Popular Science Children's Review - Encyclopedia of Science (e.explore series)

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Review - e.encyclopedia of Science (e.explore/e.guides series) - Camilla Hallinan (Ed.)

This science encyclopedia is given an extra boost by being part of the e.explore series (e.guides in the US), which means it comes with a linked website bringing together the efforts of DK and Google.

More on the website in a moment, but first the book. It's in the usual Dorland Kindersley kids' format of everything in two page chunks, and as usual there are superb photographic illustrations. They resisted the temptation to just lift material from the separate books, so even though there's a human body section, if you compare (for instance) the article on the skeleton, they are different. (When you think about it, maybe this wasn't a good idea - one of the two must be better; why didn't they use that in both?) It works well as a reference book, but to be honest it just isn't a popular science title.

As always with this series, the website is well worth a visit too. As well as a series of selected articles to match each page there was the relevant Google directory entry and, best of all, clip art based on the book - high quality images as used in the book that you can put into your own documents - for the younger reader these were probably the best bit.

Perhaps better suited to school than home use.

Only in hardback.

Reviewed by Jo Reed

* Our age range recommendation is an estimated guide, but individual readers outside the range could still enjoy the book!

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