Eyewitness Books is a series of nonfiction books intended for young adults. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact. They were first published in England by Dorling Kindersley in 1988. Dorling Kindersley is a leading publisher of illustrated reference books The series now has over one hundred titles on a variety of subjects, such as dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, flags, chemistry, music, the Olympics, and William Shakespeare. According to Dorling Kindersley, over 50 million copies have been sold in 36 languages.
The books are often noted for their numerous photographs, which are always set against a white background. Describing the series in Booklist, Michael Cart wrote, "What DK did—with almost revolutionary panache—was essentially to reinvent nonfiction books by breaking up the solid pages of gray type that had previously been their hallmark, reducing the text to bite-size, nonlinear nuggets that were then surrounded by pictures that did more than adorn—they also conveyed information. Booklist is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of Books and audiovisual materials for all ages Usually full color, they were so crisply reproduced they seemed to leap off the page. "[1]
Notes
- ^ Michael Cart. "Eyewitness Books: Putting the graphic in lexigraphic". Booklist. October 15, 2002. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
External link
- Eyewitness Books official website