My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things

My son is very happy with it,, and so do I.Really amazing .. hard cover , big size , illustrative photos, nice colors and prints .. all is very good.

It is a beautiful encyclopedia for kids 5+. Very informative n excellent quality. Perfect gift for kids. Being a parent I get to refresh my knowledge as well. You can go for it blindly.

Easy to understand for little children

Very nice book full.of information specially for kids 5 to 10 age.

This book from my observation can help the Kids to enhance more knowledge by seeing the pictures and descriptions.

My four year old nephew absolutely loved it. He loves science related stuff and this is his new favorite book.

My 5 year old loves this book

Great book apart from the error shown in the picture - the pictures for the Shard and the Eiffel Tower were mixed up. Don't know what other errors are there. Slightly disappointed. Was expecting more from the proofreaders of DK.

Nice book covering an enormous number of subject, from the usual earth and space, animals and human body, to the less usual Chinese zodiac and saying hello in different languages. Having said that, the information is covered rather briefly, making it easy to understand for younger children, but too shallow for older children. I am buying this as a present for a 6year old who is not too keen on reading. I am hoping the many illustrations, and the one double page a topic setting of this book, to make it easy for him.There are pages on healthy eating and numbers (counting, multiplying, special numbers etc), musical instruments, flags (only a small selection), scientists and inventors (again only a small selection), and many more.I like the 10 top pages (10 longest river, 10 smallest countries etc)There are some stories, like the tortoise and the hare, the ant and the grasshopper.The content also covers some history, like vikings, ancient Americans, native Americans...I took a star out because I think the book is rather American-heavy in general.Otherwise, a great book for young curious minds.

My children are 6 and 3 years old and they were fixed to this book. We read a couple of pages and they had so much fun learning facts about different things. I am so impressed with the way it is set out. The pictures are fun and easy to understand which is good for the little ones. This book is put together very well. The pictures help keep kids interested in the book and there are so many facts. I am also learning as we go along. The only reason I have given it 4 stars is that the front of the book was a little bent.

I liked most things about this. Well illustrated, good ratio of text to illustrations , clear diagrams. A fine variety of information for curious young children. My seven year old nephew is interested in everything & was thrilled, couldn’t put it down.I would say the reading level was fairly easy for him , but introduced a lot of new words in the nature of the book. It’s encouraging at that age to be able to read information without struggling too much over words .I liked the fact that short stories/ fables were included in context & so many topics covered. I thoroughly recommend.

This is great for the age range intended - I got this for my son when he was 4 (he's 5 - at the time of writing this review) and his understanding is growing in terms of the topics in this encyclopaedia - naturally he gravitates to the dinosaur pages and also animals and volcanoes, but there are other things in here with his basic understanding of how things work. Even I am learning one or two things so excellent job all round.