Tracy Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I am looking to buy some books for ds6 for Christmas. He has read Percy Jackson, but he is more comfortable at the Magic Tree House level. He is all stereotypical boy. He likes war, battles, weapons and military strategy. I don't suppose there is a book about military strategy for this age level? He likes both science and history. He especially likes trivia and numerical facts. He has read an entire series of books on all the planets in the solar system. He has also read the entire DK book on the human body. He has read a lot of stories about mythology. He would probably like something about inventions. Those are subjects he likes a lot, but I am not sure I could find a book with more information than he already knows that won't seem too overwhelming to him (small fonts, a lot of text per page). I am having a hard to figuring out if a book would be appropriate for him by perusing online. Any ideas for history or science books for a bright and curious 6yo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Have you looked at Usborne books? We have some of the "lift the flap" ones that are really fun (um, flaps!), but have a lot of interesting information in them as well. They also have one (whose title is escaping me) which does delve into military tactics - it was about the Romans and what life like a soldier was like. My very similar child devoured the Romans one. I'll see if I can find it. ETA: http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/book/1~RR~ARR~7962/roman-soldiers-handbook.aspx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellojwolford Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Sounds like my boy. He has loved the Dangerous Book for Boys. This book has two or three pages on diverse topics such as famous battles, a Navajo talkers dictionary, signal flags, knot tying, how to build a tree house, sports stats,and even grammar. It made a great Christmas present! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I'm not familiar with the Magic Tree House books, so don't know if these would be at an appropriate level, but a couple of my little brothers really loved the Collins Eyewitness Guides around that age, and for the next few years. We used to gift them to each other as kids, because it was so special to be able to find a whole book about a single topic that someone was interested. My other thought is that maybe your DS would like a history encyclopaedia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 We actually have quite a few history encyclopedias around here, as I have an older child who loves history. I was looking through the Usborne books, but it is so hard to tell if they will be advanced enough. I'll be looking for the Dangerous Book for Boys and the Collins Eyewitness Guides. Thanks for the suggestion!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 I'm not familiar with the Magic Tree House books, so don't know if these would be at an appropriate level, but a couple of my little brothers really loved the Collins Eyewitness Guides around that age, and for the next few years. We used to gift them to each other as kids, because it was so special to be able to find a whole book about a single topic that someone was interested. My other thought is that maybe your DS would like a history encyclopaedia? It seems that Collins Eyewitness is now DK Eyewitness. We actually have a bunch of those. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Maybe Usborne Beginner Plus books? They are written at an easy to read level but on advanced topics, such as special forces, spying, tanks, warships. The spying book has a few preview pages you can look at to see if it is a fit. http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/subject/1~BEG~BBGP/beginners-plus.aspx Ds has these two books on inventions and enjoys them: See Inside Inventions: http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/book/1~S~SSI~5883/see-inside-inventions.aspx The Story of Inventions: http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/book/1~ILB~ILH~2377/the-story-of-inventions.aspx Does he like reading about people in history? 100 People Who Made History is fun and informative: http://www.amazon.com/100-People-Who-Made-History/dp/075669003X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1416928447&sr=8-3&keywords=100+people+history&pebp=1416928459946 Ds recently received the book One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia and spends ages poring over it: http://www.amazon.com/One-Million-Things-Visual-Encyclopedia/dp/0756638437/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416928612&sr=8-1&keywords=1000000+things&pebp=1416928628037 For Christmas ds is getting Solar System: A Visual Exploration. It is at an advanced reading level, but it is gorgeous: http://www.amazon.com/Solar-System-Exploration-Planets-Heavenly/dp/1579128858/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1416929048&sr=8-9&keywords=solar+system&pebp=1416929061823 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Maybe Usborne Beginner Plus books? They are written at an easy to read level but on advanced topics, such as special forces, spying, tanks, warships. The spying book has a few preview pages you can look at to see if it is a fit. http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/subject/1~BEG~BBGP/beginners-plus.aspx Ds has these two books on inventions and enjoys them: See Inside Inventions: http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/book/1~S~SSI~5883/see-inside-inventions.aspx The Story of Inventions: http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/book/1~ILB~ILH~2377/the-story-of-inventions.aspx Does he like reading about people in history? 100 People Who Made History is fun and informative: http://www.amazon.com/100-People-Who-Made-History/dp/075669003X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1416928447&sr=8-3&keywords=100+people+history&pebp=1416928459946 Ds recently received the book One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia and spends ages poring over it: http://www.amazon.com/One-Million-Things-Visual-Encyclopedia/dp/0756638437/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416928612&sr=8-1&keywords=1000000+things&pebp=1416928628037 For Christmas ds is getting Solar System: A Visual Exploration. It is at an advanced reading level, but it is gorgeous: http://www.amazon.com/Solar-System-Exploration-Planets-Heavenly/dp/1579128858/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1416929048&sr=8-9&keywords=solar+system&pebp=1416929061823 These are all awesome. I want them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 How about the Time Warp Trio by John Sciezka? Here's one of them: http://www.amazon.com/Tut-Time-Warp-Trio/ My boys loved them - they are historical fiction similar to Magic Treehouse but a lot more fun in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 DK Eyewitness (or whoever they are now) has an Arms and Armor as well as WW1 and WW2 versions. They also had one on Knives a long while ago because my brother thought it was quite fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceyshoe Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 The Dangerous Book for Boys and The New Way Things Work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibiche Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 The Horrible (science, history, geography...) books are a lot of fun. We get ours from Ray at Horrible Books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Does he like the Basher Books? My DD got the Biology one at 4, when she saw it in a bookstore, and I just wrapped two more today for Christmas :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibiche Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Oh, yes, the Basher books are a lot of fun. As are Jay Hosler's books. And then there is The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA. Forgot about those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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