Reader's Digest I Wish I Knew That Series - Set of 4 Kids Hard Cover Educational Books (RV $40) Giveaway 1/9

Reader’s Digest I Wish I Knew That Series – Set of 4 Kids Hard Cover Educational Books (RV $40) Giveaway 1/9

Reader’s Digest has recently published a set of four educational and entertaining kids books. These four hard cover books cover a wide range of scholastic topics like grammar, geography, math, science, and history. These “pocket” titles are written for ages 9-12 and aim to make learning fun and easy. I received these four titles for review: I Before E Except After C, Write (or is that Right?) Every Time, I Wish I Knew That, I Wish I Knew That Georgraphy. One Moms Own Words reader will win this same set of books!

Our Review

These books have already proven to be a valuable resource for my son James who is ten. He has really enjoyed browsing through them. In particular, he likes the I Before E Except After C Easy Cool Ways to Remember Facts Book. The book is filled with tricks (mnemonic devices) to help kids remember facts. He actually used the book to answer a homework question regarding the Great Lakes. The mnemonic device for the Great Lakes is HOMES: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior. This book is chock full of cool ways to remember basic facts about the earth, mathematics, writing, clocks and calendars, history and music.

James was recently working on his Land forms Picture Dictionary, where he had to illustrate a series of land forms. He found information on rivers, volcanoes, and tundras in the I Wish I Knew That Geography Book.

The I Wish I Knew That Cool Stuff You Need to Know would make a fun reference book to ask the kids trivia questions. We could all use the guidelines for our writing (myself included) found in Write (or Is That Right?) Every Time – Cool Ways to Improve Your English.

The funny, black and white illustrations in each book remind me of the illustrations in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series that James loves. The books are well organized and easy to use as reference guides. The information is presented in bite size chunks – easy enough for a my ten year old to find information quickly. I know we will reference these books for years to come.

About Reader’s Digest Set of 4 Kids Hard Cover Educational Books

i before e (except after c) The Young Readers Edition: Easy, Cool Ways to Remember Facts

by Susan Randol

Just like adults, kids need easy ways to recall stuff—especially now, when they don’t even have to remember a phone number because their cell phones remember it for them. This book is jammed with easy-to-use tricks for remembering lots of stuff—especially stuff they need to know for school. Kids will like learning fun ways to remember stuff and will love getting the good grades that follow.

hardcover | 144 pages | 5 3/8 x 8 x 11/16
US $9.99 | Ages: 9-12
Publication Date: 2011-11-10
ISBN: 9781606523483
EPUB: 9781606523827

I Wish I Knew That: Geography: Cool Stuff You Need to Know

By James Doyle

Explore the world’s continents, countries, and capital cities, and marvel at the planet’s most extraordinary physical features in a lighthearted mix of text, diagrams, maps, and amusing illustrations that will captivate children and encourage them to keep trekking. Filled with hundreds of cool ways to remember the tallest, largest, longest, and most desolate, I Wish I Knew That: Geography is the perfect companion to help kids get a grip on the globe.

hardcover | 144 pages | 5 3/8 x 8 x 11/16
US $9.99 | Ages: 9-12
Publication Date: 2011-11-10
ISBN: 9781606523476
EPUB: 9781606523803

I Wish I Knew That: Cool Stuff You Need to Know

By Steve Martin, Mike Goldsmith, Ph.D., and Marianne Taylor

How would you feel if you knew hundreds of fascinating tidbits—on everything from art, literature, and history to geography, science, and math—from just one quick-and-easy read crammed with fun and cool stuff you shouldn’t have to wait to find out about? With I Wish I Knew That readers will speed through science, whiz through history, and take a dip into the classic Greek and Roman myths in no time at all.

hardcover | 144 pages | 5 3/8 x 8 x 11/16
US $9.99 | Ages: 9-12
Publication Date: 2011-05-12
ISBN: 9781606523407
EPUB: 9781606522981

Write (Or Is That “Right”?) Every Time: Cool Ways to Improve Your English

By Lottie Stride

Need a bit of grammar guidance? Want to spell like a champ? This lighthearted, informative guide makes it easy and fun for kids to conquer grammar, spelling, and punctuation challenges and put their struggles in the past tense. Write (Or Is That “Right “?) Every Time provides a fun-and-easy way to tackle tenses, sort out spelling slip-ups, put a full stop to punctuation problems, and conquer clauses.

hardcover | 144 pages | 5 3/8 x 8 x 11/16
US $9.99 | Ages: 9-12
Publication Date: 2011-05-12
ISBN: 9781606523414
EPUB: 9781606523001

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