Books published by publisher Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.

Discover America is an informative series that leads young readers through the 50 states, celebrating the people and culture of every state with beautiful images and engaging facts. Each book describes the history, industry, environment, and sports that make that state unique. With detailed descriptions and simple organization, Discover America serves as a perfect tool for research and reports, learning about a vacation destination, or exploring where Grandma lives. Its one book per state design makes this set ideal for engaging family reading, allowing for use by many people at the same time. Created for ages 9 and up.

Give the young learner in your life the wonderful gift of knowledge. The Britannica Discovery Library is a charming, lavishly illustrated, 12-volume set of "concepts and values" books specifically created for young learners ages 3 - 6. Children are introduced to various texts and genres, including rhymes, narratives, puzzles, and riddles. Key vocabulary words are highlighted throughout and defined at the back of each volume. The set is ideal for pre-readers and early readers as each volume contains activities to build thinking and comprehension skills and a glossary to build language skills. The Britannica Discovery Library has been chosen as a winner of the 2007 Teacher's Choice Award. The series goes beyond the obvious to encourage true learning and integration of knowledge. Titles Include: The Me Book Me and You Colors Shapes Sounds Words Numbers Time Animals The World Around Us People and Places Just for Fun

Track the planet's longest rivers, discover the huge varieties of terrain, gain insight into the Earth's global climate and learn about each region's ever fluctuating populations and political boundaries with the new Encyclopadia Britannica World Atlas. Explore all countries and regions of the world with this trusted and in-depth resource, with features ranging from high definition satellite images to detailed thematic maps about major world issues. Updated for 2010, this atlas provides a complete picture of our 21st-century world with clarity, detail and precision. It allows you to travel around our planet without leaving your seat and helps you understand the world around you. - Provides balanced coverage of all world regions and offers confidence in knowledge on a global scale. - Global thematic maps supply a thorough examination of the world by showing the Earth's place in the Universe, its physical forms and processes, as well as life on earth and ecological issues. - With maps created through the full benefit of satellite imaging, laser measurements and other modern and accurate mapping techniques the world's physical relief is brought to life with extensive detail. - World Overview, an analytic 33-page introductory section, enhances research with facts and statistics on thought-provoking global topics such as climate change, economic growth and immigration trends. - Find places quickly with a clearly styled index of more than 100,000 placenames, each with its geographical coordinates, variant language spellings and historical forms. - Each section begins with a beautiful 8-page introductory spread detailing the current ecological and political standings of each continent, followed by comprehensive and up-to-date maps of the region's countries. - Highly detailed terrain models and sensitive colour schemes give an unsurpassed impression of the Earth.