Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything: The Ultimate Guide to the World Around You (DK Eyewitness)

I didn't keep this book because I thought it was a little out of reach for my 10 year old grandson who lives in Scandinavia. He's bilingual, but I felt like this might be a little daunting. That said, it's a fantastic book, loaded with great illustrations and commentary. It might not be the perfect book for me, but I think it IS perfect for many, many kids!

Bought as a child’s present, but was pleasantly surprised with quality and aesthetic layout. Quality material and packed with beautiful photos and interesting descriptions.

I bought this book for my 5 and 3 year old grandchildren, but their dad loves it too! DK Eyewitness books are the best. Excellent reading for the curious child or adult. Highly recommend.

This is such a neat book! We got it to use with Homeschooling and my kids have LOVED it! The images are great and the facts keep them reading. I love hearing them teach each other about what they think is awesome. So engaging!

This book is colorful, engaging, and interesting for the whole family!

The book is colorful, informative, and engaging, but has one unfortunate blind spot. While the book covers the broad history from the Big Bang to the 21st century, its treatment of slavery is bound in time and place and, thereby, misleading. For DK, slavery begins in 1510 with the Portuguese initiating slavery in the Caribbean and ends in 1770. Yet, slavery has been part of the human condition since time immemorial. The Romans enslaved the British. The southern European slave trade with the Muslim Iberian Peninsula flourished from the 9th through the 18th centuries. Even the word "slave" is derived from the Slavic/Crimean slave trade with the Ottoman Empire. The slave trade routes across the Sahara Desert from the 7th to the 20th centuries are especially notorious. In North America the Iroquois enslaved captures from other tribes. And, according to the United Nations, slavery continues in some parts of the world to this day. The salient fact about slavery is that the values of Western Civilization were brought to bear to end it in most of the world--a tremendous cultural accomplishment.

Filled with interesting facts and layed out well so it’s interesting to kids and adults alike. Highly recommend!

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