as it is an item to behold in of itself. This is a great gift for a child that loves animals and learning about them. It would also look pretty nifty as a coffee table book. Original review on thebookbag.co.uk
From Chimpana to Chimpanzee, ‘‘Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal!’’ covers a multitude of the animal kingdom. Separated into chapters it highlights invertebrates and then different forms of vertebrates including mammals, birds and lizards. So far, so very normal, but to illustrate the different animals DK have packed their book with loads of full colour photos and illustrations.
‘‘Animal!’’ has set out to capture the imagination of a tricky group, the 9-15 year olds. Whilst younger children can be entertained with a few pictures and not much information, the older child will need a little more. Providing just pictures to a 12 year old trying to learn is not going to be enough as they also require information. Therefore, DK had to balance the need to attract attention, with also being informative.
They achieve this by making their book big and beautiful. ‘‘Animal!’’ is an A4 size book full of double spreads, this means that there is a lot of room to play with. A smaller book would have felt crammed if you shoved an image next to a load of writing; by expanding the dynamics of the books, DK have far more space to play with. Therefore, they have giant images, but also plenty of facts. As the book is aimed at the older child, these facts are more educational and not all written for entertainment’s sake, but DK have negated a lot of the dryness by separating the facts out into bitesize chunks that can be read when you want.
It is not the factual element of the book that will at first attract, but the pictures. Here ‘‘Animal!’’ excels. The images look fantastic and almost rise from the page. As the book has to cover the entire animal kingdom you get to see plenty of the well-known, but also many of the unusual. Like any encyclopedia, DK are unable to cover absolutely everything. There is a slight disproportion given to some animals – you may get a double spread on elephants, but only a page on a huge number of moths. Sacrifices needed to be made, but it does mean that as beautiful as this book is to look at, your child may still need to tap up the internet for those last few pieces of information.
‘‘Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal!’’ is so well put together that it does not really matter that it cannot cover all, as it is an item to behold in of itself. This is a great gift for a child that loves animals and learning about them. It would also look pretty nifty as a coffee table book. Original review on thebookbag.co.uk
December 22, 2018
The book can be an excellent gift to kids 6yrs and above.
I personally liked to teach my son how to use the index. He can barley read English as his education is Arabic and French and still he was able to use the pictures as reference when he is stuck on words.
The pictures are very nice. Photoshop was good except in certain species with fur the design could have been better.
Overall very good book. I loved the Orcas part the most.
I personally liked to teach my son how to use the index. He can barley read English as his education is Arabic and French and still he was able to use the pictures as reference when he is stuck on words.
The pictures are very nice. Photoshop was good except in certain species with fur the design could have been better.
Overall very good book. I loved the Orcas part the most.
May 1, 2024
Me ha encantado.
November 8, 2016
This book is AWESOME! Great visuals, great info. Buying for my nephew :)
January 11, 2019
Your such good writers
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