Everything You Need to Know: An Encyclopedia for Inquiring Young Minds

by Kingfisher Publications, Kingfisher Publications

This wonderful first encyclopedia is the perfect one-volume book of knowledge for young readers. Arranged thematically in ten fascinating core topics, Everything You Need to Know by the editors at Kingfisher will interest knowledge-hungry young minds, with subjects such as dinosaurs, the human body, machines, and space. The lively text is clear, simple, engaging, and enhanced by more than 2,000 illustrations. Every page is filled with story boxes, glossary words, Web links, and illustrated activities to keep young readers turning the pages. Plus, children will feel a sense of achievement with the full-page "Now You Know!" summary at the end of each chapter, making them feel that they have really learned "everything they need to know"!

Genres: Reference

320 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 2007

About the author

Kingfisher is an award-winning publisher for non-fiction and fiction for children of all ages. Known around the world for its informative and engaging reference and early-learning books, Kingfisher also receives widespread acclaim for its classic anthologies for five- to fourteen-year-olds and original picture books for very young children.

Reviews

[Susan]

Chancellor, D. (2007). Everything you need to know: An encyclopedia for inquiring young minds.
New York, NY: Kingfisher Publishing.
Citation created by: Susan Gasaway
Call number: 031
Description: This is a one-volume encyclopedia for young readers that contains a variety of high-interest entries.
Content/scope: This book is arranged thematically in ten core topics that are of high interest to young readers. The text is clear, simple, and engaging. In addition, it has over 2,000 illustrations. Each page has story boxes, glossary words, Web links, and illustrated activities.
Accuracy/authority: Kingfisher Publications is a division of Houghton-Mifflin, a well-known and respected publishing house for children’s texts.
Relation to similar works: One million things: a visual encyclopedia
Timeline/permanence: Copyright date is 2007. Information will be relevant for years to come.
Cost: $24.95
Rationale for selection: The library collection lacks reference materials writing in a student-friendly format. This encyclopedia contains high-interest material in a format appropriate for young readers
Professional review: School Library Journal; February 2006, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p83-84, 2p

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son was a bit dissappointed that this book didn't actually contain everything you need to know, like the title suggests. On his search for a book about everything, this was the closest that we could find that he liked.