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Name: Then and Now

Author: Heather Amery
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ISBNs:
9780794522117
0794522114

My son and I read this as a part of Sonlight's P4/5 curriculum. We both loved this book. Each two page spread shows a scene in the present day and one hundred years in the past. There is a short explanation and a few questions next to each scene. My son was fascinated at looking at how differently people lived in the past. He would pour over the pictures looking for all the differences, asking about what things weren't invented yet in the past. There were a few things my son was confused about in the "present day" pictures as well. Mostly because I think the book was originally published in the UK, so there are a few minor unfamiliar things. this book is a great way to introduce the concept of history to preschool age children. This led to good discussions about how life has changed since I was a child and how life has changed since my son's grandparents were children.