Category: Books
Usborne Beginners are colorful information books for children beginning to read on their own. Vivid, full color illustrations and photographs on every page, accompanied by short, informative text. Developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Carefully selected Internet links to exciting websites to find out more. Great reading practice for children who prefer fact to fiction.
My six-year-old actually reads this one on his own without me nagging him. The short chunks of text next to each picture are just the right length for a beginner reader, and he keeps flipping back to the page about lava.
The full-color illustrations on every page kept my daughter glued to this for a solid hour, and the text is short enough that she could sound out most of it herself. Perfect first nonfiction book for a kid just starting to read independently.
My six-year-old has been reading this to me at bedtime and the short text blocks are perfect for a beginner. The illustrations on every page got him asking questions about lava and ash for twenty minutes straight.
