STORY OF THE TITANIC

STORY OF THE TITANIC by DK. Illustrated by Steve Noon

If you are in Ohio (or near Ohio), you may have heard about the wonderful exhibit at COSI in Columbus featuring the Titanic. In preparation for our upcoming visit, we have been reading some fabulous books about this amazing yet tragic event in history. Over the next couple of weeks, I will share some of our reads.

Today's pick is a great picture book by DK. What makes this book such a good one is all the cutaways into the Titanic that are given and the search and find element.

 DK pulls back the curtain a bit, and lets kids view passengers and rooms in all three classes of the Titanic. There are certain people from all three plus staff that you somewhat keep tabs on through the journey. In the end, you do find out if they survived the tragedy or not.

DK also adds a bit of a "Where's Waldo" type vibe. Included on the top and bottom of each page are pictures of people, places, or events that are happening within the main picture to find. If you have children like mine, this element helps to engage them even more to take in the illustrations on a deeper level as they search. I will include a picture in the comments for you to see.

This is one of those books that my daughter kept asking for more of as I broke it up into chunks between some other books.

HEADS UP- One tiny heads up! As you are looking into the cutaways of the rooms, you will notice bathrooms. There are a couple of small pictures of people in showers with their buns exposed. They are small, but since you are searching the pictures you most likely will come upon them. We found it a little strange but humourous.