Books with title The Kingfisher Animal Encyclopedia

Children will find this comprehensive, and visually exciting encyclopedia gathers the essential geographical, physical, and cultural information they need for school assignments in one convenient and easy-to-use source.Illustrated with more than 1,500 photographs, maps and flags, this stunning volume covers all the world's 192 countries, including dependencies and islands. The authoritative and clearly laid out text, fascinating maps, and up-to-the-minute facts, will help children acquire essential geographical knowledge and expand their understanding of how people live in many different parts of the world. With its country-by-country layout, a glossary, index and a reference section at the back of the book, this new encyclopedia is an exciting reference book for the whole family.

Science is now recognized as an essential subject for the 1990s with particular emphasis placed on science as a subject area within the National Curriculum. This book, therefore, provides a reference source for information on scientific facts. It features an A-Z index with each entry categorized with a symbol across nine subject areas: astronomy, biography, chemistry, earth sciences, electronics, life sciences, mathematics, physics and technology. Also included is a three-level system of cross-referencing, an index to encourage in-depth study and over 60 extended entries to provide a source of information for school projects. Numerous experiments, fact boxes, biographies and factual nuggets offer additional details.

In the Kingfisher First Encyclopedia, children can easily study more than 100 popular topics using the alphabetically arranged entries. Information is presented in clearly written text with vocabulary appropriate for young readers. Cross-reference boxes link related entries, and children will enjoy using them to find their favorite topics throughout the book. Exciting color illustrations and photographs aid understanding and fill each page with interest.