Non-Fiction for 3 to 7 year olds (Perhaps older)

My daughter Lou is crazy for this old encyclopedia she borrowed from her friend. Montessori is a fan of non-fiction for kids, and after seeing how Lou reacted to the encyclopedia I got her a few more non-fiction books. It also happens that non-fiction is crazy inexpensive for some reason. I also wager these, or books like these, are at any library. Dusty and unloved.

They are glorious.

I’ll start with Our Animal Friends. It’s the most story like, and personal, of the bunch.

Adorable art and wonderful (sometimes slightly dark) storytelling about animals on a farm.

Above, for example, a mean rooster gets carried away by a fox. The way they do it is very funny for adults. I had to hold back my laughing since it’s hard to explain why I, a vegetarian, would laugh at such a thing.

The rest of the books are all very non-fiction. I chose ones that had pictures of kids in them since she likes that.

Wonderful Houses Around the World has great illustrations and descriptions of houses… around the world.

They show a real photo and then draw what’s inside.

The book Children Just Like Me is a winner too. Beautiful photos and descriptions of individual children around the world:

They show their favorite toys, families, schools…

Then we got another little house book. Homes Around the World. It has neat pictures of strange houses:

It’s also good for beginning readers.

Then lastly we got a book called People which is beautifully illustrated but slightly dated.

Great stuff like this:

But also represents America as a cliché many times:

People reading that book might think we are a nation of rodeo’s and BBQ’s.

Overall great stuff. Lou chooses to read some of these every day.