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The Kingfisher children's encyclopedia

Name: The Kingfisher children's encyclopedia
Author: Kingfisher
ISBN: 9780753451342

by Kingfisher, Kingfisher Editors

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Overview

Kingfisher’s encyclopedias are award-winning, information-packed reference books for all the family. The new, updated editions are beautiful versions of these trusted favourites – perfect for gifts and reference alike. If you want one children’s general encyclopedia, this is it!

Fully revised and updated, to reflect the latest developments in science, technology, and world events, The Kingfisher Children’s Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, is a trusted resource for helping children understand the world we live in. The encyclopedia is alphabetically organized with headwords in the top left-hand corner for easy browsing. Authoritative text offers thorough coverage of each subject, while bright and informative original artwork, photographs, and captions provide plenty of visual interest. Cross-reference boxes encourage research skills, and fact and chronology boxes provide quick reference points for homework and reports. A fact-finder at the back of the encyclopedia has a timeline of key historical events and personalities from around the world. With entries on everything from Australian Aboriginal people to zoology, this encyclopedia is the ultimate one-stop reference for home or classroom.

Presents more than 400 brief, alphabetically arranged entries on a variety of topics.

About the Author, Kingfisher

The Kingfisher Children’s Encyclopedia has been meticulously researched, compiled and checked by a team of more than 50 expert writers and consultants, each a specialist in their field.

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Editorials

Children's Literature - Marilyn Courtot

From Aborigine to Zoology, this all-new encyclopedia gives kids a glimpse into more than 400 topics that range through geography, science, history, politics, sports and much more. It is all liberally illustrated with clearly labeled or captioned photographs, illustrations, diagrams and maps in full-color. Cross-references are found in the See Also Boxes, and they really do help flesh out a topic. For country entries, a small representation is provided of the flag along with basic statistical data on the area, population, capital, language, and currency. Up-to-date information is provided about the Internet and space exploration, but the computer entry could have been better done, especially the example of a pixel. There is no heading for AIDS or mention of it in the entry on Africa, yet the Medicine entry lists the diagnosis of the first case of AIDS as a milestone of modern medicine. At the end of the book there is a Factfinder section that contains a variety of material including maps, basic facts about US states, a list of US Presidents, international organizations, brief biographies, and highlights of the twentieth century, all of which are quite up-to-date. There are more than 3,500 indexed references.

School Library Journal

Gr 4-6-This general encyclopedia contains about 200 articles on arbitrarily selected scientific, historical, geographical, and social topics, arranged alphabetically and capped by a brief section of statistics and biographies. The scope of the entries varies wildly, from "Aborigine" and "Hovercraft" to "Media" and "Revolution." Readers in search of specific information will be forced to flip repeatedly to and from the index. Each one-to-four page article includes several captioned, finely detailed, color photos and illustrations that supplement the thoroughly subheaded text. Aside from an occasional battle scene or slavering predator, the visuals are nicely designed to impart information rather than wow browsers. General coverage, though far from deep, is topical enough to include cybercafes, the Mars Pathfinder, and Mother Teresa's death. Such currency, plus a rare balance between verbal and visual information, would make this a suitable replacement for the Random House Children's Encyclopedia (1993)-except that the Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia (DK, 1998), roughly equivalent both in reading level and price, is packaged with its CD-ROM version and so will make a more desirable choice for collections that can't afford both.-John Peters, New York Public Library