The Information Please Kids Almanac

by Alice Siegel

Overview

Whether in the classroom or at home, this handy reference, with its thumb tab index, is specially designed to give easy access to difficult-to-find information and fun facts for kids. It answers questions about everything from the smallest animal to the mos distant star, U.S. government to award-winning books. Illustrations, graphs, and charts on every page.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780395588017
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/26/1992
Series:	Information Please
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.91(d)
Age Range:	10 - 12 Years

Editorial Reviews

Gr 4-8-- Eccentric and eclectic, this follows the same pattern set in the two previous Kid's World Almanac compilations. Siegel and McLoone Basta have come up with lots of new stuff--grand trivia, fascinating facts, funny lists, scholarly information served plain and simple, all decorated with a variety of graphics. Although it's well indexed, using it as a reference book is difficult; users should browse through it first and know what's in it since there's no clear plan that guarantees, as with adult almanacs, certain information and statistics. The sections on animals and books are particularly well conceived. An interesting section--and a sober one--is ``Places of Pain,'' an annotated list of places in which tragedies have taken place: Auschwitz, Belfast, Soweto. Fans of the earlier books, librarians and teachers, as well as older reluctant learners will find this intriguing.-- Marjorie Lewis, Heathcote School, Scarsdale, NY

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