Discovering the Extreme World
Wow, Little man is completely taken with this book and in all honesty, so am I. Many children no longer add books to their Christmas list, but it’s great when they do!
It’s been well documented that children on the autism spectrum enjoy reading reference books and prefer doing so over a storybook.
Many children with Asperger’s syndrome are reasonably good with facts and process and store such information better than if it was fiction. Many gain greater enjoyment when learning and discovering new and exciting facts or scientific theories. Little man is no exception, that’s why I jumped at the chance of reviewing this delightful hardback, ‘The extreme world’ in association with the discovery channel. All through this book isn’t centred around his all time “special interest” in buses, trains and other forms of public transport, I knew it would still provide him hours of entertainment (well, not in one go, let’s remember his concentration level differs from most).
Little man is a child that like many others on the autism spectrum, he processes the information on a much better level when text is combined with visual stimulation in the way of images or illustrations. This book wasn’t short on images, the type that gets one’s brain working overtime.
There were a total of six sections within this book, all covering specific areas, all extreme as one another!
Section (1) ‘Active earth’ This section offers a host of fascinating information, such as, the ends of the earth; the mightiest mountains; ultimate volcano’s and more.
Section (2) ‘Awesome animals’ which surprisingly turnout to be one of the Little man’s favourites, talked about; the gross factor; deadly defence; strange babies; wicked assassins and loads more besides.
Section (3) ‘Incredible science’ was Little man’s preferred section overall. Issues here covered, Strange brains; black holes; the birth of the universe (which I loved) and lots more.
Section (4) ‘Ultimate machines’ Here you could read about dramatic dragsters; rocketing away; jet power; the force of water and more.
Section (5) ‘Super humans’ One section I myself very much enjoyed. Topics such as the amazing human body and the things we can do as human; ultimate jobs; brilliant brain waves and more could be found within this section.
Section (6) and the last sections of the book, ‘History Revealed’ A really informative section in the book that shared content on the living dead (mummification) which rose a lot of questions from Little man, hero’s & villains; war and peace; rat-atouille (the black plague) and even crawl killing (documenting the death penalty and the belief and punishment for witch crimes).
The cover of this book is very appealing and really catches your eye with a 3D effect and metallic colours. From the front to back cover this book offers some pretty amazing content.
What’s great is the fact the text within the book is kept short and sweet, yet extremely interesting and right to the point, just opening the first page makes you want to go on to explore more!
Each and every page is packed with cool images surrounded by interesting and readable text.
When I asked Little man if he liked it (Once he had finally taken his head out the book so to speak) he stated,
“Mum, I really like this book, I’m defiantly taking it to show and tell at school on Friday”
‘Discover the extreme world’ is a look into our awesome planet as you’ve never seen it before! This fantastic hard back is brought to us in association with the ‘Discovery Channel’ and ‘Miles Kelly’ publishing Ltd and has a RRP of £17.99 and can be brought from all good bookstores.
Would I buy it! Defiantly, I wouldn’t have to think twice either!
If myself and Little man could give it more than the top marks of ***** 5 stars then we would.
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