Usborne Children's Picture Atlas - Usborne Activities

Usborne Children's Picture Atlas Another well thumbed Usborne book, offering lots of information and good value. THE BOOK The book itself is divided into double page spreads covering: The Universe; What Are Maps?; Countries and Cities; People; Getting Around; Ice and Snow; Deserts; Grasslands; Forests; Mountains; Rivers and Lakes; Seas and Oceans; The World; North America; South America; Australasia and Oceania; Asia; Africa; Europe; The Arctic; Antarctica. The double page spreads are divided into bite size pieces of information, with photographs, pictures and cartoons to emphases the ... more

For those of you who are familar with Usborne books you will aware at how great they and enjoyable for children and parents alike. For those of you who haven't come across the company here's a bit of spiel to enlighten you. ***** Usborne Publishing ***** Usborne publishing is one of the leading international, award winning children's publishers for both fiction and non-fiction books. They have over 1200 titles in their repetoire, and sell all across Europe and internationally. They have been established for many years and in 1981 branched out into irect selling but the introduction of Usborne ... more

Overview If you know kids, you'll know that once they find a book they like... you could be reading it for weeks or months! They love this at bedtime... its truly colourful for my little 3 year old with some lovely pictures, graphics and a real 'usborne' feel. For my 6 year old... he is fascinated by facts, and the well designed maps, information and knowledge of other places in the world. It has maps of the whole world, with beautiful childrens icons and pictures of what lives there, what to see and facts and figures. My mum and dad travel alot now they are retired, and following Nanny and ... more