Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia

DK

Penguin, May 17, 2010 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 600 pages

From computers to the natural world, help your child find out everything they need to know about anything with this fact-packed Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia. They'll find over 500 articles arranged from A-Z on subjects they need to know about, all illustrated with dramatic photos, cut-aways, charts and maps.

The encyclopedia has been fully revised to include recent scientific breakthroughs, space missions and discoveries, as well as political, social and ecological changes, so your child can keep fully up-to-date with what has been happening in the world. Plus, they'll be able to discover more about subjects using more than 5,000 fully-vetted and regularly updated internet links.

Perfect for projects or just for fun, this is the ultimate illustrated family encyclopedia.

Contents

• HOW TO USE THE WEBSITE 7: 7
• Abolitionist movement 8: 8
• Aboriginal Australians 9: 9
• Africa 1013: 10
• Africa history of 1415: 14
• African Americans 16: 16
• Aircraft 1718: 17
• Alexander the Great 19: 19
• Alphabets 20: 20
• American Revolution 2122: 21
• Animals 2324: 23
• Animal senses 2526: 25
• Antarctica 2728: 27
• Ants and termites 29: 29
• Archaeology 3031: 30
• Architecture 3233: 32
• Arctic 3435: 34
• Argentina 3637: 36
• Armor 38: 38
• Asia 3942: 39
• Asia history of 4344: 43
• Assyrians 45: 45
• Astronauts and space travel 46: 46
• Astronomy 4748: 47
• Atlantic Ocean 4950: 49
• Atmosphere 51: 51
• Atoms and molecules 52: 52
• Australia 5356: 53
• Australia history of 5758: 57
• Austria 59: 59
• Aztecs 60: 60
• Babylonians 61: 61
• Baltic States and Belarus 62: 62
• Barbarians 63: 63
• Barton Clara 64: 64
• Baseball 65: 65
• Basketball 66: 66
• Bats 67: 67
• Bears and pandas 68: 68
• Bees and wasps 69: 69
• Beetles 70: 70
• Benin Kingdom 71: 71
• Big Bang 72: 72
• Biology 73: 73
• Birds 7475: 74
• Black Death 76: 76
• Black holes 77: 77
• Brain and nerves 78: 78
• Brazil 7981: 79
• Bridges 82: 82
• Bronze Age 83: 83
• Buddhism 84: 84
• Butterflies and moths 8586: 85
• Byzantine Empire 87: 87
• Caesar Julius 88: 88
• Cameras 89: 89
• Camouflage animal 90: 90
• Canada 9193: 91
• Canada history of 94: 94
• Caribbean 9596: 95
• Cars 9798: 97
• Castles 99100: 99
• Cats 101102: 101
• Caucasus Republics 103: 103
• Caves 104: 104
• Celts 105: 105
• Central Africa 106107: 106
• Central America 108109: 108
• Central Asia 110111: 110
• Charlemagne 112: 112
• Chemistry 113: 113
• China 114117: 114
• Christianity 118119: 118
• Churchill Sir Winston 120: 120
• Cities 121: 121
• Civil rights 122: 122
• Civil War 123124: 123
• Climates 125: 125
• Clocks and watches 126: 126
• Coal 127: 127
• Cold War 128129: 128
• Colombia 130: 130
• Colonial America 131: 131
• Color 132: 132
• Columbus Christopher 133: 133
• Comets and meteors 134: 134
• Communism 135: 135
• Composers 136137: 136
• Computers 138139: 138
• Congress 140: 140
• Conquistadors 141: 141
• Conservation and endangered species 142143: 142
• Constitution 144: 144
• Continents 145: 145
• Cook James 146: 146
• Corals anemones and jellyfish 147: 147
• Crabs and other crustaceans 148: 148
• Crocodiles and alligators 149: 149
• Crusades 150: 150
• Dams 151: 151
• Dance 152: 152
• Darwin Charles 153: 153
• Declaration of Independence 154: 154
• Deepsea wildlife 155156: 155
• Democracy 157: 157
• Depression of the 1930s 158: 158
• Desert wildlife 159160: 159
• Digestion 161: 161
• Dinosaurs 162163: 162
• Disease 164: 164
• Dogs wolves and foxes 165166: 165
• Drugs 167: 167
• Ears 168: 168
• Earth 169170: 169
• Earthquakes 171: 171
• East Africa 172174: 172
• Ecology and food webs 175176: 175
• Edison Thomas 177: 177
• Egypt Ancient 178179: 178
• Einstein Albert 180: 180
• Electricity 181182: 181
• Electronics 183: 183
• Elephants 184: 184
• Elizabeth I 185: 185
• Energy 186: 186
• Engines 187188: 187
• English Civil War 189: 189
• Europe 190193: 190
• European Union 194: 194
• Europe history of 195196: 195
• Evolution 197198: 197
• Explorers 199200: 199
• Eyes 201: 201
• Farm animals 202203: 202
• Farming 204: 204
• Farming history of 205: 205
• Fish 206207: 206
• Fishing industry 208: 208
• Flies and mosquitoes 209: 209
• Flight animal 210211: 210
• Flowers and herbs 212213: 212
• Football 214: 214
• Force and motion 215: 215
• Forest wildlife 216217: 216
• Fossils 218: 218
• France 219222: 219
• Franklin Benjamin 223: 223
• French Revolution 224: 224
• Frogs and other amphibians 225: 225
• Fruits and seeds 226227: 226
• Gas 228: 228
• Genetics 229230: 229
• Geology 231: 231
• Germany 232235: 232
• Glaciers and ice caps 236: 236
• Glass and ceramics 237: 237
• Government and politics 238240: 238
• Grassland wildlife 241242: 241
• Gravity 243: 243
• Greece 244: 244
• Greece Ancient 245246: 245
• Habsburgs 247: 247
• Health and fitness 248249: 248
• Heart and blood 250: 250
• Heat 251252: 251
• Helicopters 253: 253
• Hibernation 254: 254
• Hinduism 255: 255
• Hispanic Americans 256: 256
• Hockey 257: 257
• Holidays 258: 258
• Holocaust 259: 259
• Horses zebras and asses 260261: 260
• Human body 262263: 262
• Human rights 264: 264
• Immigration 265266: 265
• Incas 267: 267
• India and subcontinent 268271: 268
• Indian Ocean 272273: 272
• Industrial Revolution 274275: 274
• Indus Valley civilization 276: 276
• Information technology 277278: 277
• Insects 279280: 279
• Internet 281: 281
• Inuits 282: 282
• Iran 283: 283
• Ireland 284285: 284
• Iron Age 286: 286
• Iron and steel 287: 287
• Islam 288: 288
• Israel 289: 289
• Italy 290292: 290
• Japan 293295: 293
• Jefferson Thomas 296: 296
• Jesus Christ 297: 297
• Joan of Arc 298: 298
• Judaism 299: 299
• Kennedy John F 300: 300
• King Jr Martin Luther 301: 301
• Knights and heraldry 302303: 302
• Korea 304: 304
• Korean War 305: 305
• Labor movement 306: 306
• Lake and river wildlife 307308: 307
• Lakes 309: 309
• Languages 310: 310
• Law 311312: 311
• Leonardo da Vinci 313: 313
• Lewis and Clark 314: 314
• Light 315316: 315
• Lincoln Abraham 317: 317
• Lions tigers and other big cats 318319: 318
• Literature 320321: 320
• Lizards 322323: 322
• Low Countries 324325: 324
• Lungs and breathing 326: 326
• Machines 327328: 327
• Magnetism 329: 329
• Mammals 330331: 330
• Mandela Nelson 332: 332
• Mao Zedong 333: 333
• Marsh and swamp wildlife 334: 334
• Mathematics 335: 335
• Maya 336: 336
• Medicine 337: 337
• Medicine history of 338339: 338
• Medieval Europe 340341: 340
• Metals 342: 342
• Mexico 343344: 343
• Microscopes 345: 346
• Middle East 347349: 349
• Migration animal 350: 350
• Money 351: 351
• Mongol Empire 352: 352
• Monkeys and apes 353354: 353
• Moon 355: 355
• Mosses liverworts and ferns 356: 356
• Mountains 357: 357
• Mountain wildlife 358: 358
• Movies 359360: 359
• Muhammad 361: 361
• Muscles and movement 362: 362
• Mushrooms toadstools and other fungi 363: 363
• Music 364365: 364
• Musical instruments 366367: 366
• Myths and legends 368: 368
• Napoleon Bonaparte 369: 369
• National parks 370: 370
• Native Americans 371372: 371
• Navigation 373: 373
• Nests and burrows 374: 374
• New Zealand 375376: 375
• New Zealand history of 377: 377
• Normans 378: 378
• North Africa 379380: 379
• North America 381384: 381
• Nuclear energy 385: 385
• Numbers 386: 386
• Oceans and seas 387388: 387
• Ocean wildlife 389390: 389
• Octopuses and squid 391: 391
• Oil 392: 392
• Olympic Games 393: 393
• Ottoman Empire 394: 394
• Oxygen 395: 395
• Pacific Ocean 396397: 396
• Painters 398399: 398
• Painting 400401: 400
• Persians Ancient 402: 402
• Phoenicians 403: 403
• Photography 404405: 404
• Physics 406: 406
• Pilgrims 407: 407
• Pirates 408: 408
• Planets 409410: 409
• Plants 411412: 411
• Plastics 413: 413
• Polar wildlife 414415: 414
• Political parties 416: 416
• Pollution 417418: 417
• Ports and waterways 419: 419
• Portugal 420421: 420
• Prehistoric life 422423: 422
• Prehistoric peoples 424: 424
• Presidency 425: 425
• Radio 426: 426
• Radioactivity 427: 427
• Rain and snow 428: 428
• Reformation 429: 429
• Religions 430431: 430
• Renaissance 432433: 432
• Reproduction 434435: 434
• Reptiles 436437: 436
• Rivers 438: 438
• Robots 439: 439
• Rockets and missiles 440: 440
• Rocks and minerals 441442: 441
• Roman Empire 443444: 443
• Roosevelt Franklin Delano 445: 445
• Russian Federation 446449: 446
• Russian Revolution 450: 450
• Satellites 451: 451
• Scandinavia 452454: 452
• Science 455: 455
• Science history of 456457: 456
• Seashore wildlife 458459: 458
• Shakespeare William 460: 460
• Sharks and rays 461: 461
• Shells and shellfish 462: 462
• Ships and boats 463464: 463
• Skeletons 465466: 465
• Slavery 467468: 467
• Snails and slugs 469: 469
• Snakes 470: 470
• Soccer 471: 471
• Soil 472: 472
• Sound 473: 473
• South Africa 474475: 474
• South America 476479: 476
• South America history of 480481: 480
• Southeast Asia 482485: 482
• Southeast Europe Central 486487: 486
• Southeast Europe Mediterranean 488489: 488
• Southern Africa 490491: 490
• Soviet Union history of 492493: 492
• Space flight 494495: 494
• Spain 496499: 496
• Spiders and scorpions 500: 500
• Sports 501502: 501
• Stars 503504: 503
• Statue of Liberty 505: 505
• Stone Age 506: 506
• Storms 507: 507
• Submarines 508: 508
• Sumerians 509: 509
• Sun 510: 510
• Supreme Court 511: 511
• Switzerland 512: 512
• Technology 513514: 513
• Teeth 515: 515
• Telephones 516: 516
• Telescopes 517: 517
• Television 518519: 518
• Theater 520521: 520
• Time 522: 522
• Tornadoes and hurricanes 523: 523
• Trade and industry 524525: 524
• Trains 526527: 526
• Transportation history of 528529: 528
• Trees 530531: 530
• Tubman Harriet 532: 532
• Turkey 533534: 533
• Ukraine 535: 535
• United Kingdom 536539: 536
• United Kingdom history of 540541: 540
• United Nations 542: 542
• United States of America 543546: 543
• United States history of 547548: 547
• Universe 549: 549
• Victorians 550551: 550
• Vietnam War 552: 552
• Vikings 553: 553
• Volcanoes 554: 554
• Washington George 555: 555
• Water 556557: 556
• Weather 558559: 558
• Weights and measures 560: 560
• West Africa 561564: 561
• Western expansion 565: 565
• Whales and dolphins 566567: 566
• Wheels 568: 568
• Wind 569: 569
• Womens rights 570571: 570
• Wonders of the ancient world 572: 572
• World War I 573574: 573
• World War II 575576: 575
• Worms 577: 577
• Writers and poets 578579: 578
• Xrays 580: 580
• Zoos 581: 581
• INDEX 582593: 582
• Gazetteer 594596: 594
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 597600: 597

Bibliographic information

• Title: Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia
• Author: DK
• Publisher: Penguin, 2010
• ISBN: 0756672546, 9780756672546
• Length: 600 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Reference / Encyclopedias