Second World War (See Inside) (Usborne See Inside) Hardcover – 1 Jun. 2011

I have bought this book for a friend’s 9 year old son for Xmas so he hasn’t read it yet but I know he loves history and has watched programs on tv about the Second World War. I did read it and it keeps you engaged, not too long in detail but full enough. It covers everything with good explanations. The pictures are good too with maps showing where battles took place. A good informative and written book. I definitely recommend it.

This book provides a very good, highly readable and understandable overview on an incredibly complex subject. Ask any adult about the causes of WWII and you’ll get some vague generalities. This book summarises the key events, the main actors and puts the whole drama in a context that is digestible for younger readers. But even as an adult with quite some background on the subject, I must say that I quite enjoyed the guided reading sessions for which we used this book.As always these Young Reader books are very well presented. It comes in a hard cover format with a page finder ribbon and is filled with colourful illustrations, photographs from the age and clear graphs.Our 9-year old daughter considers herself a World War 2 expert. Which is fair enough, though she only read the Anne Frank and Adolf Hitler famous Lives books from this series. Yet it has given her a decent understanding and perhaps indeed she is a bit more knowledgable about the subject than most of the children of her age. Also because over the years we’ve visited quite few locations and museums related to the conflict. So the book was very welcome, and it is just helpful to have a proper account of the topic.The fact that these books are of good quality and come will ensure that they will be passed on at some stage to the owner’s little brother. He is is only six years old, but for whatever reason he is actually obsessed with military stuff and WW2 - therefore he was a little upset that his big sis got such a nice book with interesting illustrations about one of his favourite topics.

I bought this for my 9 yr old son who is doing WW2 as his current topic at school. It has proved very useful for him to check facts, and he has also found it really easy to read, as it is laid out in such a way that makes you want to continue reading, and therefore learning. It is not too wordy, which can be off putting. Great book at a great price.

Lovely book.lots of interesting info without being too complicated.

Bought for my 8 year old grandson who is totally wrapped up with anything to do with WW1 and WW2. He has several of the flap books on other subjects but this is the one that attracts him the most. The flaps are a good source of anticipation whilst reading through the book. Very good book. Would definitely recommend.

I bought this for my godson and he loves it. He’s been learning about the war at school and I thought that this would help. He really rates it.

Brought for my 7 year old 'war obsessed' son. Great illustrations, written well for his ability to understand- all that is left is for me to brush up on my knowledge to answer all of his questions!

Bought two, one each for my 5 year old grandsons. They are both soldier crazy, and have pored over this book, lots of entertainment, and useful facts!