A book review of History is Inventive by Brooke Knight (Honest History)
Stars: *****
Honest History (2021)
Children’s Nonfiction>History
80 pages
Disclosure: I received this book in exchange for this review.
Summary: A children’s book exploring inventions (and their inventors) that changed the world. Discover the true stories behind amazing creations, from the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient analogue computer, to the Baghdad Battery. On every page, young historians will learn something new about each invention through engaging stories accompanied by beautiful illustrations and design—you may even find you have the next Charles Drew on your hands after they put the book down.
History is Inventive
These history books for kids are interesting enough to read and so chock full of information that adults can enjoy them too. They are very colourful and the fonts are bigger so kids can read it easier.
I especially like that this book, which is about inventions, covers inventions that aren’t talked about as often instead of just rehashing the same ones over and over. You’ll find out about makeup, surgery, calendars and high heels.
The illustrations by Sophy Smith are perfect. The people and items look realistic enough to know what they are but are simple enough for the book.
At the end of each section is a Thinking It Over section with two questions to think about. They can be skipped if the reader wants or they can be used as reflection on the topic.
We will be using these books in our homeschool so we will be doing the reflection questions aloud.
Buy History is Inventive AT Honest History