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"Given the choice between an Usborne book and another book, a child will always select the Usborne!" Debbie Lerner - National Social Studies Teacher of the Year "This 'Pick of the Crop' award goes once again to the Usborne textbook line...Every page has fascinating tidbits of information. Best of all, you can find an Usborne book for just about every subject area. Though they are not in the strictest sense textbooks, they cover all the same information as regular textbooks, plus some. Our own family, quite frankly, uses them in place of a regular science program. Just leave some lying around the house, and the kids will teach it all to themselves. I kid you not!" Mary Pride - The Teaching Home ..."I’m sure many of you are familiar with the Usborne line of books: Their use of imaginative illustrations combined with accurate and concise wording help to convey subjects as varied as drawing, astronomy, photography, foreign languages, geography, music, world history, and physics....Kids enjoy learning in an atmosphere free of undue pressure, where they are allowed to work at their own pace. They delight in interesting pictures and find that illustrations make a publication more inviting...the books that invite them, the ones they read over and over, tend to be their Usborne books. Combine that fact with the content and quality of Usborne’s line, and they become our family’s hand-down favorite." Marion Syversen - ReMAINEing at Home Newsletter, Auburn, Maine "I love Usborne Books! I use Usborne Internet-Linked books all the time in the classroom. They save me time finding relative websites and the kids really respond to these books. I use them at home with my own children, too, and give them as gifts. One of the best gifts you can give a child is a book, especially an Usborne Book!" Cameron McKinley, 2006-2007 Alabama Teacher of the Year “The Usborne Internet-linked encyclopedia set is a must-have set of reference books for middle school and high school that will be a valuable asset to your home library for many years!” Mary Beth Muldowney, Middle School Principal "I emphasize to my birth to three families the incomparable sturdiness of the Usborne board books, the unique variety of textures of the touch-me pages, as well as the fun stories. No other board books come close!" V. Karger, M.S.,CCCS - Monroe, CT "My autistic student talked more today than ever and I was using the Usborne Book of Everyday Words. He loved the pictures and matched items and volunteered words that I had no idea he had in his repertoire...I think every SLP should have that book." L. Lukich, Speech-Language Pathologist - Cleveland, OH "Like all the Usborne books, the Book of Art Ideas is a great tool for learning. As an elementary teacher, I bought this book just to have as a handy reference. I have also used it with my kids at home, and it is everything I learned in a semester of college art class all rolled up into this handy children's book. With all my experience with Usborne books, I just can't get enough of them." C. Lace, Elementary Art teacher - Elkton, KY "As a pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT) working with public school students with disabilities, I have seen many wonderful children’s books over the years. Unfortunately, I never heard of Usborne until recent months. What did I see in Usborne books? In Usborne books, I saw wonderful educational content, fascinating illustrations and photographs, and exploration of a variety of hobbies and activities. As an OT, I also saw many therapeutic learning opportunities for the early development of young children, children with learning problems, varied learning styles, fine motor challenges, and/or poor or delayed visual perception skills. Usborne books have therapeutic value for all children...!" Marianne Virnig Gernetzke, OTR “The Internet-linked Science Encyclopedia will make learning fun for even the most reluctant student. My students especially loved the recommended website that allowed them to construct a building and then simulate an earthquake to see how their design held up!” Kirk Schmidt, Science Teacher "Covering just about all school subject areas, and quite a few you will never see in school, Usborne books are to textbooks what Steven Spielberg productions are to movies. We’re talking entertainment value here. Every page heavily illustrated. Text that explain the illustrations. Fascinating bits of trivia splattered throughout...Free of the preachiness that so mars American text books, Usborne books share a liveliness and joie de vire that marks them for greatness. You can use them with or without other curriculum. If you’re looking to add some zing to your kids’ education, it’s a great place to start." Mary Pride - Chronicle Whole Earth Catalog