A little background on the company: In 1973, Peter Usborne decided that educational, non-fiction books would need to change in order to compete with TV and comics. He borrowed some ideas from these two media and hired educational consultants to oversee the writing to make sure that the books not only satisfy the child`s interest, but also arouse it.

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I could bore you with my review of Usborne, but I recently came across a great review of one book in particular... The author, Ruth Smith, pretty much sums up how great Usborne books are. It is really worth reading!
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