All the science you need to know by age 7 by Katie Daynes
Illus. by Stefano Tognetti. Usborne, 2020. ISBN: 9781474968966.
80pp., hbk.
Little people always have lots of questions about the world around
them - it's how they find out how it works. Often the answers to
those questions lie in quite profound science and relate to topics
like plants, animals, materials, time, weather, forces and energy,
all of which are gathered together with others in this single volume
that provides the basic answers beginning with the premise that a
scientist is one 'who studies the world around us' and therefore
anyone can be one using their powers of observation and some simple
tools.
Author Katie Daynes is a specialist in answering questions
about science for young people and so you can be assured that the
information in the book is pitched at just the right level and
offered in a format that is accessible and appealing. As well as the
colour-coded sections there are also a glossary and an index, both
supporting early information literacy skills as students learn to
navigate nonfiction texts efficiently and effectively. And, as is
common with publications from Usborne, there are curated quicklinks
which provide further information to support
further questions.
This is an ideal text to capitalise on children's natural curiosity,
demystify what science is and open up a whole new world at the same
time. Perhaps an interest piqued today will be the knowledge that
defeats a pandemic tomorrow.
Barbara Braxton