The documentary is a type of book whose intention is to inform, attract towards a world of knowledge (literature also does it). But in this case, in a systematized organized way, in a way that image is the support (sometimes scientific) for readers to enter specific worlds. The pedagogue Comenius, between the 16th and 17th centuries, became the precursor of didactic documentary books, with his Orbis Pictus. Nowadays, the little ones (and the not so little) earn details and subtleties about dinosaurs and fauna in general, about plants, nature phenomena, and much more.

We may highlight the trilogy published by KALANDRAKA: Constructores (Builders), Nacer (Being born) and Bocas (Mouths). With images close to photography, they introduce readers to the world of animal constructions, the different ways of being born and giving birth, and to the ways animals have to feed themselves.

Author: Xulio Gutiérrez

Illustrator: Nicolás Fernández

KALANDRAKA

BOOKS ABOUT ALPHABETS AND SYLLABLES - RHYMES, RIDDLES, SONGS AND POEM BOOKS - CONTEMPORARY TALES - ADAPTATIONS OF POPULAR TALES - NON TRADITIONAL ADAPTATIONS - BOOKS WITH NO WORDS - POP-UP - DOCUMENTARIES - ACTIVITY BOOKS - VISUAL DICTIONARIES - BOOKS OF IMAGES - PROMOTIONAL GADGETS - JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES