A Children’s Book That Celebrates the Wonders of Real

We enjoin our children stories about fag and giant and wizards and trolls — all still favorites , even as an grownup . So get ’s not terminate with the fable . But ca n’t we also portion out with kids the wonder of what ’s real ?

That ’s what evolutionary life scientist Richard Dawkins has done with The Magic of Reality , a nestling ’s book that cares more about the legerdemain you feel star up at the star than the kind that comes out of a verge . Dawkins split up the work into several sections that are scientific , historic , and astronomical , jabbing at various myths about his subjects before coming in with a haymaker of accuracy .

I ’m getting get married in a calendar week and a half , and when I do I ’m go to inherit two unbelievable nieces . And as much as I ’m appear forward to deal the joys of Peter Pan and the Cowardly Lion with them , I also ca n’t await to show them just how incredible the human race around them is . [ Open CultureviaBoingBoing ]