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The New Book of Knowledge is uniquely related to the needs of modern children, both in school and at home. It is written for the children of today, who are standing on the threshold of a new world. Knowledge in every field is bursting its bonds. Old "truth" are becoming invalid; new "truths" are opening vistas never before imagined. The encyclopedia is addressed to the children of this new world. Today 's children need an encyclopedia as different from those that have gone before as today's world is different from that of yesterday. Over one thousand advisers and contributors, together with a staff of two hundred editors, artists, and related personnel, worked for six years to complete an alphabetically arranged, curriculum-oriented encyclopedia, a reference set designed for today's world...The New Book of Knowledge