DK Titanic

My 7 year old grandson knows so many things about Titanic and has such an interest in it that I got hom this book for his birthday. He absolutely loved it! Was his favourite present and he loved the wallchart part too

My Grandson who is 11 is fascinated by the Titanic so he will love this book at Christmas

My 11 yr old daughter is Titanic mad since learning about it in school and this was a real hit with her.

Excellent for my chikdren

A very graphically illustrated revised edition of life on the Titanic leading upto and including the ill-fated day of it's sinking.The book further dwells into what was done during the slow sinking, the way in which the different classes were treated, the various acts of heroism from passengers and passing ships, whether the actual number of passengers was established, and thus if the exact number of lives lost has been ascertained.The encyclopaedic book, geared for children of age 6+ goes some way into detailing what happened to those that tragically lost their lives at sea. The letters and stories written by the survivors is all that we have in terms of actual accounts from those that worked, honeymooned, travelled and leisured across the different levels and classes with one of the world's most well known ships.Many personal stories of bravery, tragedy, pets, servants and abandonment are included.Our young daughter, just turning 7, was quite intrigued by the way people reacted and the stories that ensued. This is not her first book on the Titanic, though she has never had a book quite like this one. It is absolutely packed with information, cleverly directed towards children, in a easy to understand manner, with many names, dates, ages and well-researched historical detail preserved so that our little one can continue to use this well-balanced resource for a future school projects, whilst remaining true to the facts and including accurate dates and personal information as well as short bios on individual passengers and staff.Our little one was heartbroken to learn that the kitchen's chefs were locked into their quarters when the panic ensued to stop the steerage class from rushing into the lifeboats.The final chapter in entiltiled 'Lessons Learned'. This is a clever round off for a young impressionable mind to focus her understanding on, after taking in a good dose of quite tragic information. Her focus switched to how improvements to safeguarding passengers, and techniques employed, to make ships more resilient today and how we can ensure, as an engineer that things continue to change for the better. For everyone.Further reading on the Search & Discovery of the Titanic 73 years after sinking is included on a four page spread towards the end.I've also discovered that some of the images of the wreckage of the Titanic; and also, the character likenesses from the hit movie 'Titanic', was actually based on real life photographs and artist drawings of actual passengers as was their stories and heritage.A truly fascinating read. Not only for our little one, but for myself, revisiting the little information i knew, and learning much more along the way as we flipped though the pages together.5 stars