Scientific popular literature for children and teenagers. Educational stories for children

On the eve of the anniversary of Gagarin's flight, "DP" compiled a whole selection of popular science books for children: about space, about the brain, and even about why birds don't fall.

"Space". Dmitry Kostyukov, Zina Surova. "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber", 2016

From the title of the book it is clear what will be discussed. It is about space and everything connected with it. First spacewalk, space herbarium, moon exploration, rocket assembly and installation, ISS diagram, stage separation and orbit entry, aliens and the space future. What are famous for Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Sergei Korolev, Yuri Gagarin and German Titov, as well as modern cosmonauts, designers, scientists. The book is based on the author's interview with astronauts. "Cosmos" is designed as a collage: many photographs, inserts, postscripts, drawings and explanations. The design used photographs from the archives of Dmitry Kostyukov and pilot-cosmonaut Hero of Russia Oleg Kotov. The book has received numerous awards. I look at page after page, space does not seem to be something distant and mysterious, the authors seem to make it more accessible to children. Be careful, the desire to become an astronaut can appear not only in children, but also in adults.

"Physics at every step." Yakov Perelman. "Rosman", 2016

How good is it when modern publishing houses reissue old books. And "Physics at Every Step" is just that case. The history of physics, illustrative examples from life, interesting experiments, bright and funny illustrations - all this is collected under the hard cover of the encyclopedia book by Yakov Isidorovich Perelman (1882–1942), a popularizer of physics, mathematics and astronomy and one of the founders of popular science literature. It was his book "Entertaining Physics" that aroused great interest in 1913, and later appeared "Entertaining Arithmetic", "Entertaining Geometry", "Entertaining Algebra", "Entertaining Astronomy" and "Entertaining Mechanics". The book "Physics at Every Step" was published back in 1934, but everything the author talks about is relevant and interesting to this day. The tasks that the author offers on the pages of the book amaze with their solvability and answers not only for children, but also for adults. For example: "What is the weight of the telegraph wire connecting Moscow with St. Petersburg?" or "It is necessary to move a block of granite 100 pounds long and 15 feet high without any tools." And if you have time to experiment with a needle on the water, then you are very lucky.

"Why don't the birds fall?" Ilya Kolmanovsky. "Pink giraffe", 2016

Everything you wanted know about birds but were afraid to ask. People have long dreamed of flying and wondered: how are birds arranged and why did they learn to fly? And so Ilya Kolmanovsky, biologist and journalist, teacher, popularizer of science and head of the biological laboratory of the Polytechnic Museum, wrote in an accessible language about how everything works. How birds lean on the air, why the plumage does not break when birds flap their wings, which bird is the lightest and which is the heaviest, what is needed to push off the air with wings, and why the condor flies only when the sun warms the earth. The little book contains a lot of important information about birds, which is offered to the young reader in an easy and fun way. Some facts are simply impossible to forget, even with a strong desire. Did you know that in 10 seconds a swallow can fly past... a train of 20 wagons?!

"You are your brain. Everything you want to know about your brain." Dick Swaab, Jan Paul Schütten. Ivan Limbakh Publishing House, 2014

The book starts with an email schoolchildren who chose the theme of the oral presentation "Brain", Professor, the famous Dutch neuroscientist Dick Swaab. At first, he tries to send the schoolchildren to the library, but they resort to a little trick, and then throughout the book, the guys ask questions to the scientist in letters, and he answers them. What is memory, why do teenagers do a lot of stupid things, who is smarter - boys or girls, what is the difference between the brain of homosexuals and how to distinguish good from evil? Swaab answers these and many other questions in an easy and accessible way in an ironic manner. This is one of those books for schoolchildren that will greatly facilitate the life of parents by reducing the number of "why" questions at times. And even if you are not a teenager, after reading it, you will begin to understand not only your behavior, but also the behavior of other people.

"Underground. Underwater." Daniel Mizelinsky, Alexandra Mizelinsky. "Scooter", 2016

The authors of the book have long hearing from parents who are fond of books with good illustrations and graphics. Alexandra and Daniel Mizelinsky published "Maps", several books about the city of Glyadelkin, "Houses", which have become the must-haves for home libraries. This time, the teachers of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, the Mizelinsky couple, released another hit - a book about the structure of the underwater and underground world. On the one hand - huge fish in lakes and oceans, boats, ships, freediving and underwater suits from the century before last, the Mariana Trench and the inhabitants of the depths, and on the other - the underworld with worms, caves, anthills, inhabitants of holes, mines, subways and tunnels . For each drawing, the authors make a brief (or not so) scientific explanation, whether it be numbers, historical background or well-known facts. This is one of those books that when you read it with a child, you rejoice that it exists, and at the same time regret that it was not there in your childhood.

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How beautiful is this world! How extraordinarily beautiful the Creator made it! And how much we still do not know about it ... How many secrets and secrets are kept in the oceans, jungles, deserts and even tiny anthills that seem so ordinary and unremarkable to us!

Let's all go on an amazing journey around our planet to see its beauty! And, now we will visit the bees ...

From this informative story for children, you will learn why bees harvest honey, how their families are arranged, why beekeepers need “armor”, how in the old days people protected a precious delicacy from bears and much, much more interesting things!

And, of course, speaking of little striped workers, it is impossible to keep silent about honey! Therefore, we will tell amazing facts about him.

This is an amazing story about an amazing civilization of small creatures that we are so used to that we have already stopped noticing. And, by the way, in vain! After all, these are one of the most mysterious insects on our planet! We are sure that after reading this informative story, you will learn a lot of new things!

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The book tells in a simple, accessible and interesting way about the main events and main characters in the history of Ancient Russia, the Russian Empire, the USSR and Russia.

This dictionary contains about 20,000 words, including the most common words in the literary and everyday language. The appendix contains brief information on English grammar.
The dictionary is intended for everyone who begins to learn English in educational institutions, in courses or on their own.

Life on our planet is constantly changing. New mountains rise, old ones collapse. Spread out to the sides of the mainland. The polar caps are melting and growing again. To notice these changes, time must be measured in millions of years. Then it becomes obvious that, following geography, the flora and fauna are changing. Paleontologists, experts in extinct, fossil animals and plants, can talk for a long time about creatures that have long been absent from our planet. Some were killed by slow climate change, others could not withstand the competition of more advanced neighbors. There were also cases when huge groups of plants and animals died out as a result of planetary catastrophes. Think of the dinosaurs, whose era began 230 and ended 65 million years ago. Human activity over the past two or three centuries has turned into a real planetary catastrophe for many animals and plants. People plow up virgin lands, drain swamps, and build roads through forests. Where there used to be variegated herbs, a sea of ​​​​one wheat is agitated. There are no words, people cannot do without it yet. However, as a result of such management, a number of plants are rapidly disappearing on our planet. What to do? First you need to understand who is at risk. Russian scientists have created the Red Book, which included all plant species that are threatened with extinction. The list is long. There are almost five hundred species of flowering plants alone. And there are also ferns, horsetails, algae. Let's get acquainted with the most curious plants that need help.

The book is devoted to the study of the surrounding world. You will learn how to deal with children on the following topics: flora; animal world; Human; time; geography. In it you will find special exercises with which the child will learn the names of flowers and trees, learn how to collect a herbarium, learn the names of countries, form a holistic view of the world around.

The book includes interesting biographical materials about famous Russian and foreign writers, authors of works for children - A. Pushkin, L. Tolstoy, V. Bianchi, A. Chekhov, I. Krylov, N. Nosov, S. Marshak, K. Chukovsky, V. Mayakovsky, V. Dragunsky, K. Paustovsky, G.-Kh. Andersen, R. Kipling, D. Rodari and M. Twain.
On each spread you can see a portrait of the writer and brief basic information about him. Real exciting stories about childhood or funny stories from the life of great people, written in a simple, understandable language, will be of interest to the child and help to vividly present the images of famous writers, arouse interest in reading their works.
The collection is addressed to younger students, parents, teachers and will be a great addition to literature lessons, help to make them more intense, emotional, memorable.

The book contains Russian epics in the retelling of Alexander Nikolaevich Nechaev.
Illustrator: O. V. Podivilova.

The book includes interesting biographical materials about famous Russian and foreign artists, authors of famous world masterpieces - A. Rublev, I. Levitan, I. Aivazovsky, I. Shishkin, V. Vasnetsov, I. Repin, V. Serov, V. Polenov, V. Surikov, K. Monet, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rubense, Titian.
On each spread you can see a portrait of the artist and brief information about him. Real exciting stories about childhood or funny stories from the life of great people, written in a simple, understandable language, will be of interest to the child and will help to vividly present the images of famous artists, arouse interest in their work.
The collection is addressed to younger students, parents, teachers and will be a great addition to the lessons of fine arts and literature, will help make them more intense, emotional, memorable.

The colorful edition introduces the peoples living on the territory of Russia, fascinatingly tells about their life, culture, customs, crafts. The author of the book is an ethnographer, Doctor of Historical Sciences, a leading researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. N. N. Miklukho-Maklay RAS.

Come with us on an exciting journey through the endless expanses of our Motherland! The fauna of Russia is rich and varied. On the territory of our country there are amazing and dissimilar animals: walrus and tiger, bear and elk, lynx and chamois. In the forest you can meet a fluffy squirrel and a formidable wolf, listen to the trills of a nightingale, and in the steppe you can see a funny hedgehog, a red fox and a handsome pheasant, hear the singing of a lark. Welcome to the wonderful world of Russian animals!

"History of the Russian State" is a fundamental study written by the famous writer and historian N. M. Karamzin. Love for the motherland, following the truth of history, the desire to comprehend the event from the inside - these are the principles by which the author, according to him, was guided in his work. Created in the 19th century, this work is still of interest to both specialists and a wide range of readers.

The book will help to learn the history, geography and traditions of our country, tell about the peoples who inhabit it. The young reader will get acquainted with the diversity of the flora and fauna of Russia, with natural resources, sights and wonders of nature, as well as with the great Russians who glorified the country.

With this book, children will go on an exciting journey through the pages of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. With the help of entertaining plots and stories, younger students will learn what a state is, what rights and freedoms a Russian citizen has, how the government of our country works.
Together with the heroes of the book, Theme and Alice, the guys will face life situations, which the basic law of the country will help to understand. This book will broaden the horizons of young readers, enrich their vocabulary and talk about the basics of law. It will also come in handy as a reference when preparing messages and reports at school.

The book tells children about Orthodox shrines in Russia: churches, monasteries, holy springs, icons and other Christian relics. Temples and monasteries are a stone chronicle of Russian architecture. They can be used to study both the past of our country and its architecture. Every detail of the temple has a deep meaning and can tell a lot about the Orthodox faith. It is also difficult to overestimate the importance of icons for believers. Today, icons are rightly regarded as works of art.
The publication will help the child to feel the spirit of history associated with this or that artifact, to understand its significance for Russia and the Russian people. The narrative is rich in historical and cultural information, and at the same time is closely connected with the present.

We live in a unique country that impresses with its size, diversity of nature and beauty of architecture. On its territory there is the Valley of Geysers, Whale Alley, freshwater Lake Baikal, Altai caves, the "country of cities" Arkaim, Golden Gates, Caucasian Mineral Waters - you can’t list everything! The pages of the book contain information about the most interesting and famous wonders of Russia. Acquaintance with them will give a lot of new impressions and clearly demonstrate how beautiful our Motherland is!

The book reveals the beauty and richness of the nature of our country. The young reader will get acquainted with the seas and oceans, lakes and rivers of Russia, learn about the plains and mountains, volcanoes and geysers. He will be interested in information about the specifics of the Russian climate and weather, about the problems of nature conservation and unique protected areas.

The book is devoted to the history of the creation of domestic aviation. The reader will learn about the best Russian military and civil aircraft and helicopters that have become the pride of the Russian aircraft industry, about outstanding aircraft designers, hero pilots and famous aerobatic teams.

Meet some of the oldest inhabitants of our planet - they roamed the earth when there were still millions of years before the appearance of man.
Lizards, turtles, crocodiles, snakes - what an amazing world, what extraordinary animals you will find on these pages.
Illustrator: E. V. Konkova.
For middle and high school age.

The book includes interesting biographical materials about famous Russian and foreign composers - M. I. Glinka, A. S. Dargomyzhsky, A. P. Borodin, M. P. Mussorgsky, N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, P. I. Tchaikovsky , S. V. Rachmaninov, S. S. Prokofiev, D. D. Shostakovich, J. S. Bache, J. Haydne, W. A. ​​Mozart, L. Beethoven, F. Schubert, F. Chopin.
On each spread you can see a portrait of the composer and brief basic information about him. Real exciting stories about childhood or funny stories from the life of great people, written in a simple, understandable language, will be of interest to the child and help to vividly present the images of famous composers, arouse interest in their work.
The collection is addressed to younger students, parents, teachers and will be a great addition to the lessons of music and literature, will help make them more intense, emotional, memorable.

Your attention is invited to the publication "Whether it was, or it was not."

The book will help you take a fascinating walk through different parts of the country and get acquainted with the inhabitants of forests, steppes and mountains, the waters of the seas and oceans, the cold Arctic, and will also reveal all the secrets of their life.
The book is illustrated with drawings by famous artists.

Our planet is inhabited by a variety of types of living organisms. Those of them that are endangered are listed in the Red Book. Such species of animals and plants are subject to special protection, scientists are studying the reasons for their decrease in numbers, measures are being taken for their reproduction and rational use. This book is dedicated to animals, plants, fungi and lichens of the Red Book of Russia.

A series of books "My Russia" gives all the necessary knowledge about his native country. This vividly illustrated book is devoted to describing the most important battles for our Fatherland, starting with the victories over Khazaria and the Bulgarian kingdom of the first Russian conquering prince Svyatoslav and ending with the capture of Berlin by Soviet troops in the spring of 1945.

Russia is washed by the waters of oceans, seas and rivers. Our distant ancestors began to explore the water spaces: they built ships, sailed and discovered new lands. Tsar Peter I made a lot of efforts to create a powerful Russian fleet.
The book tells about brave sailors, famous naval commanders, the formation of the Russian fleet and its victories. The reader will learn about the sailors who did not spare their lives to defend our Fatherland in various difficult years for it, about naval battles important for Russia, as well as famous ships - from the first frigates that laid the foundation for the fleet in the Baltic to modern nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers.

Everything around is made of atoms, but what are the atoms themselves made of, and where did they come from? The curious Ladybug decided to ask her friend, a very smart Mouse, about this. Are you guys also interested in getting answers to these questions? Then let's listen to the smart Mouse together! He will tell us: - how the planet Earth on which we live appeared; How did life originate on Earth? - how atoms combine to form a variety of bodies and substances; Why is water wet and rocks hard? A book for children of preschool and primary school age.

Everything around consists of atoms, how is it that some objects are alive, like bugs or butterflies, while others are inanimate, like stone? With such a question, his girlfriend Ladybug came to the smart Mouse. The mouse tells her, and of course, the curious guys too: - what are cells, what they are and what they do; How did life originate on Earth? - how new species of animals and plants appeared on our planet; - how a person develops from just two cells. A book for children of preschool and primary school age.

While parents pretend that they know the answers to all questions, and after they cannot answer the child's elementary problem, they climb the Internet for answers, publishing houses stepped forward to meet all sides at the same time. Thus, together with your baby, you can study in detail various directions of science. At the same time, receiving concentrated knowledge, successfully illustrated and written in an accessible language. As they say, there would be a desire!

Non-fiction books gradation

before buying all episodes popular science publications in a row, see which direction your baby will be interested in. After all, the book is able to supplement his knowledge, but initially you should find them together, for example, on a trip to the local history museum or the Einstein Museum of Physics, they will give food for the mind of the crumbs, and you will be forced to think about whether you are ready to answer the rest of the questions that are constantly pouring in from a kid, right or do you still feel gaps and forgotten proofs of theories?! In general, first think about what you want to end up with and purchase the series you are interested in or take them from the library.

• The division is based on age groups. Preschoolers will not be interested in the classic format of encyclopedias, which has a list of definitions and a few facts for them, but older children will definitely like this format. For children, books are made in the form of interactive toys, where it will be possible to move, touch, and press something.
• Trends in Popular Science Books for Children. You can choose the exact sciences (physics, chemistry), or you can go into the humanities (history, for example). Again, depending on the age, choose the right book.
• There are single books and there are series. In the case of, for example, books about individual animals from a publisher, it is better to gradually study them all. Moreover, so far there are about 25 books.

There are series of books on various topics. Such interesting to collect completely. They will have more encyclopedic knowledge that will always be at hand for the baby. After all, it is very important to teach a student not only to google in search of useful information, but also to find the right things in libraries.

Familiar and not-so-familiar titles of non-fiction books for children

A.V. Tikhonov "Animals of Russia. The Red Book". An amazing collection of endangered species of animals from all over our vast country. The author described each species in detail, focused on the reasons leading to the disappearance or a strong decrease in the population of the species. Such a book is good not only for schoolchildren, but simply for those who care about our smaller brothers.

For those who not only love animals, but also travel, you may be interested in non-fiction book "Illustrated Atlas of Geographical Discoveries" in the translation of the author Amchenkova Yury. In this book you will find all the most interesting and significant stories and maps of travelers associated with discoveries from the beginning of time to the present day. Your child's imagination will allow him to study this book on his own, travel through time and understand the course of history.

And here are the options for the book for those who are older. The book "What hides the skin. 2 square meters that dictate how we live" by Yael Adler they will sort out all the biology for a schoolboy, and maybe help preserve the beauty of the skin of your growing daughter, who really wants to start using cosmetics. In general, remember that each of us has about two square meters of skin, which, like an antenna, reacts to all external and internal stimuli. Any impact on it causes some harm or benefit to the whole (!) Organism. Such non-fiction book will be, in fact, useful not only for children, adults will find in it many facts unknown to themselves. By the way, in this series of books there are still no less charming editions.

Excellent Series popular science books from the author Elena Kachur "Children's Encyclopedia with Chevostik". The book is recommended for children of preschool and primary school age. The series has gained incredible popularity in Russia for the cutest illustrations, a detailed description of the facts in each book. And if you have been afraid of, for example, physics since your school days, then Elena's book "Fun physics" will guide you carefully. It will allow the student to understand complex concepts and try to study them on their own. The series has already published books about chemistry, about human health and structure, about the Earth.

And the popular science book by Perelman Yakov "Scientific tricks and riddles" will set you on fire every day, because it contains all the most interesting and entertaining puzzles, riddles, series of experiments.

It can be said that a masterpiece book among all series of collections of experiments from the authors Maria Yakovleva, Sergei Bolushevsky This popular science book "365 scientific experiments for every day". You will not find a more detailed edition yet. The experiments are simple, but give an understanding of all sciences. You can not only get an understanding of why this happens, but with the help of improvised means, conduct all the experiments with the children. The book is good in that it is subdivided according to the seasons, grading, if possible, to do this experience on your own or only with the help of adults. Before each experiment, you will have a list of the necessary things for its implementation and an illustration.

Results

Non-fiction books for children, authors which have become both Russian and foreign writers are conquering the bookstore market with great speed. Of course, much depends on the edition, illustrations or photographs, the quality of the material presented, but in any case, both children and adults read such books. Their evenings become joint and there are cases that can only be done together! The authors of popular science books for children try to make them as useful and interesting as possible for a wide range of users.

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