This encyclopedia brings together all the good things about some of the worst things on Earth. It is an ants to zits encyclopaedic compendium covering people, animals, insects, plants and food. It explains why vomit smells, where dandruff comes from and why maggots adore rotting meat.
Child-friendly and containing more than 600 entries ranging from Aircraft to the Korean War, the Respiratory System to Walt Whitman, this book will serve as an indispensable reference for students.
This set of sixteen volumes, with entries from aardvark to zoos and over 6,000 color illustrations, is "especially designed for young grade school children."
Over 75 subject-based spreads, fact boxes, and amazing photographic images help stimulate children's interest and imagination on a wide variety of subjects. Riddles, activities, and quiz questions are included.
Illustrated articles, stories, and poems, grouped thematically in fifteen volumes under titles including "World and Space, "About Animals, " "How Things Work, " and "Make and Do."
Each volume deals with a different subject, such as astronomy, holidays, machines, clothing, transportation, and other scientific subjects. Uses questions and answer format.
This second edition offers the common core of knowledge children should learn in grade school. Inviting and informative, the book is organized by subject, including mythology, history, religion and philosophy, music, art, geography, medicine, technology, and many more. No other book gives children so much information about the world, from ancient ...
From the Beatles to Web sites, this bestselling sourcebook on culture contains 3,000 up-to-date definitions, 250 new definitions, an easy alphabetical arrangement and comprehensive index, 250 black-and-white illustrations, and a new Introduction.
A remarkable book that contains enough information to help you win bets the rest of your life: -- The bagpipe was not a Scottish invention -- Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball at Cooperstown -- or anywhere else in America -- London's Big Ben is neither a clock nor a tower -- Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, and the boat he built ...
Illustrated articles, stories, and poems, grouped thematically in fifteen volumes under titles including "World and space, " "About animals, " "How things work, " and "Make and do."
Now revised, this new edition covers more than 300 topics in depth, with more than 2,000 photographs and stunning illustrations. Includes cross-reference boxes and a fact-finder at the end of the encyclopedia. Full color.
With gorgeous, full-color spreads and hip, vivid design, this "un-cyclopedia" for the Internet generation gives fresh and fascinating contexts for classic information--making looking up information easier than ever!
A family encyclopaedia that answers some of the less conventional questions that children and their families ask. Each entry has an introduction, descriptive text and practical applications.
Illustrated articles, stories, and poems, grouped thematically in fifteen volumes under titles including "World and Space, " "About Animals, " "How Things Work, " and "Make and Do."
Geography, science, history, politics, religion, sports, and the arts are covered in this comprehensive and portable reference. Clear, alphabetical organization makes it easy for readers to gather information and tackle homework assignments. Includes state-of-the-art graphics, glossary and index, and key fact and date panels. Full-color ...
An amazingly compact, full-color, illustrated encyclopedia that is really small enough to carry in your pocket. With information on every major subject, more than 1,000 photographs, and fact boxes, this is an indispensable family reference book.
Illustrated articles, stories, and poems, grouped thematically in fifteen volumes under titles including "World and Space, "About Animals, " "How Things Work, " and "Make and Do."
Illustrated articles provide information on stars and planets, the Earth, the living world, science and technology, world history, and countries of the world.
Included are Word Families and Word Sources, literary terms highlighted with examples, a 14-page reference section and style manual to writers, plus 100,000 entries, including such contemporary words as "camcorder" and "VCR", 120,000 definitions, 35,000 illustrative examples, 1,800 etymologies, 900 Usage Notes and Synonym Studies, and 1,500 photos ...
Featuring gorgeous photographs that illustrate and educate, this visual encyclopedia is jam-packed with thousands and thousands of images that bring more than one million things to light. Full color.
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