Historias de Ríos

by Timothy Knapman, Ashling Lindsay (Illustrator)

This stunning book introduces readers to the Nile, Mississippi, Rhine, Yangtze, and Amazon Rivers. The pages unfold to provide more information and give children the sensation of sailing down these magnificent bodies of water.

Genres: Picture Books, Nonfiction

48 pages, Hardcover

Published August 1, 2019

About the author

Timothy Knapman has written many books for children, including Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates, Dinosaurs in the Supermarket and Eleanor's Eyebrows. He also writes plays and co-writes musicals.

Timothy Knapman is available in a range of colours, and is washable.

Reviews

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is · Rating 5 out of 5]

It took me three nights to read 5 river stories to my daughter. In the meantime, we both loved to study the beautiful illustrations. I can’t decide which of the 5 river stories I love the most because I loved them all. In the Nile River, I was surprised to learn that Ernest Hemingway and his wife had two plane crashes and survived both times. It was also interesting to know that the Aswan High Dam took 25,000 people & 10 years to build it. The Mississippi River’s journey throughout United States was full of stories too. The sad story of Hurricane Katarina is forever in history. I only learned of Cairo, IL recently when I watched a movie on Huckleberry Finn so it was great to read about it even though it’s now known as a ghost town. The Rhine river was super neat when I learned that The Black Forest was the setting for The Little Red Riding Hood fairytale.

This book started readers with The Nile river. The page opened out four-page wide with three pages behind it. The Nile stories started from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda to Sudan and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. Next up was The Mississippi river. Again 4-pages wide and 3 pages behind filled with many short stories. The stories started in Minnesota to Wisconsin down to Missouri to Louisiana and ended at The Gulf of Mexico. Follow next was The Rhine river. It started in Switzerland with mountains and The Rhine Falls to Germany and Netherlands. Next up was The Yangtze river. The river ran through the pages with stories from the beginning of the river to the end. The Yangtze river was full of mountains starting from Tibet near the Pacific Ocean to Shanghai, China near the East China Sea. This book ended with The Amazon river starting from Peru to Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon was filled with plants and animals.

River Stories was truly an awesome book for kids. The beautiful illustrations and mesmerizing colors took my breath away. I couldn’t look anywhere else. Every night before bed, my toddler daughter and I liked to look through the pictures in this book. She’s learning many shapes and sizes of boats, mountains, animals, colors, etc. The Yangtze river pages were so pretty. The green mountains and red/green dragons with black/white panda bear were eye catching. I loved the reminder about where rubber came from. That rubber tree illustration in The Amazon river was informative. Admittedly, many stories are new to me so I loved reading this book even more! I highly recommend everyone to read this book!

xoxo, Jasmine at www.howusefulitis.wordpress.com for more details

Many thanks to HarperCollins 360 for the opportunity to read and review. Please be assured that my opinions are honest.

[Brenda Kahn]

This book serves as a terrific "impressionistic lesson" about five of the world's major rivers. The huge gatefolds add an additional point of interest, but the flow of text was not always clear. Still the factoids were interesting enough to send me to the internet for more information. There was no back matter.

[Andrea Barlien · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fabulous historical and geographical points of interest in this beautifully illustrated book. The pull out pages, even if a little unwieldy, are wonderful depictions of life on the rivers over the centuries (and even millennia)

[Gabiblioteca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Es una excelente propuesta, pero el texto y las historias son confusas. Podría ser genial, no lo es.