Our son (almost 4) is asking a lot of why questions, including "Where do babies come from?" and "Why is the sky blue?", etc.
Does anyone have any recommendations on good preschooler science/biology books?
Thanks!
Thanks for the suggestions & recommendations. We already do a lot of reading, and I am looking forward to checking out these titles.
Go to the library and ask, and don't be afraid of books that are geared for slightly older kids. One of DD's favorite books is about bioluminescent animals that she inherited from SS. It's called Creatures That Glow by Anita Ganeri.
Your son might also enjoy They Might Be Giants songs - they have a CD called "here comes science".
Such a great age! I recommend books by Gail Gibbons. She has written nonfiction picture books for a variety of topics. When reading nonfiction books with your 4-year old, remember you don't have to read it all, pick and choose parts to read. And spend time looking at the pictures and talking, talking, talking.
I totally agree with AV. Our libraries around here have wonderful books dealing with any situation and to help out with those questions kids have. I would just go and ask.
We have loved the Eye Wonder books, by the publisher Dorling Kindserly (often displayed as just, DK Books). They are a bit old for 4, but we've been looking at them since my daughter was 4, too. They are picture encyclopedias about particular topics. We just started with looking at the photographs, and maybe reading some of the main points, and are now (she is six) reading all the captions.
When she gets older, the same publisher has a more advanced picture encyclopedia (Eye Witness), which gets into more detail. The younger ones might be, for instance, "Ocean," but the older kids' books are "Seashore," "Fish," "Whales" "Dolphins" and so on... with more room to get into details about each.
