DK Readers L3: Titanic: The Disaster That Shocked The World! Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Re-jacketed, refreshed, and now with expanded content and interactive spreads to appeal to the newest generation of readers. Read the incredible true story of the "unsinkable" ship that sank. Level 3 is for children able to read on their own. The stories are exciting and captivating in order to develop the child's own desire to read. More text and more complex sentence structure are presented, with information spreads to help develop the reader's general knowledge. The choice of subject widens to match the broadening of children's experiences and interests. Whether your child is learning how to read or wants to practice and improve his or her reading skills, DK Readers have the right story for developmentally appropriate reading at home. This innovative range of graded readers combines a highly visual approach with stories that children will want to read. Easy-to-read stories for beginning readers with word repetition progress to stories with rich vocabulary and more challenging sentence structure. There's a DK Reader for every child!
Series: DK Readers
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: DK Children; Reprint edition (June 2, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1465428402
ISBN-13: 978-1465428400
Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.1 x 8.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #87,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #57 in Books > Children's Books > Cars, Trains & Things That Go > Boats & Ships #202 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Chapter Books & Readers > Intermediate Readers #708 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > History
Age Range: 7 - 9 years
Grade Level: 2 - 4
This book is one of the nicest books I have found for children on the Titanic. The pictures are beautiful and it's nice to have an early reader book that is non-fiction.
My husband took my kids to an exhibit about the Titanic a few months ago, and ever since, my son (age 7) has been interested in the Titanic. He's not the strongest reader, either in terms of interest or skill, but this book really captured his interest, and we'd trade off reading pages. He loved it. We just finished the Gettysburg title in the same series... the series is a bit weird to me because of the focus on some fairly serious disasters. But I think that's just a girl perspective. I think the writers do a good job of balancing the needs to be realistic/true and to be careful about their audience. So I'd really recommend this book.
I am a strong advocate to teaching children to read. Children can rapidly expand their knowledge and intellect through reading and of course the books they start with have to be interesting and fun to read.The DK series of books provides an excellent training platform for you to help your kids to learn to read and enjoy it. The books are available in 5 levels that are designed to help your children start to read and learn. The levels are:Pre-level 1: Learning to readLevel 1: Beginning to readLevel 2: Beginning to read aloneLevel 3: Reading aloneLevel 4: Proficient readersThis book is a level three book.The tragedy of the Titanic sinking shocked the world and almost everyone has heard the story. Many books and films about the story have been made. Newscasts of the recent rediscovery of the wreckage have kept the ship alive after all of these years.This is a well written story about the ship and its passengers and captain. It covers the ship's basic design and why it was considered unsinkable. The detailed story goes over the passengers and crew and talks about what really happened to the ship. It covers the tragic loss of life and how the disaster changed the passenger cruise ship industry and shipping in general.Not only is the story well written and full of details, the book also includes:* Beautiful artwork* Ship layout diagrams* Original photos and present day photographs of the submersibles that were used to discover her resting place. There are also photos of the Titanic under water and of recovered personal items.* Copies of the original newspaper front pagesHistory of the rediscovery of the Titanic is covered. How it was found and explored on the bottom of the sea bed using submersible vessels. There is also a chapter of the lessons learned about the tragedy of the Titanic.There is a glossary of terms relating the Titanic and her parts. It contains a lot of interesting data even discussing classes of passengers and technical terms regarding the ship. This is an excellent book about one of the greatest tragedies in history of a passenger ship. I enjoyed reading it and reviewing it and your children will learn from reading this book. I was able to download this book from my local library to my Kindle Fire. You should consider this as an excellent way to add reading materials for your child.
I purchased this book for my son in second grade who is captivated by the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic and this book was perfect for his reading level and probably younger readers too. He has watched several movies about the Titanic and he took this book into school today to share with his class. It gives a very good account of the facts and brings the reader forward to it's dsicovery in the 1980's. It is a good book for the kids to read to themselves or for parents to read to them. I liked it myself.
My kindergartner reads at a third grade level (or so we've been told), and she loves fiction, especially the Judy Moody series and Ivy and Bean series of books. I've been looking around for non-fiction books that are pitched at her level, and it was important for these books to have a challenging but not overly daunting vocabulary.I came across these Dorling Kindersley Readers (which were formerly known as Eyewitness Readers) at my local library and they proved to be just the books I was looking for. Unlike the works of fiction which I've let my daughter read by herself (and she seems to enjoy doing so), I actually sit with her as she reads these books, because there are several words, namely proper nouns that require some help with pronunciation, etc. This reader was about the history of the Titanic, and contained enough information to make it interesting to young readers, yet not too dense to overwhelm them. The book also contains many archival photographs and color illustrations that engage readers' interest. I feel it is never too early to introduce children to works of non-fiction so that they can learn to appreciate that real life can be just as interesting as the fictional worlds they read in books.
This is a really great book, for children and even adults. Word appropriate for the age/grade. Very informational. Highly recommended.
Ordered this book for my daughter because she is obsessed with all things history related. Book came in great conditon, no wear or tear inside or out of book. She is in 2nd grade and was able to comprehend and read this book with no problem.Love DK books.
Most books arrived in good condition. some were only fair, however they were advertised as good. I think needs to make their standards for what is good a little more clear. This has happened to me at least 3 times.
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