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I love science, it was by far my favourite subjects in high school especially chemistry. I loved learning how things worked and all about the world around us. My kids have picked up interest in this area and we love doing experiments and learning the how/why behind how things happen. Books are a great way to enrich the real life experiences your child has with science and How Science Works from DK Canada has everything you want to know and more.

About How Science Works

Explore answers to questions on 70 topics in the areas of matter, physics, energy, chemistry, life science, earth science, technology, and the universe.

How Science Works uses clear, easy-to-understand graphics to answer common questions and explain difficult concepts-not only the core science topics that eluded us at school, but also the cutting-edge science reported in the news.

Have you ever wondered how airplanes stay in the air, how holograms are made, or how ants lift things many times their size? You’ll find answers to these enigmas as well as learn about more complex developments, including the discovery of the Higgs boson, gravitational waves, and the mysteries of dark matter. Topic spreads include Q&A features, short-story sections, and simple graphics to answer all your questions about scientific principles, from familiar conundrums to mysteries that evade even the brightest minds.

You can purchase a copy of this book on DK Canada.

My Thoughts

This hard covered book contains roughly 250 pages of everything science related you can think of. The book covers matter, energy, life, space and earth – giving you a little bit of everything in the science field. Each section is colour coded at the top right allowing your child to pick what section they want to discover more about.

Each section is further broken down into a variety of popular topics, for example matter covers elements, atoms and reactions, while life covers viruses, cells, carbon cycle and so on. Each topic has an easy to read introduction before diving into more depth about the subject. The information is given in an easy to follow and understand format, which is great for older children and pre-teens (I even learned some new information!). It was also easy to read aloud to our youngest and started some great conversations at home.

Each topic also contains extremely helpful visual guides and illustrations. I am a visual learner so for me, this makes the learning process much easier for me. Many children also love visuals so this was a great addition to this book.The illustrations were bright and add excitement to each page, while driving home key points on each subject.

How Science Works is a beautifully designed book jam-packed with information on a wide variety of topics that will impress all young budding scientists and a must have addition to your learning library.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Our boys love LEGO, they love having the ability to build, create, design and act out daring adventures and more. LEGO fans will love the new book from DK Canada, LEGO City© Busy Word Book.

About LEGO City© Busy Word Book

More than 500 words about vehicles, buildings, jobs, and people label colorful LEGO© scenes and minifigures to help kids learn the building blocks of language.

LEGO City© is the perfect place for early readers to encounter lots of exciting words for the first time. There’s always something happening, whether it’s police officers catching crooks, firefighters training at the fire station, or hotdog vendors cooking up tasty snacks! Interactive activities such as spotting recurring characters and finding hidden objects keep children engaged and encourage repeat reading. Returning time and again to each page, children learn useful and fun words that they can use in daily life.

You can purchase a copy of this book on DK Canada.

Our Thoughts

This gorgeous, hard covered book will be a huge hit for LEGO fans. It is roughly 11×13 inches with sixty-four pages of colourful and bold images. The book covers every aspect of city life, emergency response crews and life outside the city. Children will easily recognize some of their favourite LEGO sets and minifigures in this book. It also gives you as a parent the opportunity to talk about these roles in real life – lets talk about the police that keep us safe, how we can stay safe at the beach and so on.

Each page has an introduction to the imagery as well as easy to read labels that will help encourage learning new words in your young child. Each page also has a “Can You Find” section, encouraging your child to find hidden images on the two page layout.

The LEGO CITY© Busy Word book is geared to children aged four to eight years of age and will make a great birthday, surprise and even Easter gift.

Disclosure: I received the above mentioned book in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Children are never too young to start to foster the love of reading – the younger you start the better! You can make it part of a daily routine around nap and bed time or even quiet time. Some of my favourite moments from my boy’s first year was sitting with them in our rocking chair and reading books to them. It was our special bonding time where we could sneak in cuddles and just be ourselves.

DK Canada has introduced two fantastic new books in their Baby’s First series to help you as a parent introduce important language skills in a fun and easy manner.

About Baby’s First Words

Introduce babies to their first words and foster early language skills with this super-stylish book that combines photography and contemporary illustrations.

Packed with babies’ first words, from socks and shoes, to apples and trucks, but packaged with style, this book is just right for design-conscious adults and their information-hungry babies.

You can purchase a copy of this book on DK Canada.

About Baby’s First Animals

Introduce babies to their first animals and foster early language skills with this super-stylish book that combines photography and contemporary illustrations.

Packed with babies’ favorite animals, from puppies and kittens, to zebras and elephants, but packaged with style, this book is just right for design-conscious adults and their information-hungry babies.

You can purchase a copy of this book on DK Canada.

Our Thoughts

These beautiful, brightly coloured books will be a favourite in your young child’s first library. They are hard covered but soft for your children. I loved how the images on the cover and inside the books were textured as well which is so important for toddlers. They love to touch and it gives a realistic look to each image.

The language is simple by design and allows you as a parent teaching moments, for example “kitten” – what noise does the kitten make, how does the kitten feel and so on. Both of the books give you the opportunity for these teaching moments allowing you to apply it to real life.

These beautifully designed books will become a favourite in your home and would make a great baby shower gift.

Disclosure: I received a copy of these books in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.