Politics for Beginners: 1 Hardcover – 8 Feb. 2018

‘An informative guide to political systems, elections, voting and government and issues including feminism, human rights, freedom of speech and fake news, all explained with clear text and bright, infographic style illustrations.’That sounds pretty great, right? But it doesn’t do this book justice at all. Because this book is an absolute game changer! It is beautifully accessible and has my 8 year old hooked. Every night we read through another couple of pages. We never get further than that because this book raises so many questions and has been the springboard to so many discussions about our world. Last night we started out reading about voting but ended up talking about media bias and Rupert Murdoch and Sky takeovers and Newsround and Teen Vogue and role models and…. you get the idea. It is opening her eyes to the world in a hugely positive way. It is inspiring her. It is empowering her. Because you have to understand how something works before you can get in there and blow it apart to change it.This book informs, educates and raises questions. I have absolutely no doubt that it will inspire the next generation of activists and political game changers. Buy this book for your kids, for your friends’ kids, for their schools. Share this book with children. Talk them through it. Discuss it with them. I guarantee you’ll learn a lot too and it will leave you feeling hopeful for the future.

During the coronavirus lockdown I wanted to make sure my kids had a learning experience that isn't necessarily available in school,s so learning about politics and preparing them for voting was high on the list. This book is a great introduction to politics that explains complex political ideas in real-life terms that children understand. And to be honest, I'm 30 years old and even I've picked up a thing or two from every page. One of the best books I've bought on here.

I read this for my 8 year old and enjoyed it. It’s well written and illustrated.

This book is very good to introduce basics definitions and concepts about politics to kids in a fun and entertaining way. Lots of drawings so it will not be too boring for them.

great overview of political systems - many age groups can refer to and learn from. I bought it for my 10 year old but my 13 and 17 yer old have read it too! good illustrations - nice to flip through. The whole series is a great idea

10 yr old really enjoyed this to supplement politics topic at school. Excellent breadth of topics covered, see look inside to get an idea. Also got British politics for dummies which is quite detailed and less exciting but he's checked a couple of topics in that also. This is great for junior school kids, maybe 9-11.

I bought this for my 12 year old who was interested in politics and wanted to understand it a little better. He tells me it has been really good in helping his understanding - and fun to read!

This book has been a great success with our 8 year old son who is always keen to understand what is happening in the world around him. It touches on a lot of important issues in a child friendly way. The illustrations are nice and colourful too.