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To help you choose the perfect books for your children, we’ve listed four of the best science books for kids. These books are a lot of fun and will satisfy your children’s curiosity.
About Time
Long ago, people used the sun, the moon and the water to tell time. Soon after we began using our knowledge about the natural world to build clocks and to create calendars. Centuries later, we have clocks and calendars. This book tells the amazing story of how it all happened!
Actual Size
Do you know the size of an elephant? What about a tiger or the world’s largest parrot? Can you imagine an eye that is bigger than your head? Sometimes facts and figures don’t tell the whole story. In this book, the author shows animals both large and small at actual size.
Everything: Rocks and Minerals
Let your child become a geology (地质学) expert as she or he sees eye-catching photos about these colorful rocks. Children will learn some information about rocks through these interesting
pictures. They can learn how rocks are formed. It is perfect for kids who love to explore.
If the World Were a Village
This eye-opening book has become an excellent piece of work to know about the world by imagining the world’s population as a village of just 100 people. By exploring the lives of the 100 villagers, children will discover that life in other nations is often very different from their own.
21. What is the book About Time mainly about?
A. The value of time. B. The movement of the sun. C. The methods of making watches.
D. The history of clocks and calendars.
22. What can we know from the book Actual Size?
A. How smart a parrot is. B. How big an elephant is. C. How dangerous a tiger is.
D. How far human eyes can see.
23. Which of the following tells about the way people live in the world?
A. About Time. B. Actual Size.
C. Everything: Rocks and Minerals. D. If the World Were a Village.
