Thursday 16 July 2020
#Booky100Keepers Day 74: The amazing nonfiction books of Dorling Kindersley
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Dorling Kindersley
Again these were books that both my wife and I remember from our childhoods and books that we were delighted to revisit and rediscover alongside C as her interests grew.
DK's books have the highest reputation possible when it comes to non-fiction, with hugely talented teams around the world contributing to their incredible range.
Most kids start out with something like the awesome "DK Children's Encyclopedia" - a title that's regularly updated to encompass all the new developments in science and technology, and our understanding of the world around us. It really is "the book that explains everything" and as close as a kid can get to having their own Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy!
DK's natural history books have been a mainstay on the blog, coupling mesmerising illustration and photography (including some often quite grisly 'cutaway' illustrations to show how different animals 'work')Modern DK books like "Smithsonian Explanatorium of Nature" see the publisher working in conjunction with museums and natural history organisations to showcase the amazing life on our planet, with innovative presentation and glorious CG artwork to lure kids away from screens and back into books as a valuable source of reference and knowledge to compliment projects they're working on at school and at home.
Our huge selection of keepers inevitably features many books about space and again these showcase the DK house style of ramping up the visually spectacular illustrations to a level where every single time you crack open one of their books you'll find something new to look at.
This book lays our solar system bare, showing planets from the inside out, our amazing sun, and the incredible science and engineering feats that have enabled us to look beyond our own world out into the inky cosmos, to see what's out there and to one day hopefully explore further afield than the moon.
DK's range also encompasses a lot of fictional stuff too, and covers many of our hobbies and interests. DK's Lego books are utterly amazing, detailing the history of the company and a ton of amazing statistics about the rise and rise of everyone's favourite brick-building toy.
Do you actually know anyone who DOESN'T like Lego?
They also produce some of the best source books for the Star Wars Universe. Their "Visual Dictionary" books showing off all the designs, characters, technology and locations for the new Star Wars Skywalker trilogy have been bought more or less on day of release, and are great for art nerds who love drawing their own concept art - or fans of the movies who want to get right down to the nitty gritty of what the inside of a Tie Fighter looks like, or how Darth Vader managed to survive being barbecued on Geonosis.
Stand by for a colossal collection of DK links (and a LOT of "Book of the Week" wins for DK) from the blog over the years:
Out Today - the very latest edition of the fantastic DK Children's Encyclopedia (Dorling Kindersley)
ReadItDaddy's Second Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 3rd November 2017 - "Explanatorium of Nature" by Dorling Kindersley / DK Smithsonian (Dorling Kindersley)
Knowledge Encyclopaedia: ANIMAL! (Dorling Kindersley)
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 30th November 2018: "Timelines of Everything" (Dorling Kindsersley Publishing)
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 3rd February 2017 - "Knowledge Encyclopaedia - Space!" by Dorling Kindersley
"Science you can Eat - Putting what we eat under the Microscope" by Stefan Gates (Dorling Kindersley)
My Encyclopedia of Very Important Animals (Dorling Kindersley)
ReadItDaddy's First Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 16th June 2017 - "How to be a Scientist" by Steve Mould (Dorling Kindersley)
First Science Encyclopaedia (Dorling Kindersley)
Children's Illustrated Thesaurus (Dorling Kindersley Publishing)
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 26th August 2016 - "Home Lab: Exciting Experiments for Budding Scientists" by Robert Winston (Dorling Kindersley Publishing)
Out today! "Explorers: Amazing Tales of the Worlds Greatest Adventurers" by Nellie Huang and Jessamy Hawke (Dorling Kindersley)
Booky Advent Calendar 2017 Day 6 - "Crafty Gifts" by Jane Bull (Dorling Kindersley)
ReaditDaddy's Second Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 27th October 2017 - "Star Wars Coding Projects" by Jon Woodcock and Kiki Prottsman (Dorling Kindersley)
13 1/2 Incredible Things You Need To Know About Everything (Dorling Kindersley)
The world as you've never seen it before in the fantastic "Where on Earth?" Atlas (Dorling Kindersley)
Star Wars - The Force Awakens - Visual Dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo (Dorling Kindersley)
Star Wars Made Easy: A Beginner's Guide to a Galaxy Far Far Away by Christian Blauvelt (Dorling Kindersley)
The Spy Book by Laura Buller, Joe Fullman, Ben Gilliland and Jim Pipe (Dorling Kindersley)
"Through the Animal Kingdom" by Derek Harvey and Charlotte Pepper (Dorling Kindersley)
ReadItDaddy's Second Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 12th May 2017 - "Star Wars Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide" compiled by Pablo Hidalgo (Dorling Kindersley)
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 20th March 2020: "Lego: Absolutely everything you need to know" (Dorling Kindersley)
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 15th November 2019: "Inventor Lab" with a foreword by Dr Lucy Rogers (Dorling Kindersley)
"The Wonders of Nature" by Ben Hoare (Dorling Kindersley)
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 1st March 2019: "Science is Magic" by Steve Mould (Dorling Kindersley)
ReadItDaddy's First Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 10th November 2017 - "Star Wars: Absolutely Everything you Need to Know" by Adam Bray, Cole Horton and Michael Kogge (Dorling Kindersley)
Lego Friends Brickmaster - Treasure Hunt in Heartlake City (Dorling Kindersley)
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