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Originally Posted by Geoff F  The Collins Field Guides are good general reference books with clear colour photos of most common species. They may appear a bit advanced at the moment but I suspect he will soon 'grow' into them.
They were on offer at the Book People recently. |
It's easy to under-estimate a child's level of learning and ability to pick out detail. Lots will go for wonderous detail...which a field guide has. Just a bit of help with reading and I bet you'd be surprised how quickly they can id insects...quicker than us in a lot of cases as their eyes are good and they have uncluttered brains. I would have loved a 'grown up' field guide at five!
I used to love going through my grandad's Pictorial Knowledge books at that age even though they were monochrome.