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Along about age eight, kids get more than curious. They're downright insatiable about the real world. Everything from learning sign language to the meaning of Richter Scale ratings to the concert schedule for Hootie and the Blowfish. The World Almanac for Kids 1997 is a terrific annual cure-all for this need to know.
Like the adult version, it makes its mark with up-to-the-minute information on a great variety of subjects, and it dishes up the info with charts, drawings, diagrams, photos, maps -- pictorial matter to help kids perceive the facts as quickly as possible. An important new feature in this edition is an expanded Computers section that features tips on using the Internet safely and cautions kids about giving out personal information that might be harmful. The section also includes a listing of kid-centered Web sites and a guide to computer museums.
The World Almanac for Kids intersperses fun with facts in the form of puzzles like the "Body Language Puzzle" which asks a reader to match definitions with idioms such as "neck and neck" and "to turn a deaf ear."
From Animals to World History, the comprehensive Contents at the front gives topics in alphabetical order. There's also a detailed Index at the back. Both features make the book more useful for school projects.
At the very front is a five-page section on People and Places in the News, including anniversaries in 1997. Did you know that 100 years ago Jell-O dessert was introduced? Two sections of color maps and flags of the countries of the world add more to the reference value.
Although some information is the same as in the 1996 edition, there are plenty of new facts, figures, and fun in the new version. And you may have a child who's just hit the oh-so-curious age.
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