This wonderful book gives you a chance to learn history together while embracing their delight in weapons through the ages. Brilliant for late readers because they can learn so much just from the illustrations. But it is not just the illustrations which are good, Edwin Tunis was a passionate lover of history, which he communicates through his wonderfully detailed text. His books are similar  to David Macaulay’s Pyramid: Brilliant for late readers because they can learn so much from the illustrations.

We loved Oars, Sails and Steam: A picture books of ships as well as Frontier Living, Wheels and Indians. We are looking forward to exploring  more of his work.

A child could spend a year in Oars, Sails and Steam and not lack for learning. We found the glossary of Nautical Terms in the back very helpful.

Here is a another more thorough review of his books.

Here is the link for some of his  books at the NZ National Library

Here is the link for the books at the Auckland Libraries

Click on the image to buy it from Fish Pond