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Everything: World War II: Facts and photos from the front line to the home front! (National Geographic Kids)
£7.00£7.60 (-8%)
Fact-packed topic books for primary school children
Brave soldiers, important battles, life on the Home Front! It’s time to learn everything about the Second World War.
Packed with facts, pictures and maps it’s ideal for homework, topic work, KS2 school projects and anyone who is simply curious about history.
· colourful photography and illustration
· hundreds of interesting facts
· maps, diagrams, interactive glossary, and more!
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Additional information
| Publisher | Collins (22 July 2021) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 64 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0008444765 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0008444761 |
| Reading age | 7 – 11 years, from customers |
| Dimensions | 23.2 x 0.6 x 27.6 cm |
by Siltone
Primarily aimed at children in the 7-11 year old range, this is a very good overview of WW2. As an adult I have to admit that I read it, and actually gleaned knowledge that was previously unknown to me. I know some may question why kids of today need to learn about such a traumatic period in our recent past, but I think that studying such an important area of our history enables us to develop a much better understanding of the world in which we presently live. Building a good degree of knowledge and understanding of key events, especially those that occurred in the past one hundred years, enables us to develop a much greater appreciation for current events today.
As you would expect, this publication has all the hallmarks of National Geographic: clear photos, detailed diagrams, chock full of interesting facts and figures given in a way that is easy for the reader to digest, and all printed on high quality, glossy paper. The book contains 64 pages, and measures precisely 276mm x 232mm (so slightly shorter and wider than A4).
I believe this is a worthwhile book to buy any child who fits into the appropriate age bracket, though a degree of caution might be needed in regard to kids at the lower end of the age scale due to photos some may find distressing. Given the quality of this publication, it’s educational value, and it’s reasonable price, I have no hesitation in recommending this book.
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by Mark H
I think it’s easy to dismiss books as a fact finding resource now we have the internet at our fingertips but I think, if done with quality and creativity, there is something about reading a book that really helps facts sink in and come to life. This book from National Geographic is such a book.
I’ll admit I am a fan of Nat Geo Kids books. If you haven’t tried them before with your children (or you are in the target age range yourself) then I recommend the whole series. They are always really high quality books, and the content is bright, engaging and most importantly well researched and thoughtfully presented.
This book on WW2 carries on the fine Nat Geo Kids tradition. Lots of well written facts and stories, accompanied by rich visuals that bring things to life. This particular book gives lots of details on the war at home in the UK and it lays out the facts really well – how the British Isles was under attack, how people lived under that threat, how things turned around and how the war ended. It also covers some difficult but hugely important topics like The Holocaust with sensitivity.
My 9 year old nephew really enjoyed reading it and came away with questions and a real interest in finding out more. And if that isn’t the best thing a book like this can deliver then I don’t know what is!
by KezSelbz
I’ve bought this as a Christmas present for my 8 year old who is really into everything to do with the armed forces and past wars.
I’ve had a look through and I’m extremely impressed with the content. It’s very informative, with brillaint illustrations and photographs, and the quality of paper that it’s printed on is second to none. I knew it would be a very good read with it being NatGeo, but it’s even better than expected.
by I Read, Therefore I Blog
This book by National Geographic Kids is aimed at children aged 8+ is a UK-centric breezy overview of World War II from Appeasement to the dropping of the A-bombs. There are plenty of pictures and it’s written in a way that’s easy to understand, but I was surprised there’s no mention of the Bletchley Park code breakers or the black market that surrounded rationing and it conflates sonar and radar, when they’re subtly different.
I picked this up because I’m interested in history and how it’s presented to children and National Geographic has a good reputation for factual books. This is a pretty comprehensive book, which takes a fairly linear approach to the key events of the war (aided by a handy time line in each chapter that shows when different events were taking place). It is UK-centric so there are chapters dedicated to the UK home front, including the early evacuations, the Blitz and efforts to keep the Home Front running (including bringing in women and the impact on merchant shipping). However it also takes on the Eastern Front and war in the Pacific and in Africa and has a chapter on the Holocaust and the impact on Jewish people (although if I’m being picky, I think more could have been made of the other victims of the Holocaust than what’s on the page – which is not to diminish at all the impact on Jews but the fact that Roma, communists, homosexuals and disabled people were caught up in it should have been expanded on).
Each chapter is a short 2 pages and includes plenty of pictures to illustrate the events. There’s also a handy little quiz at the end so that readers can check how much they’ve absorbed from the book.
Whilst acknowledging that a book of this type cannot go into every single detail of the war, there were a number of omissions that I found surprising. Most notably is the failure to include even a short box on the Bletchley Park code breakers, which is remarkable given that there are a number of instances in the book where it mentions how important code breaking was to Allied efforts. I also think that the sections on rationing should have mentioned that there was a black market, if only because it otherwise risks painting a picture for children of everyone doing what they were told when that was blatantly not the case. Finally, there is a minor error in the book in that when talking about the impact of radar and sonar, the text suggests that they’re basically the same thing when they actually use different waves (albeit the same principles apply).
Criticisms aside, however, this is a good way of introducing the topic of World War II to younger children and gives them a good overview of the key events and discussion points. If you have a youngster learning about this in school or who has expressed an interest in the subject, then I think it’s worth their time to get a copy.
by Siltone
My teenage daughter has recently become very interested in WWII topic. She wants to know more than they are teaching her in school. That is why I thought that World War II: Facts and photos from the front line to the home front! by National Geographic will be an ideal read for her.
I always liked National Geographic’s publications and thought they carry the highest quality content. This time is no different. This is an excellent publication about WWII.
Great photos and illustrations, interesting facts and figures given in a simple way, and all of that on high-quality, glossy paper.
My daughter and I are very happy with this publication.
Highly recommended!