Natural History (DK Definitive Visual Encyclopedias)

My 7-year-old loves this book.

I love this book. The pages are in good quality and the figures are fantastic. It covers almost everything about natural history.

I always prefer the books for kids can actually hold and read and think about the context of the book. Not the electric device, too much not good at all for their ages.

Very nostalgic, I’m a 90s kid and this is a necessity to have on hand. Very informative, but plenty of color. Like an adult picture book. Looking for more to buy.

Awesome book!

This is an amazing book! I can't believe this hardcover book is less than $30! When this book arrived, I showed it to my husband and asked him how much he thought I paid for the book. His answer was that he thought it was easily over $100. He was amazed when I told him how much I paid for it.The vast amount of illustrations and photographs are fantastic (it can be hard to tell which is which) and it contains so much information. I am a n artist and have used this book on several occasions for inspiration. It will always have space on my bookshelf until I am too old and feeble to pick up this heavy and rather large book.While it does have a Kindle version, I prefer my reference books to be hardcopies rather than a digital format. There is nothing like opening a book such as this to a random page just to see what there is. This is not a book that you can read from back to front (well, at least I can't), but to be experienced by looking up a specific species or to find treasures through random acts of book openings.I am currently doing to series on African birds thanks to the inspiration I've found in this book. But you don't have to be an artist to enjoy and admire this book! My 9-year old grandson who is obsessed with all things oceanic and knows every species of dinosaurs that has been discovered, loves this book every bit as much as I do!Well done, Penguin Random House, Dk, and the Smithsonian Institute for making such a book at such an affordable price range that almost anyone can afford. The quality of the book, while isn't superb (which would make it truly out of reach for most of us), it is really good. The pages are glossy and have a little bit of weight to them. It's not built to last generations, but that is not necessary to spark the imagination or the thirst for knowledge in a young mind. And isn't that the point?

Me personally I just love collections and just large amounts of information that does not go to much into detail. This book has a LOT of that; paired with the internet you can individually search about things pertaining to your interests. I mainly got this for the Geology side of things but I am sure I will be using it for more in the near future. Plus I just love all the vibrant and seemingly endless colors on display, works great when I need to distract my nieces or nephews.

My husband is impossible to buy for, but I had an inspiration this past Christmas after he was so enthusiastic about the DK science books I bought for our grandchildren’s birthday and Christmas gifts. I wa so happy to see the pleasure he is taking in it—who wouldn’t? Hours and hours of enjoyment browsing in it