Reddit mentions: The best history books for children

Oh, I <3 looking for books for my kids!! They are 14, 13, 12, 11, and 5. Our son is the youngest, and he loves all the books that his older sisters loved when they were younger. :D

Oh my gosh...Get those kids some books!

• This is my favorite children's book.
  
  
• The Story of Ferdinand.
  
  
• This is one of my son's favorites...IronMan!.
  
  
• The Day My Mommy Quit.
  
  
• Dragons Love Tacos.
  
  
• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
  
  
• I'd Know You Anywhere, My Love.
  
  
• The Day The Crayons Quit.
  
  
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
  
  
• Boom Chicka Rock.
  
  
• Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Mama Hook Knows Best: A Pirate Parent's Favorite Fables with CD.
  
  
• Are You My Mother?.
  
  
• Love You Forever.
  
  
• I Love You, Stinky Face.
  
  
• The Runaway Bunny.
  
  
• Oh, The Places You'll Go. Cool idea I saw on Pinterest with this book: Buy a copy and have each of your kids' teachers write a little note somewhere in it at the end of every year. Give the book to your kid as a graduation gift. I am doing this with our son now, I saw the idea too late to start it for our girls.
  
  
• Ten Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed.
  
  
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
  
  
• The Velveteen Rabbit. -- A HUGE FAVORITE!!
  
  
• Locomotive.
  
  
• Sleep Like A Tiger.
  
  
• The Lion And The Mouse.
  
  
• Blueberries for Sal.
  
  
• David Gets In Trouble.
  
  
• Press Here. This is a very fun book!
  
  
• The One and Only Ivan.
  
  
• The Polar Express.
  
  
• Flotsam.
  
  
• Only One You.
  
  
• Beautiful Oops!.
  
  I would love this book for our oldest daughter if I win, please.
  
  /u/DrUsual...can you think of any?
  
  Thank you for the contest!

Hey, I've been on a similar hunt in recent months myself. It isn't easy. But there are three books at least I can recommend you, and from there hopefully you'll find more that might interest you.

The first is a novel, Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James. Its pretty popular, and though I haven't picked it up yet it tends to be mentioned whenever I discuss trying to find more books about African inspired cultures or Africa itself. The Goodreads blurb contains the following;

>In the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child.

>Drawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written an adventure that's also an ambitious, involving read. Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters, Black Leopard, Red Wolf explores the fundamentals of truths, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.

I cut out the actual plot blurb there, so by all means look it up yourself if you're interested.

The second book is between novel and history, in that its a cultural epic along the same vein of the Epic of Gilgamesh or the Secret History of the Mongols. Works written by a culture about that culture's mythical past can tread the line between history and legend, and that's definitely what the Sundiata Keita does. It tells the tale of Sundiata, the legendary founder of the Mali Empire, and how he rose to power and fame. Its a great read, and definitely gives a glimpse into West Africa and how this particular region of it can be the focus for grand tales of heroes and villains, kings and princes and sorcerers.

The last rec is The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa by by Patricia McKissack, which is a rather short but historically-focused book on the kingdoms of Western Africa. The blurb from the Amazon page reads;

>For more than a thousand years, from A.D. 500 to 1700, the medieval kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay grew rich on the gold, salt, and slave trade that stretched across Africa. Scraping away hundreds of years of ignorance, prejudice, and mythology, award-winnnig authors Patricia and Fredrick McKissack reveal the glory of these forgotten empires while inviting us to share in the inspiring process of historical recovery that is taking place today.

You can pick it up here if you're so inclined, but it could serve as a pretty solid primer on West African culture. Or, at least, a guideline for where to begin, by introducing you to concepts and terms you might not otherwise be familiar with, and helping you to narrow down your search.

Hope this helps!

Some help:

Maybe Yes, Maybe No (LINK)

by Dan Barker

In today's media-flooded world, there is no way to control all of the information, claims, and enticements that reach young people. The best thing to do is arm them with the sword of critical thinking.

Maybe Yes, Maybe No is a charming introduction to self-confidence and self-reliance. The book's ten-year-old heroine, Andrea, is always asking questions because she knows "you should prove the truth of a strange story before you believe it."

"Check it out. Repeat the experiment. Try to prove it wrong. It has to make sense." writes Barker, as he assures young readers that they are fully capable of figuring out what to believe, and of knowing when there just isn't enough information to decide. "You can do it your own way. If you are a good skeptic you will know how to think for yourself."

Another book is "Me & Dog" by Gene Weingarten.

And Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story : Books 1, 2, 3

Here Comes Science CD + DVD

The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins

Bang! How We Came to Be by Michael Rubino.

Grandmother Fish: A Child's First Book of Evolution
Grandmother Fish, free in PDF form online

Also:

Greek Myths – by Marcia Williams

Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs – by Marcia Williams

God and His Creations – by Marcia Williams

"I Wonder" by Annaka Harris

"From Stardust to You: An Illustrated Guide to The Big Bang" by Luciano Reni

"Meet Bacteria!" by Rebecca Bielawski

See also Highlights for Children - this has materials for younger children.

Atheism books for children by Courtney Lynn

"It Is Ok To Be A Godless Me", "I'm An Atheist and That's Ok", "I'm a Freethinker", "Please Don't Bully Me" and "I'm a Little Thinker" etc.

Courtney Lynn has a couple more for grown ups as well.

Grandmother Fish, free in PDF form online

A child's first book of evolution.

15 Holiday Gift Ideas for Secular Families

Bedtime Bible Stories by Joey Lee Kirkman - for mature teens only

Coming up: TINY THINKERS is a series of books introducing popular scientists to children, by telling their stories as if the scientists themselves were kids!

I have teen boys (14 and 16) and shockingly we have not yet seen the lego movie and would love to win a digital copy!

Your son sounds similar to mine in their taste profile, so I asked them what they liked as gifts when they were 12. Here are their thoughts:

• 50 Dangerous Things book. My boys got this as a gift and decided to do all they could to accomplish all 50 of the things.
  
  
• Munchkin. It's a card game that is easy to learn and fun to play as a family and with friends. My boys love it still!
  
  
• Trip to Disneyland
  
  My recommendation (in addition to my kids) is based on his love of the titanic. Have you heard of Ernest Shackleton? He did a journey to the South Pole that was very much an adventure story about leadership and teamwork. There is a graphic novel about it that might be right for him (I haven't read it) and a larger book called Endurance.
  
  Good luck on the gifting!

Twice now, professional friends of my wife (who, as always, is a humanities professor) have given my oldest daughter this kind of book as a gift. Each time it was a from a late 30s childless feminist female professor (who are people I like fine, btw). They apparently thought the books were "fun" and "playful" with a "good message".

The first of these, A is for Activist, I mostly rolled my eyes about and then gave away after a while.

The second one, Rad American Women A-Z, was given as a gift when I wasn't around, so I only came across it when looking at my 5 year old daughter's book shelf. The very first content page of this book when I opened it was this hagiography of Angela Davis - it is instructive to compare the article in the kids book with the information in the wikipedia page. And I'll admit, I seethed for a while after finding this book on my daughter's book shelf.

I recognize that there are people out there who want to give their kids these kinds of books, just as there are people who want to give their kids Baby's First Bible Stories or Baby's First Bill O'Reilly or Baby's First Glenn Beck or Baby's First Hamas.

And aside from that Hamas cartoon, this doesn't bother me. This is basically one major way people pass on their values and culture and worldview to their kids.

Nor does it bother me that my daughter will learn, over time, that there are well-meaning people out there who support Angela Davis, or Glenn Beck, or Moses, or radical feminism, or traditionalism, or Orthodox Judaism, or whatever, and that they disagree with each other, and they have their reasons, and that's okay. And she'll have to make up her own mind about those things.

But what does bother me is the idea that it's reasonable, and fun, and not even worthy of comment, to give what amounts to pretty nakedly partisan / radical propaganda to other people's kids.

It was actually after finding this second book that it finally sunk in for me that my previous practice of just politely and silently keeping my politics and worldview to myself around my wife's peers wasn't going to work. It doesn't bother me that I don't agree with them on plenty of stuff, and it's not important to me that they be convinced of, or engage with, my viewpoints or values. I actually get nothing out of them getting a window in to what I think and believe, really. But I've started seeing their assumptions about what all decent people think and value leak into how they treat my kids. And that's getting my back up. It's the assumptions part of it more than anything.

EDIT: To clarify, both books were given to my wife by the friends. No one was trying to go around our backs or anything like that... nor would they, because it wouldn't have occurred to them that there was anything objectionable about the books in the first place. It just happened to be the case that I found the second book on the book case without knowing it had been given, as described above.

Bill Bryson wrote a shorter version of his book that is aimed at kids. I did not read it, but I read his other work and it is fantastic, and the amazon reviews are very positive.
[A Really Short History of Nearly Everything](http://www.amazon.com/Really-Short-History-Nearly Everything/dp/0385738102/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1290524524&sr=1-1)

I would also recommend a simple children's encyclopedia like:

DK's First Encyclopedia

Scholastic Children's Encyclopedia

Although what I recommend is you get a nice little experiments book, and do experiments with him, that is simply the best and the most fun way to get a kid hooked on science. I suggest a chem kit, and you help him out and do experiments with him. Examples:

The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science

Theo Gray's Mad Science(WARNING:SERIOUSLY dangerous but really cool)

You can also look at this website and do experiments with him. I highly recommend this:

The Naked Scientists Kitchen Science

Hey, infants and toddlers need books too!

Yummy Yucky was a favourite in our house. So were Dinosaur vs Bedtime and Goodnight Gorilla.

Getting a little bit older, my kids loved all the Arnold Lobel books and so did I. They were/are among the very few of my kids' books that I never ever got tired of reading over and over again, night after night.

Personally I loved the Madeline books and the Babar books, my daughter liked them but I could never get my son into them.

This was a huge favourite for both my kids in the toddler/preschool years. I can still recite some of those stories from memory (and do).

The original Thomas the Tank Engine stories are really charming. If your nephew ends up taking an interest in trains and that sort of thing, this is a gorgeous book.

eta: almost forgot: Maurice Sendak is essential. My kids can both recite Chicken Soup with Rice from beginning to end.

National Geographic's Big Book of Why is good. They also have other great science books. So it Time's Big Book of How.

Time, National Geographic and other companies do kid's almanacs that are great. My kid and his friends still devour them.

The Magic Schoolbus books are a good place to start.

Girls Think of Everything is a great book on women inventors.

The Way Things Work is great.

Sick Science Kits are neat. But I think younger kids might need a little oversight.

Same. My wife and I are actually a bit concerned about this.

My best defense about this is to take every opportunity I have to teach my kids how to think for themselves. I'm always encouraging questions like, "how do you know?".

They'll hear stories from everyone. The key is to figure out which stories have actual reality behind them, and which are just for fun. Whenever I explain something I always try to explain how I know that, what the science is behind it, and what conclusions were drawn. Also I'm never shy about saying when I don't know something.

Evolution is huge for me. I teach my kids all about science, and specifically evolution. I love this book especially because while the first half of the book is about how evolution occurred, the whole second half is about how we know that.

Up until that point it's just a story, like anything else. Just like, say, stories they might hear at the grandparents' house. The difference? Well, let's turn the page and start learning.

This is going to sound silly, but the origami. I know it originally started in China but Japan is what everyone associates with. When I was in the first grade, each class chose a country to study and ours was Japan. Our teacher (whose parents were from Japan), taught us how to origami. I still know how to do some of the simple animals and boxes (though I am awful at everything else).

I also vaguely remember her bringing some Japanese candy for us to try. I don't remember what is tasted like but I do remember you could eat the paper (I think it melted in your mouth).

And we read the book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, which is still one of the most beautiful and heart breaking stories I have read.

I also love anime. Particularly Cowboy Bebop (the best anime), Hayao Miyazaki (who doesn't love Studio Ghibli?), and Dragon Ball Z (yes, it is awful but it was my gateway anime). For my Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z were the shows that brought my dad, siblings, and I together every Saturday morning (so I have to thank Japan for that).

Slave trading was already going on in West Africa by the time Portuguese Explorers began going on slave raids into the Senegambia coast in 1444. Keep in mind the "slave trade" we think of today, with a well assigned system, rules and way of treating slaves already in place. Slaves where gained by raids and through war, to which they where often put out to work, though treated much better than the Europeans did, most slaves where used as servants and used for manual labor, though given much better nourishment and treatment.

Many slaves would be treated as part of the family once enslaved, and would be allowed to eat and stay in the house of whoever family they where with. Slaves would be traded though, usually to lend off their talents or to just gain money.

When the Portuguese arrived in 1444 they sent out slave raids on the Senegambia coast, somewhat successfully until West African (Mali) forces began naval scrimmages against the portuguese vessels, often using much lower quality boats, yet, due to their skill with poison arrows where able to put the Portuguese in an increasingly tough situation until in 1456 they send Courtier Diogo Gomes to establish peace between Portugal and the Senegambia coast ruling Mali Empire (though the empire was in its decline, soon to transform into the Songhai empire)

in 1462, after peace was established, Portugal shifted its focus from raids and battles to trade with the Africans. Still desiring the original recourse they came for, slaves, they heightened demand greatly. The West Africans, seeking the valuable European goods began heightening their slave trade, taking slaves from rival nations and villages to be sold to the Europeans.

The Africans (those not being enslaved) and Europeans both prospered off of this, West Africans became wealthy off of the trade of rival nations and slave trade blossomed as a great new economic tool was established.

In short, the modern thought that Africans where "Enslaving their own" is incorrect. Slaves came from enemy and warring clans and nations, as separate culturally and individually as, say, Vietnam and China. This meant west african nations could now profit from war and battle with their rivals, and that they did. They where quite willing to trade with European partners due to the great goods the Europeans offered, and they traded slaves by their own free will. It was like any other business in a sense. Slaves already owned where traded to Europeans and more where captured after that. It was a mutually beneficial economic relationship, though it damaged the relations in west Africa greatly, throwing the nations into a time of constant tension.

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Sources:

[The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa | by Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack] (http://www.amazon.com/Royal-Kingdoms-Ghana-Mali-Songhay/dp/0805042598/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414292037&sr=1-1&keywords=Mali+%28Empire%29)

The African Slave Trade | By Basil Davidson

This is an amazing resource for kids. It's densly packed with great information and puts it in a way kids can follow and get wrapped up in it. I'm not trying to sell it...really...it's just my friend put a lot of work into it, and it's made the NYT Bestseller list for graphic books. Really well done. He has such a love for history that really comes out in his books.

http://www.amazon.com/Nathan-Hales-Hazardous-Tales-Treaties/dp/1419708082/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416771479&sr=8-1&keywords=nathan+hale%27s+hazardous+tales+treaties+trenches+mud+and+blood

Are you looking for fiction or non-fiction?

As far as non-fiction goes here are a few I like for kids:

Women in Science

Rad American Women

Girls Think of Everything

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

And if you search for any of these books there are always suggestions of tons of other great books. I have a Girl Scout troop so I'm always browsing for great pro-women books for them.

Also the Wreck this Journal books aren't "books" but still super fun for girls that age!

I have 2 boys of my own. They're 100% car loving, nerf weapon wielding, stereotypes.

I'm also a believer in being a strong woman and it being ok to wear a pink tutu while doing it. ;) I usually have my kid pick out a gift, then I also pair it with a book like one of these. In fact, my two favorite go to books are girls who rocke the world and Girls think of everything

Mischief Managed

If you are going to go to school everyone needs a good book

If I were to need a cape or cloak like a super hero, I would really want this instead because be yourself unless you can be a unicorn then be a unicorn.

If I needed to fly I would want something more than a broom, I want to travel in time lord style

I hope I did this right. That's all the answers I have

He is was one the funniest story tellers there is. His book A Short History of Nearly Everything sparked my deep fascination with science in my teenage years. I highly recommend the book to anyone who has the slightest interest in how the Big Bang, Galaxies, Evolution, Cells, etc work. He point of view is that of a layman just trying to figure out simple questions like "How did the scientists find out how old the earth is?"

tl;dr, everyone should read A Short History of Nearly Everything

I can't say of a novel aside from Treasure Island, but I've run across a nice little resource type book called Pirateology. It tells you all about the ships, weapons, famous pirates, it's a great book. There's also Pirates which is a little cheaper, more of a children's resource guide, but it's nice nonetheless. It's a wee bit easier to find than the first, but the first is considered the "go to" when speaking on behalf of Pirates.

Books for Young Children

• Good Night, Sam
  
• Skippyjon Jones
  
• Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse
  
• Those Darn Squirrels
  
• Oh the Thinks You Can Think!
  
• Bad Kitty Does Not Like Dogs
  
• The Itsy Bitsy Snowman
  
• The Littlest Elf
  
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  
• The Good Dinosaur
  
  I Can Read - Books
  
  
• A Kiss for Little Bear
  
• Little Bears Friend
  
• Amelia Bedelia
  
• Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia
  
• Eloise Visits the Zoo
  
• Eloise Throws a Party
  
• May I Please Have a Cookie?
  
• Pete the Cat: At the Beach
  
• Mac and Cheese
  
• Splat the Cat
  
  Books for Older Kids
  
  
• Disney Fairies, The Never Girls Collection
  
• Ivy + Bean’s Secret Treasure Box
  
• The Ramona Collection
  
• Pippi Longstocking
  
• Mr Popper’s Penguins
  
• The Chocolate Touch
  
• Magic Tree House Boxed Set
  
• Girls Think of Everything
  
• Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids
  
• Owl Diaries
  
• 5,000 Awesome Facts
  

How about:

• This Crash Course US History Timeline Poster ($12)
  
• This Crash Course US Government Poster ($10)
  
• This beautiful book of illustrated maps ($25)
  
• Rad American Women A-Z ($17)
  
• Literally anything related to Hamilton
  
• A "On This Day In History" Calendar ($9)
  
• The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation ($15)
  
• A History of America in 100 Maps ($23)
  
• Something under "history classroom" on Etsy
  
  Also: Have you tried having a look at what she's pinned on Pinterest? You might find some helpful ideas there. Good luck!

I love getting science books for my religious niece and nephew for Xmas. I do it every year and love their annual look of frustration when they see I spent money on something they never plan to read. I'm ever hopeful though as they are approaching that rebellious age where kids question everything.

I think the best book is probably Richard Dawkins Magic of Reality but I'm sure the author's name alone will turn off a longtime religious person. One of my other favorites is a Short History of Almost Everything by Bill Bryson. It is very approachable as he is not a scientist but the book is not as rigorous as Dawkins. Both books are written for a pre-teen reading level for maximum readability.

A classic book from elementary school, haha :)

Thanks for the contest! (And, if you're american, HAPPY FOURTH IF JULY!)

I had the same exact thing happen. I just kept insisting she was believing in fairy tales. I also bought her a great book on evolution, Annabelle & Aiden: The Story of Life which she loved. As I read it, she said, "Oh I know, Jesus did that!" I said, "that's like when I do tricks and tell you I know magic. Look for the answers, don't be lazy and say it was magical."

We also told my MIL if she continued, she wouldn't be allowed around her grandchild.

You can still sing lullabies! I personally have no singing voice, and I'd hum tunelessly, rock my daughters, pat their back, put on music or one of their favorite shows. Reading is also another great approach; my middle daughter's favorite books were actually the children's science-oriented books like Bang! though my oldest preferred books about fish, and my youngest is nonverbal and prefers to be held or just to have me nearby. Occasionally nightmares are bad enough that it's quicker to wake up and go back down to sleep than it is to try to get them to feel better from the nightmare.

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Goddamn This War by Jacques Tardi is tremendous. It's dark but so is ever WWI book.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1606995820/

For a lighter, more humourous WWI graphic novel, Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood is great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1419708082/

Make me smile, Rasta! (and my stepkids) with Yo Millard Fillmore!

Hope you have a great Monday!

All of these ideas, but also making sure to focus on all of it, not just evolution. I'm trying "A Really Short History of Nearly Everything" with my 6 year old. I also try not to make too big of a deal about it. Just reading some of it on and off.

I had lots of dino, anatomy, field guides, nature encylopedia etc. for my two older kids, they are now 19 and 21. It had a positive effect, my son is very science oriented.

Don't forget to take your kids outside for firsthand experience. If they can see the world around them and avoid religious threats and promises they will figure it out for themselves and take an interest later.

Oh pumpkin! I would love to get this. Happy cake day!

comment content: There's a wonderful series by a guy named Sasek. This Is London, This Is Paris, This Is Venice etc

They're pretty Eurocentric, but extremely adorable.

This is Rome https://www.amazon.com/dp/0789315491/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_TOaIybERBFZMK

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Since the World Began is basically about the first 25 years of Disney World, out of print I think but a lot of cheap used options

As for WDW effects on America? Park wise if anything Disneyland in CA would probably be the better choice as it was the first. Walt imagined this park, had it built to his design as he wanted to give people a different experience compared to other parks during Walt's time. Check out Walt Disney: An American Original by Bob Thomas. It's an autobiography on Walt but the later chapters does dive into the whole process and effect of Disneyland

Love Tanks? Download "Victory Follows: Jagdpanther" this weekend on Amazon!


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZN5YWK5

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Its the first in a series of short histories on specific tanks, written by a tank enthusiast. What are you waiting for? Go download a copy!

There's a wonderful series by a guy named Sasek. This Is London, This Is Paris, This Is Venice etc

They're pretty Eurocentric, but extremely adorable.

This is Rome https://www.amazon.com/dp/0789315491/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_TOaIybERBFZMK

It's hard to define great nonfiction books because they're not books kids cherish and read for years to come. The books are severely limited by the target age of the reader. Whereas, I'm sure my daughter will still own her Harry Potter set when she's 25-years-old.

1. A Street Through Time (Mostly pictures, but fascinating. There's also A City Through Time.)
   
   
2. Castle part of a series, similar to A Street Through Time, but black-and-white.
   
   
3. The (New) Way Things Work by the Castle author, although maybe too advanced for a 7-year-old.
   
   
4. Stephen Biesty's Incredible series -- Meticulous drawings and small print notes breaking down objects and processes.... the interior of a race car, the architectural sections of a cathedral, how wigs are made, how medieval armor is made, etc.
   
   
5. National Geographic Young Explorers. Specifically, the books from the 1980s found now at thrift stores. It seems every school and library once carried them. Maybe written too young for a 7-year-old, not sure. See if your library still carries the series.
   
   
6. Other multi-part 'How does X work?' books. I have one out-of-print series in mind I'll pull the title from after my kids are at school.
   
   
7. Ranger Rick magazine. Here's a Flash preview magazine. It has no advertising. In comparison, NatGeo Kids is packed with advertising and pop culture articles that have nothing to do with geography or the natural world. Tip: Google Ranger Rick and click the Google Ad to subscribe for $15 instead of $20.
   

I recommend reading Since the World Began. It is really fascinating reading about everything that led up to the opening. It's extra special to me as it came out right before I went on my WDW College Program for the 25th Anniversary.

:D IT WAS AWESOME. Though mine started to fall apart as I kept reading it over and over :P


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I remember a pirates book on the library. I am not sure but it could be This

or That

If you are interested more visual book, and a little fancy. I remember that gem in the eye was inside the second page or something. Making a hole in the hardcover, giving 3D feeling.

Sounds like this:

>Another learning adventure game on disc from DK, Castle Explorer takes you into (at times quite literally) a 3-D animated, 14th-century European castle. There are cross-sections galore, with pop-up windows explaining archaic terminology and videos of live actors. It's a combination of DK's The Way Things Work and (yet again) Myst, letting you explore the castle as a spy for the King and carry out an important mission. Along the way you'll assume a disguise, interact with other characters, and collect pieces of a vital map as well as coins (to bail you out when, inevitably, you end up being thrown in the dungeon). All of this is executed superbly and believably in typical DK fashion.

Castle Explorer

http://www.amazon.com/Castle-Explorer-DK/dp/0789408910

I would love this book and I am not even from the US. I think Ooryl2 would find it interesting.

This excellent book tells the story of Shackelton's attempt on the South Pole.

Graphic novel, if that's more to your liking.

The Choose Your Own Adventure books are mostly SF and fantasy. That's how I got started. They are really fun books.

They have some sets on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Abominable-Snowman-Journey-Nabooti-Adventure/dp/1933390948/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405722552&sr=1-1&keywords=choose+your+own+adventure

If what he is describing is "Since the World Began" then yes, it is an amazing book. http://www.amazon.com/Since-World-Began-Disney-First/dp/0786882190

Sounds a lot like “A Street Through Time” which was a book I loved as a kid, still have it.

https://www.amazon.com/Street-Through-Time-Anne-Millard/dp/0789434261

He found it in the end!
Thanks for trying. :)

https://www.amazon.com/Street-Through-Time-Anne-Millard/dp/0789434261

Are youI think you're referring to this: [http://www.amazon.com/Castle-Explorer-DK-Publishing/dp/0789408910/ref=pd_sim_sbs_vg_2](DK Castle Explorer) I used to play the shit out of that trivia game!!! I feel I know more about medieval societies than Daniel Jackson because of it! (hopes your username is a Stargate-related one but if not please ignore..)

Makes me think of this book :)

Was it a DK game? I remember something like this. There was a butt crack of a guy sitting on a chamber pot. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0789408910?pc_redir=1414274813&robot_redir=1

Here's another sciency one for kids I'd recommend: http://www.amazon.com/Really-Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0385738102

Since the World Began: Walt Disney World: The First 25 Years is a fairly good survey, if a bit dated.

A little more specific, but I also really enjoyed The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kigdom to the Movies.

I wasn't able to find a single series that I liked. The one that comes up first on Amazon is the National Geographic "Treasuries" series, but those bring a strong western bias, talks down about the 'barbarians' who believed those things, and ultimately tried to reconcile the myths of other cultures with Christianity. Which totally defeats the purpose of teaching mythology in the first place. So I ended up curating my own collection of books that were a bit more objective and unbiased.

Here's a couple that I settled on:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0763663158
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0689868855
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385015836
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804838070
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1573060798

Well, in the US, it wasn't a genre per se. The brand was "Choose Your Own Adventure".

http://www.amazon.com/Abominable-Snowman-Journey-Nabooti-Adventure/dp/1933390948/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418516820&sr=8-1&keywords=choose+your+own+adventure

Amazon! They have other ones too but here are a couple:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-4-Book/dp/1933390948/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1549810839&sr=8-2&keywords=choose+your+own+adventure+books

https://www.amazon.co.uk/6-Book-Choose-Your-Adventure-Classic/dp/1933390921/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1549810839&sr=8-8&keywords=choose+your+own+adventure+books

Just reminded me of this incredible book from childhood.
http://www.amazon.com/Street-Through-Time-Anne-Millard/dp/0789434261

Are you reading them the kids version of this book titled "A Really Short History of Nearly Everything" (no joke)

Might the book that you are looking for be A Street Through Time?

Read Yo, Millard Fillmore to learn them. https://www.amazon.com/Yo-Millard-Fillmore-those-Presidents/dp/1935212419

I found it by the way.

A Short History of Nearly Everything.

Possible answers:

Logic Quest 3D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMndtSeZZ0E

Encarta Mind Maze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLmudzYWY94

DK Castle explorer: http://www.amazon.com/Castle-Explorer-DK/dp/0789408910

(Links got from previous TOMT post replies to similar questions)

Totally this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1933390948/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1317510046&sr=8-1

There's a kid-friendly version of the Bill Bryson book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0385738102?pc_redir=1407091727&robot_redir=1

"They [atoms] are also fantastically durable. Because they are so long lived, atoms really get around. Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you. We are each so atomically numerous and so vigorously recycled at death that a significant number of our atoms – up to a billion for each us, it has been suggested – probably once belonged to Shakespeare."

-Bill Bryson, a Short History of Nearly Everything

Essentially, within a few hundred years, billions of your grandfather's atoms will be a part of every living organism on this planet.

I've read in here that we are wearing about 2 kg of dead skin with us. IIRC all skin is dead, at least the outside tissue. So you wouldn't be that happy without your skin.