Beautiful pictures but too simplistic for 2nd grade
353493
I am a homeschooling mom to a 6 yo boy and I am always in search of supplements to go along with our regular curriculum.  Here are my thoughts on this book.
Pros: The photographs are beautiful and the information is concise and accurate.  This could go along with a unit study, history or geography.
Cons: I think the information is presented in a straight forward but unexciting format.  There was very little information given and I believe the book was overly simplistic for 2nd grade.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
1476782
the [pictures are stunning but too mature for small children. this book would be best suited for children 10 and up as the story is really really long as well. it makes for a great visual as you summarize
1603495
I bought this book due to the positive reviews, and because it looked so cute.  I do love the art.  It's a pleasure to look at.  But the text seems to be too high for very little ones, and way to easy for the age range for which it is advertised.  Amazon lists it's age range as 9-12.  I have a 10 year old who loves books, both chapter and picture.  She never even gave this one a second look.  Maybe it would be good for a slightly younger set who are just starting out reading and writing.
3289969
I was kind of disappointed in this book. I bought it for my grandson. It is VERY simple. All of the objects to be found are so obvious - not hidden at all. I would say that this book would be for a 2 year old at the most.
1390447
While my kids really like the guessing "which picture is X type of water formation", the descriptions are way too advanced vocabulary for small kids.  It'd be challenging vocabulary for maybe a 4th or 5th grader, but then the picture pages are far too simple for a child that age.  It's not very consistent.  On the plus side, the pictures are cute and the kids did like it even though they couldn't understand most of the words.
4343514
Beautiful pictures, but way to tiny to color if you try to color in all the small places.  At first look, I panicked trying to figure out how I could possibly color in this book because of the teeny, tiny detail.  Then, I watched videos of some artists coloring in Johann's books and realized that I can forget the tiny detail and just color the whole item one color, rather than trying to fill in the small spaces.  Once I wrapped my brain around that, I started coloring and it was just fine.  It seems so silly that I did not think of that, but I am not a creative person and didn't color much as a kid because I did not enjoy it and frankly, I wasn't any good at it.

My husband has the Enchanted Forest book and while I do think that book is much better, I am okay with Lost Ocean.  I do wish that the drawings did not go into the binder as in order to get to that part of the page, you have to break the binder and therefore, the book will not close properly.  I also prefer the paper of the last two books and the book cover; that was a nice touch.

I have been using Fiskars and LolliZ gel pens and Crayola colored pencils and so far and nothing bleeds through, which is a plus.

My suggestion for those who are having trouble with the small spaces is to, this may seem silly, go to YouTube and watch a few of the artist color (they do it in very fast motion) and you might have a change of heart.
300370
It is a very cute book FILLED with LOTS and LOTS of information and colorful illustrations, but I bought it for Kindergarten/1st grade classes and it is way over their heads. I need something simpler. Her other book Pirates of Plagiarism is the same way, but if you are reading it to older classes I guess it is ok.  I am a school librarian and need something short and concise, but I'll give it a try.  It didn't show ages on this one, so I wasn't sure.
844500
Overly simplified for my 10 year old, but still a good book.
1521423
Wanted a story in picture version that correlated to US History curriculum and was user friendly to different age group. Bummer!
2016679
When a description says "A Kid's Photo book" that's exactly what you get.  The pictures are beautiful, but not a lot of written content.  I bought this for my 9 year old grandson and it's better suited for younger children.  I think this is one of those books that he will look at once or twice and then it will gather dust on his shelf.
2448433
I loved the way the concepts were presented in this book.  It offers a broad range of third grade skills.  Note that this is more of a refresh of skills than presenting new skills.  The language used for instruction was easy to understand and clear without talking down to the student.

I'll be honest here, though, and say that my daughter didn't find it fun.  She found it tedious.  The concept of stickers and super heroes as an incentive didn't work for her maturity level.  She found it childish at the grand old age of eight.

I do think this is a nice homeschool material and I think, in small doses, it can be used to keep concepts fresh during vacation.  But I had to come up with my own incentives as these didn't work for my child.
3590889
I bought this to use with preschooler/ lower primary grade students. More work needs to to be done by the company to make the questions and selection of words more appropriate for these kinds of students. Not enough common nouns like animals, games, toys, for example, that are interesting for kids and less "famous" people and places that would not be interesting for kids. Substitute family members, and jobs for "who" type questions and ordinary places like school, the supermarket, a forest for "where" type questions. I would have separate picture cards to go with the question cards to help guess the answer and perhaps have shorter easier to understand hints. I might recommend this for higher grade students aged 8 and above.
402020
I bought this for my ten-year-old son, but will end up using it with my six-year-old instead.  It's definitely geared toward very young kids.  It will be good for memorizing the names of the organelles, but there's very little regarding function.  For example, here's what the book says about mitochondria:
"Mitochondria are organelles inside the cell.  The mitochondria in your cells make energy so you can run and play!  Point to the mitochondria."  That's it.  There's a similar short blurb for each organelle and a few more prompts throughout the book to point to them.  There are a few sentences like this, in HUGE print, on each two-page spread, combined with gigantic and equally simplistic illustrations.  I was expecting something similar to the Real Science-4-Kids series; this is more like a preschooler's board book.
4029884
I loved the sixteen pages of very beautiful illustrations,but ,I think that this book is  more suitable for older children and adults than for preschoolers.  It is about trading kisses  for material things, and about  valuing gimmicky man-made objects over things of great natural beauty.  You can enlarge these illustrations on your Kindle by putting two fingers close together on a picture and then moving them apart.  The story is also about being blind to the desirable qualities of the Prince .
105273
Great images, some pictures do have small spaces so a fine time marker or pencil is required, not easy for children
3782799
Generally I like it, and the scavenger hunt is a nice idea, but some of the pictures are very simplistic. As a coloring book marketed for adults I was expecting more consistent intricacy. But it is still a coloring book, and the artwork is nice, so 4 stars.
1669432
Too easy for 3rd grade, my daughter brings home much harder work for homework, I got this thinking it might help.  Its too simple, almost at the 2nd grade level.