Summer School: 5 Books to Nurture Your Child’s Curiousity!

Animals don’t have bathtubs – so how do they stay clean? Will I dream tonight?  Why do onions make you cry?

 

If you have a child in this age range, chances are you receive a stumper that starts with the magic word “why”just about every day. We realize the daily tally would be far greater if questions of the “Why can’t I have more cookies?” genre also counted.

 

This question and answer book offers hungry learners dozens of easily digestible answers, accompanied with colorful illustrations, about topics related to our bodies, our homes, and the world beyond.

 

  

 

Fire up your imagination and get ready to embark on an adventure that starts in the days before cars, buses, and bikes, winds its way to the present, and takes a turn toward the future with the question: “Will we circle the stars like we now drive our cars?”

 

You can read this transportation tale straight through the first time and then start over for an interactive challenge. You’re encouraged to search for the pointy-eared dog, who makes an appearance somewhere in every illustrated scene. 

 

You’ll also find a “Did you Know?” section at the end with additional transportation trivia such as the history of the term “horsepower,” the nickname for the first cars, and the story of why the earliest towns and cities were built along the water. 

 

 

This watercolor illustrated reference book features memorable details about dozens of animals including how baby bats live in “an upside-down nursery,” what garden spiders use in place of Tupperware, and the role dance plays between male and female Japanese cranes. It turns out family dogs aren’t the only ones on the prowl for scraps. Fish called remoras attach themselves to sharks and swallow up the scraps left behind. You and your young readers are sure to devour all the fascinating facts.

 

Amazing Things Animals Do is divided into chapters about animals who help each other, baby animals, animals who hide and save their food, animal communication, and a final “Who’s Who” section including photographs and additional information.

 

Flip open to any page, and you’re likely to be wowed with facts and figures popping out at you from all over each double page spread. Did you know that a flea can jump about 220 times its own size?

 

Your child will get the behind the scenes answers to the “mysteries of everyday life” such as how a CD player works, learn about fictional heroes throughout the ages, gain snapshots of different historical time periods, and much more. Creative graphics, illustrations, and standout layouts grab your attention, and the facts hold it. 

 

Smart-opedia divides “everything” into categories of history, animals, astronomy, plants, science, earth, arts, technology, today’s world, and the human body.

A mother and daughter teamed up to write this self-esteem boosting guidebook. Body Talk delves into the pressures girls face, offering both explanations and words of encouragement.

 

The book is written in a fun, conversational style and addresses such topics as eating healthy and avoiding disorders, staying fit, and fighting off media hype when it comes to so called “miracle products” and definitions of beauty.

 

When it comes to beauty, you and your daughter (or granddaughter) will read how what’s considered ideal has changed over time and across the world.

 

Sprinkled throughout the pages, featuring colorful graphics and illustrations, you’ll also find suggested activities including asking a friend to make a list of the top 10 things she likes about you, doing the same for her, and then swapping lists.