The World Around Us – Nonfiction Books for Children

Open the door for children to the fascinating world all around them. The World Around Us category offers educational books for kids, children’s encyclopedias, and picture atlases that explain how nature, the human body, cities, technology, and the universe work in a clear and engaging way. Reading is both fun and meaningful—it nurtures curiosity, builds vocabulary, and encourages independent discovery of the world.

Choose titles with realistic illustrations and photos, easy-to-read maps, and infographics that help make connections. Lift-the-flap books, questions and answers, simple experiments, and STEM activities are popular; for preschoolers and school-age children, large formats, hardcovers, durable construction, and quality paper are ideal for frequent browsing. You’ll also find indexes, glossaries of terms, and helpful pictograms; some titles are inspired by the Montessori approach.

Topics in The World Around Us include nature and animals, plants and ecosystems, ecology and recycling, weather and seasons, space and planets, Earth and continents, cities and countries, social studies, the human body and health, transportation, machines, science, and technology. These educational books and children’s encyclopedias bring the joy of learning, support critical thinking, early reading, and school projects, and lay a strong foundation for STEM skills. Reach for children’s atlases, picture encyclopedias, and activity books—an engaging exploration of the world around us awaits.