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DK Children's Encyclopedia by DK


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DK Children's Encyclopedia: The Book that Explains Everything by DK

The ultimate book of knowledge for kids aged 7 to 9, this thorough children's encyclopedia contains all the homework answers your kids will need, explained clearly and checked by experts.

An engaging, traditional-style general reference book for kids covering all the key subjects including Arts, People, History, Earth, Nature, Science, Technology, Space, and the Human Body in alphabetical order.

This encyclopedia for children is a must-have resource for every student's shelf, with age-appropriate, jargon-free text accompanied by stunning, detailed images covering over 240 topics all in one place, from science and nature to history and the arts. Essential for any child who wants to discover as much as possible about the world around them.

Packed with information, each single-page entry in this fabulous kid's encyclopedia features a key topic explained in a concise manner accompanied by gorgeous visuals, fun facts about the world and extensive cross-references revealing the links between subject areas. Kids can learn about Ancient Rome, chemistry, evolution, microscopic life, robots, Vikings, and so much more.

Written, edited, and designed by a team of experts, vetted by educational consultants, and properly levelled to the reading age, this is the ultimate knowledge book for kids.

Explore, Wonder And Learn!

The ultimate illustrated children's encyclopedia is packed with thousands of incredible and essential facts on favourite subjects!

Beautiful illustrations, colourful maps, and magnificent photographs bring every single page to life. Inspiring and informative, the DK Children's Encyclopedia is a book of wonder that will absorb and engage children of all ages.

This kid's educational book covers topics like:
-Storytelling, changing the world, music and war
-Films, technology, inventions, food and clothes
-Explorers, planets and pets
-And so much more!

DK Children's Encyclopedia Reviews

An investment for childhood and beyond. * Big Issue North *

Table of Contents

  • 1: How this book works
  • 2: Africa
  • 3: Aircraft
  • 4: American West
  • 5: Amphibians
  • 6: Ancient China
  • 7: Ancient Egypt
  • 8: Ancient Greece
  • 9: Ancient India
  • 10: Ancient Rome
  • 11: Animal families
  • 12: Animal groups
  • 13: Animal homes
  • 14: Antarctica
  • 15: Arctic
  • 16: The story of colour
  • 17: Art
  • 18: Asia
  • 19: Asteroids
  • 20: Astronauts
  • 21: Astronomy
  • 22: Atmosphere
  • 23: Atoms
  • 24: Aztecs
  • 25: Bicycles
  • 26: Big Bang
  • 27: Biology
  • 28: Birds
  • 29: Black holes
  • 30: Body cells
  • 31: The story of storytelling
  • 32: Books
  • 33: Brain
  • 34: Bridges
  • 35: Bronze Age
  • 36: Buildings
  • 37: Carbon cycle
  • 38: The story of the changing world
  • 39: Cars
  • 40: Castles
  • 41: Cats
  • 42: Caves
  • 43: Cells
  • 44: Changing states
  • 45: Chemistry
  • 46: Circuits
  • 47: Climate change
  • 48: Clocks
  • 49: The story of clothing
  • 50: Clouds
  • 51: Coding
  • 52: The story of codes
  • 53: Comets
  • 54: Communication
  • 55: Compass
  • 56: Computers
  • 57: Conservation
  • 58: Constellations
  • 59: Coral reefs
  • 60: Crafts
  • 61: Dance
  • 62: Day and night
  • 63: Deserts
  • 64: Digestion
  • 65: Dinosaurs
  • 66: Dogs
  • 67: Early humans
  • 68: Earth
  • 69: Earth's surface
  • 70: Earthquakes
  • 71: Eggs
  • 72: Electricity
  • 73: The story of energy
  • 74: Elements
  • 75: Engineering
  • 76: Engines
  • 77: Erosion
  • 78: Europe
  • 79: Evolution
  • 80: Explorers
  • 81: Factories
  • 82: Farming
  • 83: Feelings
  • 84: Film
  • 85: Fish
  • 86: Flags
  • 87: Flowers
  • 88: The story of eating
  • 89: Food
  • 90: Food chains
  • 91: Forces
  • 92: Forests
  • 93: Fossil fuels
  • 94: Fossils
  • 95: Fractions
  • 96: French Revolution
  • 97: Friction
  • 98: Fruit and seeds
  • 99: Galaxies
  • 100: Gases
  • 101: Gems
  • 102: Genes
  • 103: The story of water
  • 104: Glaciers
  • 105: Governments
  • 106: Grasslands
  • 107: Gravity
  • 108: Habitats
  • 109: Hearing
  • 110: Heart
  • 111: Hibernation
  • 112: Human body
  • 113: Imperial Japan
  • 114: Incas
  • 115: Industrial Revolution
  • 116: Insects
  • 117: Inside Earth
  • 118: The story of inventions
  • 119: Internet
  • 120: Invertebrates
  • 121: Iron Age
  • 122: Jupiter
  • 123: Knights
  • 124: Lakes
  • 125: Language
  • 126: Law
  • 127: Life cycle
  • 128: Light
  • 129: Liquids
  • 130: Lungs
  • 131: Machines
  • 132: Magnets
  • 133: The story of pets
  • 134: Mammals
  • 135: Maps
  • 136: Mars
  • 137: Materials
  • 138: Maya
  • 139: Measuring
  • 140: Medicine
  • 141: Mercury
  • 142: Metals
  • 143: Metamorphosis
  • 144: Meteorites
  • 145: Microscopic life
  • 146: Migration
  • 147: Milky Way
  • 148: Mixtures
  • 149: Money
  • 150: Monkeys and apes
  • 151: Moon
  • 152: Mountains
  • 153: Muscles
  • 154: Mushrooms
  • 155: Musical instruments
  • 156: The story of music
  • 157: Myths and legends
  • 158: Native Americans
  • 159: The story of exploration
  • 160: Navigation
  • 161: Neptune
  • 162: North America
  • 163: Numbers
  • 164: Oceania
  • 165: Oceans and seas
  • 166: Orchestra
  • 167: Philosophy
  • 168: Photography
  • 169: Photosynthesis
  • 170: Physics
  • 171: Pirates
  • 172: Plants
  • 173: Plastic
  • 174: Pluto
  • 175: Polar habitats
  • 176: Pollution
  • 177: Precious metals
  • 178: The story of gold
  • 179: Prehistoric life
  • 180: Radio
  • 181: Rainforests
  • 182: Recycling
  • 183: The story of festivals
  • 184: Religion
  • 185: Renaissance
  • 186: Reptiles
  • 187: Rivers
  • 188: Robots
  • 189: Rock cycle
  • 190: Rocks and minerals
  • 191: Satellites
  • 192: Saturn
  • 193: Science
  • 194: The story of the sciences
  • 195: Seashore
  • 196: Seasons
  • 197: Shapes
  • 198: Sharks
  • 199: Ships
  • 200: Sickness
  • 201: Sight
  • 202: Sinking and floating
  • 203: Skeleton
  • 204: Skin
  • 205: Slavery
  • 206: Sleep
  • 207: Smell
  • 208: Solar System
  • 209: Solids
  • 210: Sound
  • 211: South America
  • 212: Space travel
  • 213: Spiders
  • 214: Sport
  • 215: The story of games
  • 216: Stars
  • 217: Stone Age
  • 218: The story of homes
  • 219: Storms
  • 220: Sun
  • 221: Symmetry
  • 222: Taste
  • 223: Telephone
  • 224: Television
  • 225: Temperature
  • 226: Theatre
  • 227: Tides
  • 228: Time zones
  • 229: Touch
  • 230: Trade
  • 231: The story of transport
  • 232: Trains
  • 233: Trees
  • 234: Turkish Empire
  • 235: Universe
  • 236: Uranus
  • 237: Venus
  • 238: Vertebrates
  • 239: Vikings
  • 240: Volcanoes
  • 241: Volume
  • 242: Water cycle
  • 243: Weather
  • 244: The story of school
  • 245: Work
  • 246: World
  • 247: World War I
  • 248: World War II
  • 249: The story of war
  • 250: Writing
  • 251: Zoo
  • 252: Reference
  • 253: Glossary
  • 254: Index
  • 255: Acknowledgements

Additional information

GOR009260123
9780241283868
0241283868
DK Children's Encyclopedia: The Book that Explains Everything by DK
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
20171005
304
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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