ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Orbis Pictus

Orbis Pictus is a book that was made a very, very long time ago. When people wanted to learn about things, they didn't have the internet or computers like we do today. They had to read books!

Orbis Pictus was a special book because it had pictures and words that explained things. The pictures were really pretty and helped people understand what the words meant. The book was written by a man named John Amos Comenius, who wanted to help kids learn about the world around them.

So when kids wanted to know what a cow looked like, they could look at the picture of the cow in the book and read about it. Or when they wanted to know how plants grew, there would be a picture of a plant and words explaining how it happens.

Overall, Orbis Pictus was a very helpful book that taught kids lots of things in a fun and easy way.