Everything You Need to Know: An Encyclopedia for Inquiring Young Minds - Hardcover

Editors Of Kingfisher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0753460890 ISBN 13: 9780753460894

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2007

Synopsis

This wonderful first encyclopedia is the perfect one-volume book of knowledge for young readers. Arranged thematically in ten fascinating core topics, Everything You Need to Know by the editors at Kingfisher will interest knowledge-hungry young minds, with subjects such as dinosaurs, the human body, machines, and space. The lively text is clear, simple, engaging, and enhanced by more than 2,000 illustrations. Every page is filled with story boxes, glossary words, Web links, and illustrated activities to keep young readers turning the pages.

Plus, children will feel a sense of achievement with the full-page "Now You Know!" summary at the end of each chapter, making them feel that they have really learned "everything they need to know"!

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About the Author

Kingfisher is an award-winning publisher of non-fiction and fiction for children of all ages. Known around the world for its informative and engaging reference and early learning books, Kingfisher also receives widespread acclaim for its classic anthologies for five- to fourteen-year-olds and original picture books for very young children.

Reviews

Grade 2–5—This unbiased browsing encyclopedia covers a wide range of subjects under headings such as "Plants," "Animals," "People through Time," "Science," and "Space," with the suitability of the entries varying by age. Some, such as "Clothes," will be accessible to second and third graders, whereas others, for example "South America," may be more suitable for students who have already had some global studies. The visually rich work presents inset blocks of facts, vocabulary, related stories, questions, and ideas for crafts. The story boxes will assist in creating literature connections to topics (though some, such as a summary of "The Three Little Pigs" in the chapter on materials, will not appeal to the older end of the grade range). The vocabulary "notepads" throughout are helpful, but there is no comprehensive glossary or pronunciation guide. "Can You Find?" questions will engage younger readers. Web sites are listed as footers without titles or annotations, limiting their utility. The use of bright colors, small blocks of dark text, an adequately sized typeface, and numerous illustrations make the book easy to read, and a comprehensive index allows for the access of specific bits of information.—Sara Rofofsky Marcus, Yeshiva Har Torah, Little Neck, NY
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Here is an ambitious title for young children that is informative and attractive. The encyclopedia is arranged thematically into 10 sections (“Our Earth,” “Plants,” “Animals,” “Dinosaurs,” “People and Places,” “People through Time,” “My Body,” “Science,” “Space,” and “Machines”) with between 11 and 17 topics grouped under each. Most topics are treated in two-page spreads. Obviously, coverage of each subject is limited, but there is plenty of worthwhile information to answer questions and spark curiosity. In addition to readable text, special features include boxes highlighting supplemental facts; vocabulary; related myths and stories (such as “The Story of Buddha”); “Creative Corner,” containing craft projects; and more. There are up-to-date Web sites on every right-hand page.  The volume is visually appealing, with full-color illustrations, and will be used primarily for browsing. Other single-volume encyclopedias for this age group, DK’s Children’s Illustrated Encyclopedia (2000) and Scholastic Children’s Encyclopedia (2004), have similar coverage but use an alphabetical arrangement; a subject approach may be more user-friendly since children this young don’t necessarily think in A–Z order. Everything You Need to Know may not cover quite everything, but it’s fun for kids in preschool through fourth grade. More suited for circulating collections than reference. Preschool-Grade 4. --Susan Gooden

Edition details

• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753460890
• ISBN 13: 9780753460894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320