Customer Reviews
Superb - By: Wendy Blakeman, 01 Apr 2008 
Bought this for my 5 year olds 5th birthday. Wasn't sure if it would be too old for him but its not its absolutely super & we read it every night together, he then looks at the pictures on his own & finds something he wants to learn more about the next night. I know he will use it for years to come as once he starts to read himself he will discover even more. Its split into 7 sections: My Body; People & Places; The Arts; The Earth; Animals & Plants; Scence & technology & The Universe. These are then split into sub sections. So for example My Body has 'look at me' 'my outside' 'bones & muscles' lungs & breathing'
' being born' 'illness' etc etc
Each section has interesting facts about how things work & also 'experiments' they can try out & to understand more about the subject. All the pages have pictures, photos & diagrams which make it interesting for a child that cannot read too.
I am very pleased with it & am buying another for my nephew. Well recommended.
primary 1 and 2 homework made easy - By: M. R. Bruce, 14 Jan 2008 This encyclopedia is a must buy for parents who care about their kids education.
Combined with the kids dictonary - homework is a great fun. I am an utter git & made the kids look up the topic & read it then help them out.
Makes them think & learn from themselves & I am sure it impresses the teacher when we find some obscure fact & shove it in.
Dont expect it to be of any use for a University education, nor will it cover every subject under the sun. But it does cover the "Sun" & "Universities".
Cannot be recommended highly enough - By: A. S. Garton, 24 Aug 2005 I bought the Oxford First Encyclopedia for my six-and-a-half year old daughter for Christmas 2005. It has been the one present that she has consistently & continuallly gone back to over this year, so I'm buying one for her cousin!
The wording has been well thought out & is just right for kids of around six to about ten or eleven, so the encyclopedia certainly has shelf life. Simple subjects are made interesting & difficult subjects are well explained through the use of some very stylish illustrations, photographs & diagrams.
The book has been very supportive as it covers many of the subjects taught under the national curriculum at the ages I mention above. It's also a good, solid hardback, so it has survived the school bag for nearly a year.
High recommended.
