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Modern factual childrens books
.... are rubbish?
I have a son who likes being read factual stories at night. We have books such as the Dorling Kindersley books on Weather and the like. They seemed fine when I was reading them. Then I saw an older book about the weather at a stall. The book was originally published in 1960, and his mother said she'd had it when it was young. So I bought it for the princely sum of 5p (about US$ 0.09). Reading it, I see a huge difference between the two books. The modern one contains a lot of information, but that's all it has. The older book doesn't include as many facts, but includes many little experiments that children can do. Such as putting pieces of black paper and white paper out in the sun to see which one adsorbs most heat. Or putting a glass upside down on grass so that evaporation of water can be observed. In short, it includes experiments that kids can do and have fun with, while learning. The more I think about it, despite containing more and more up to date information, better pictures, a wider range of subjects, I can't help but think that the modern book isn't a patch on the older one, for the purpose of teaching children and engendering in them a thirst for knowledge. Any comments? |
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dragonlady wrote: The two books serve different purposes, both valid. You can find current books with lots of cool experiments, and older books that are just information -- you just have to know what you want and go looking for it. Any recommendations then? |
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