really need a realy good book on 'how things work' ..

[AuraofDora]

uberlly inquistivive boy child needs up to date 'how does it all work' type book..any recommendations?
purlease....

anyone?

What age is he?

he's 5 mrs muddle, but very nosy about all range of electronic scientific stuff and our current book is about 20 years out of date...

anything up to about 8 age range would be okay i think, good vocabulary and range of interests

My ds loves this book, he has had it for a few years now and used to pour over the diagrams, now he read the words too. He is now 9.

thanks melted, it's along the right lines of what we need
does is cover a wide variety of everyday things?

From archimedes screw to jet engines. It is very good. We have others too but he is probably asleep on them so I daren't rummage just now. The Macaulay one is the one he shows me the most often.

Mammoths explain everything.

We ahve 'the way things work, - think is the macauley one - . V good +++++

will admit i was bit thrown by the mammoths! and DK books can be a bit, well, photo on white and dated looking now..
will try to get to see this in bookshop..ta

our old one covers everything from tv transmitters to toasters, microwaves, doorbells, automatic doors, locks etc
all the everyday stuff, clearly illustrated in clear illustrations..but profoundly out of date..
which i could just find an update to this series

This one is all drawings. Very Heath Robinson, which is what I grew up with.

I've got a DK one in the jumble sale bag at the moment. It's maybe a bit advanced, but I'm happy to send it to you. I'll see if I can find it on Amazon and you can see if you're interested.

It's a hardback, and the dust cover is a wee bit tatty, but it's fine under that.

Hang on...

This is the best description I can find. It's from 1995, and not sold on Amazon. If you want it, I'm happy to post it tomorrow, although it may be a bit advanced.

It covers things like electricity, helicopters, skyscrapers etc, and there's an experiment for each subject.

I got this for my nephew who's 6, and he LOVES it.

www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Book-Knowledge-Books/dp/0751359238/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259006346&sr =1-2

mrs muddle you are so kind! let me scout about a bit before you go to all that trouble.. am really touched!
you ladies arenice

How about something like this from Usborne.
My DD (6yo) loves their lift-the-flap books.

OK, just let me know. It's absolutely no trouble at all to post it to you.