Oxford First Encyclopedia

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Superb - Rated
Bought this for my 5 year olds 5th birthday. Wasn't sure if it would be too old for him but its not its absolutely super and we read it every night together, he then looks at the pictures on his own and finds something he wants to learn more about the next night. I know he will use it for years to come as once he starts to read himself he will discover even more. Its split into 7 sections: My Body; People and Places; The Arts; The Earth; Animals and Plants; Scence and technology and The Universe. These are then split into sub sections. So for example My Body has 'look at me' 'my outside' 'bones and muscles' lungs and breathing'
' being born' 'illness' etc etc
Each section has interesting facts about how things work and also 'experiments' they can try out and to understand more about the subject. All the pages have pictures, photos and diagrams which make it interesting for a child that cannot read too.
I am very pleased with it and am buying another for my nephew. Well recommended.

primary 1 and 2 homework made easy - Rated
This encyclopedia is a must buy for parents who care about their kids education.

Combined with the kids dictonary - homework is a great fun. I am an utter git and made the kids look up the topic and read it then help them out.

Makes them think and learn from themselves and I am sure it impresses the teacher when we find some obscure fact and shove it in.

Dont expect it to be of any use for a University education, nor will it cover every subject under the sun. But it does cover the "Sun" and "Universities".

Cannot be recommended highly enough - Rated
I bought the Oxford First Encyclopedia for my six-and-a-half year old daughter for Christmas 2005. It has been the one present that she has consistently and continually gone back to over this year, so I'm buying one for her cousin!

The wording has been well thought out and is just right for kids of around six to about ten or eleven, so the encyclopedia certainly has shelf life. Simple subjects are made interesting and difficult subjects are well explained through the use of some very stylish illustrations, photographs and diagrams.

The book has been very supportive as it covers many of the subjects taught under the national curriculum at the ages I mention above. It's also a good, solid hardback, so it has survived the school bag for nearly a year.

High recommended.