See Inside How Things Work Board book – January 1, 2010

This is the fourth "See Inside" book we purchased and as usual, we love it! My sons are 5 1/2 and really enjoy interactive and educational books. The Usbourne books are loaded with flaps to lift, pictures to study and side bars to read; however, the print and illustrations do not overwhelm like some other books we have looked at. The illustrations are beautiful and the book is sturdy and durable. Very pleasing to the eye. My favorite see inside book is the "See Inside" Space. My one son just got out the book "When is a planet not a planet? The story of Pluto" from their school library and we read part of that book and then read 4 pages from the see inside space and they complimented each other perfectly. The boys were very pleased with themselves that they remembered what Copernicus and Galileo contributed to the research history of astronomy. The boys also love that the space book has a removable star and constellation chart that we take outside at night to find all of the "art" in the sky. The see inside dinosaur book is another one of our favorites!I highly recommend this series of books!

I ordered this book for my grandson, A, described as smart at school, but not yet 4. He is on the 'cusp of reading' it seems. The book, when it arrived had quite difficult diagrams and words in quite a small typeface. It really didn't seem suitable for any non-reader under 5. But my son read it to A and had to ration the reading to two pages a night as the pictures generated so many questions. Subsequently A went around looking at machines he came across like cars and rubbish lorries and so on and discussed how they worked.It would appear it was a success but beware it might not be for every 'rising 4' child and it does need an interested and knowledgeable adult to assist for this age. But it does seem money well spent. Heath Robinson? Well we are trying that next.

I bought that book for my 2.3 years old boy. It is very cool book, it is a bit early for him but still he enjoys pictures of different machines, but by age of 3 I guess it will became his favourite book. It is very good, I think it will be interesting until age 5-6 years. Best book for young kid. For toddlers a bit advanced.

I love that we've found these books! My daughter brought home a 'See Inside' book from school and was enthralled with it for most of the evening. I searched it to find out if I could purchase it and discovered a whole series! We have 'houses long ago', 'under the sea', 'how things work' and 'space'. I love them! I'm as interested as the children to see what is under each flap and I've even learned things I never knew. Great learning resource. I plan to buy the whole series!We originally purchased this book for our 7 year old daughter and skipped getting a few because I assumed my 4 year old son was too young for them. However, the bright colors and interesting flaps and lifts has him interested enough to sit through the books too. I'd buy this for a girl or boy from ages 3 to probably 12 or 13 years old.

It was great my grandsons love it .

My 4, now 5 year old grandson loves this book. We review only one or two pages at a time, as each page is chock-full of concepts. Great overview of how a variety of things work with good, colorful illustrations. Very worth the purchase.

Like everything today it has links to Internet and isupdated in what it shows. Was expecting original editionbut still it is an educational and good book for teaching a youngster

We have 3 boys (the oldest is 5 and just learning how to read) and we now have 2 copies of this book because the 5 and 3 year old both wanted it so much. Yes, the flaps can break if not used carefully but tape and glue work too. But seeing the inside of things has been wonderful for them. They LOVE seeing inside engines and the toilet and cement mixers. I've watched them sit together and look at the pictures and the arrows and figure stuff out without my help. A must have for our household.