books about: explainers

books about: explainers

books:

Explainers

Everyday Things (Explainers Series)
Eliot Humberstone

Usborne Books, 2007

Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips (1956-1966)

Jules Feiffer

Fantagraphics Books, 2008

Intellectual angst
I think Fantagraphics should be congratulated for publishing all of Feiffer's Village Voice strips. This first book of 568 pages (with three more editions to come) covers his first VV strip in October 1956 to December 1966 with one week to a page. Gary Groth's ...

The Usborne Book of Living Long Ago (Explainers)

Felicity Brooks, Helen Edom

Educational Development Corporation, 1994

Packed with information and pictures.
My children (age 5 & 7) are enjoying this book, though it would be a fun book for older kids as well. (I, too, am learning some things as we read it together for Home school). Each page can take us 15 minutes to get through due to all of the colorful pictures and ...

Wild Places (Explainers)

Angela Wilkes

Educational Development Corporation, 1994

Beautiful illustrations, excellent book!
My children are very excited about this book. It is full of wonderful illustrations and information about different climates/regions (desert, jungle, mountains, etc...). In each region it also explores various related topics such as walking through the jungle, ...

The Explainer

Slate Magazine

Anchor, 2004

SO MUCH INFORMATION
Quite literally corresponding with the title of the book, "The Explainer" answers and explains questions you can't easily find answers to. This book deals with issues that are commonly addressed in the news or in the paper, and extrapolates them with more detail.For ...

Living Long Ago: Food and Eating (Usborne Explainers)

Felicity Brooks, Shirley Bond, ...

Educational Development Corporation, 1989

A good Book
We use this book for our school at home program when discussing what people ate a long time ago. It is very clear, easy to understand and the pictures only enhance the subject of discussion on each page. This is much better for younger children rather than older ...

Finding Out About Sun, Moon, and Planets (Explainers Series)
Lynn Myring

Educational Development Corporation, 1982

Deserts (Explainers Series)

Angela Wilkes

E.D.C. Publishing, 1980

"Can you find any more fun stuff like this?"
Last night, as I was digging through the books and resources my children and I studied during our Great Egypt Semester, my 12 year old looked at our copy of Angela Wilkes' Deserts and said, "Dad, can you find any more fun stuff like that for our history?" What a great ...