Let´s normalize writing great nonfiction books for children. There is no subject a curious child´s mind will not be interested in. The art of writing as well as the illustrations´ part do play an important role to raising the interest of the little ones towards science and knowledge in general. And not only them.
Recently, I´ve followed by boy´s journey exploring the animal and natural world. My latest fantastic read: The Big Book of Chicken - in the original German translation from Dutch by Rolf Erdorf Das große Buch der Hühner - by Evelien De Vlieger, beautifully illustrated by Jan Hamstra,
I may confess from the very beginning that I had no idea what is the story of chicken and how their world looks like. Now I do: about their pre-historical relatives - dinosaurs! - their body functions and even some new stuff about their brains. And no, it´s no confirmation that chicken´s brains are so insignificant. I was fascinated about the many aspects covered in the book, from the purely biological ones to the explanation of the cultural and religious symbols.
The realistic illustrations bring a note of humour to the very serious and well documented background scientific information.
Personally, I wish there is such a book for many other topics, particularly from the animal world. There may be around the libraries and promise to feature them as soon as I will find them. Never stop learning, no matter from where and the learning support.
Rating: 5 stars
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