What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
As an educator, our family has an affinity for educational books. Older readers of any age will be compelled to seek more specific references. It's no surprise because the library books back i read back then were dorling kindersley too.
Every so often there is a spread about different things that relate to an element that is being talked about. Fascinating additional sections are included to highlight certain elements. Jet turbines are made of aluminum due aluminum's lightness and st... Read More
The smithsonian produces high quality publications with luxurious photographs, particularly when they are manufactured by dk. This volume does not disappoint. Dk books never disappoint.
The book has a nice, hard backboard and easily holds up to all of the graphics in the book. It is impressive with the silver shiny cover that reflects light to entice the reader in a hypnotic way. This is a spectacular, glossy, large picture book that... Read More
Cons
The kindle edition is terrible. Each page is cut in half and displayed sideways. They are all scans of the page and no text is selectable.
Highlights
Quality
I love the pictures with the text to keep younger students engaged with using this book.
It's a wonderful book with the elements in its truest form and in color.
But wanted an easy browse visual to go with the more serious learning.
Over all i am pleased with the book but the shipper did not take care to protect the foil cover so it is scratched and dented, ... Read More
Competitiveness
We sent these to three grandkid families, by request after they looked inside on the amazon site.
I purchased for my 11yo and so far everything seems age appropriate for his reading level!
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- This product had a total of 4,504 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 5 2023.
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I wish he would of explained better the way electrons arrange themselves in each layer of an element
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Nor does the book discuss the different isotopes of an element
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
He has a few of these books and simply devours the pages
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
No i don t mean high school either
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For a couple of weeks we carried it everywhere with us
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However when we turned to the beginning we noticed that the introduction was in spanish
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The description says english and the rest of the book is in english but my son is missing out on the details because its in spanish
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not a huge deal but very confused as to why this wasnt listed on the description
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