The Usborne Intenet-Linked Children's Encyclopedia (Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia) by Felicity Brooks

Usborne Encyclopedias

by Felicity Brooks

Jam-packed with information, photographs, charts and maps for additional study and research.

Genres: Reference, Science, Nonfiction, Childrens, History, Education, 1st Grade

Paperback

First published October 25, 2002

About the author

Felicity Brooks is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She studied English and Drama at Exeter University and worked as an actor, teacher and lexicographer (someone who compiles dictionaries) before starting work in children’s publishing in the late 1980s.

She has written and edited hundreds of children’s books, including stories and novelty books for pre-schoolers and books about history, geography, languages, science, maths, nature and the arts.

Her books have won the TES Senior Information Book Award, the Aventis Science Books Prize, the SLA Information Book Award, the Sheffield Baby Books Award and Practical Pre-school Gold and Silver Awards.

Reviews

[Aleisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like all encyclopedia’s, this encyclopedia is full of fun, exciting and unusual facts on a wide range of topics. This encyclopedia is targeted at those tricky questions children often ask that you often find yourself unable to answer. This book is useful for both children and teachers to brush up or gain basic subject knowledge on a particular topic. I think what makes this one stand out from the rest, is that most of the subjects covered in its content provide the opportunity for you to look at the areas you are researching in more depth by providing useful website links. Each website link shown on the page also provides details of the content you will find when logging onto the links provided. This is a great time saver and good way of guaranteeing that you or your students find exactly what you are looking for.

[Laura (Book Scrounger) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book of general information to read over the course of a kindergarten year -- it's mostly science (biology, earth science, space, technology, anatomy, etc.), but also includes a section on major historical people/periods and current world cultures, as well as maps, world flags, and more.

The full-page illustrations are bright and include a lot of actual photographs, with small chunks of text that help hold the attention of younger children. I can definitely imagine that we'll go back to this for information even after kindergarten is over!

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a good fact book it has lots of information when I want to find things out. It is not a book that you can read everything in it from start to finish but you can look for what interests you and read about it.

[Julia]

My boys like to pick this one up and read it randomly.

[Joni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely short and informative articles, arranged by subject so you can browse. Very appropriate for 4-6 years, with plenty of colorful illustrations. Benjamin loves this one, and Josh likes it too.

[Margaret Chind]

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When I discovered I was getting the small edition I wasn't very happy, but with these pliable cover pages I'm dandy. :)

[Ellie Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of my favorites as a kid!(Yes, I was a strange child. And I've always been a nerd, haha.) It lays so many different things out in an easy to understand way, including things from all the basic school subjects. Another great thing, the only hint at evolution is when it talks about dinosaurs living millions of years ago. Aside from that, none whatsoever! This is such an awesome, enjoyable book for kids who love to learn!(6+)

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a cool book. Nicely laid out, easy to read captions and short descriptions. Just enough to whet your appetite. Then there are 150 QR codes and 650+ internet links to lead the reader to further information.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great resource for early learners. We enjoy the internet links when the kids want to learn more about something and I know those links are safe for them. So much information to help lay a broad foundation for littles.

[Eden Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is awesome book!It tells you about volcanoes,earthquakes,animals,history,the earth,and much much more!This is a great book for kids

[Sydney Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of it great, some of it ridiculously false.

[Kirsty]

Fantastic non-fiction book which could be used with all primary children. Each page is beautifully presented with intricate illustrations, surrounded by lots of interesting facts. There are internet links which children can use to find out more information and videos, making it more interactive. This encyclopedia covers a wide range of topics, making it easy to incorporate in cross-curricular or thematic learning. It has a really clear contents page, so would be a great book for teaching children about the layout of non-fiction texts. This is definitely a book I will be putting in my reading corner.

[Rachel Vessels · Rating 5 out of 5]

Usborne internet-linked children’s encyclopedia. (2002). London, England: Usborne Publishing.

Citation by: Rachel Vessels

Type of Reference: Encyclopedia

Call Number: 031 Usb

Content/Scope: An encyclopedia for children 8-12 years. Links to over 150 recommended websites, downloadable quizzes, 1,500 amazing photos, simple, safe and fun experiments. Although there are tons of children encyclopedias, the encyclopedia would help build vocabulary, basic knowledge skills and internet research skills.

Accuracy/Authority/Bias: Usborne is the leading UK publishing company of books for babies to teenagers. They have one several publishing awards over the years.

Arrangement/Presentation: Arrangement is by a detailed Table of Contents. Over 300 pages of full color photographs. Child-friendly entries, detailed sketches, various information, Includes experiments and maps.

Relation to Other Works: There are several children’s encyclopedia, but his encyclopedia would help build internet research.

Accessibility/Diversity: This encyclopedia is very diverse in its photographs and nondiscriminatory vocabulary.

Cost: $29.99

Professional Review: Starkey, April. (2015). Usborne internet-linked children’s encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNrk1...

[Melissa Byrd · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am in complete awe of this encyclopedia and how well it is made. There are tons of topics, including "our world", "plants and animals", "how your body works", "history", "how people live", and much more. Each page is in color and there are tons of QR codes that connect to all types of different resources: videos, webpages, etc. Each unit is broken down into smaller topics that typically cover a two page spread, and are explained using photographs, illustrations and external links. I loved this encyclopedia so much that I even bought "The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of the Ancient World" as it aligns perfectly with the NC sixth grade Social Studies curriculum.

I would use this informational text with all elementary grades, and maybe even some sixth graders. For all grades it is an excellent resource for getting told bits of factual information, as well as seeing the connections between topics. I would have this encyclopedia available and on display in my classroom for students to reference, along with an iPad equipped with a QR scanner. It would great to use for extension activities, and I would also be sure to let students know when more information on a topic could be found in this book.

[Rachel]

Brooks, F., Hancock, D., & Seay, C. A. (2004). The Usborne Internet-linked children's encyclopedia. London, England: Usborne Pub.

Citation created by: Rachel Davis
Call Number: 032.02
Description: Provides information on the planet Earth, plants and animals, the human body, world history, elements of cultures throughout the world, science, inventions, and outer space.
Content/Scope: 6-10
Accuracy/Authority: Usborne books have been publishing books for a number of years. They are also an exhibitor at the 2012 ALA Conference.
Relation to Similar Works: Previous and newer editions available.
Cost: $11.34
Rationale for Selection: Easy to read encyclopedia for the early learner. Great introduction to using reference materials, especially for the younger elementary student.
Professional Review: Although no reviews could be found for this particular books, Usborne books have received numerous awards and professional reviews.

[Alison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I haven't read this whole encyclopedia yet, but I read a page or a few pages a day together with my son. He loves it as he loves informational books. He enjoys all books, but I do think informational are his favorite as he usually chooses non-fiction when given the choice.

It's a good quality encyclopedia and a great price for what you get. I remembered having encyclopedias as a kid (it's how we did reports as 7 year olds in the early 90's), and I wanted an encyclopedia for him, too.....especially since computers will taint his childhood. For now, I can limit the computer to just at the library, but I cringe that kids are using tablets in classrooms now. Maybe I can find an elementary school that is more enlightened, but.... I digress....😁

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

We love Usborne books! This encyclopedia was the backbone for our kindergarten history and science. We may not have read every page or every paragraph on each page, but we sure read a lot of it. It covers a great amount of topics.

We like that you can go online to the internet links for supplemental material and I like being able to trust that the links will be safe and appropriate for my kids.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book with a lot of basic information for children to learn. This has been invaluable in our homeschooling.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

We really love Usborne's Encyclopedias.

[Ashley Jacobson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beat encyclopedia for preschool and elementary school. Colorful and exciting!

[Fay · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a young child who wanted to know everything they could I loved this book (Pre iPhone) as it provided me with easy access to so much more knowledge.

[Lyndsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read over the course of a school year with my son. Beautiful images. Interesting facts.