My First Encyclopedia: A Wealth of Knowledge at Your Fingertips

by Carol Watson, Mark Ruffle (Illustrator), Ed Myer (Illustrator)

Meant for children aged 5 and up, "My First Encyclopedia" will pique kids' curiosity and stimulate their intellectual development. Stunning photographs, facts, games, and puzzles will capture children's attention and make reading fun. Clear and comprehensive content helps develop educational skills and broaden a child's knowledge. Additionally, helpful parents' notes are included to encourage an interactive learning experience between caregiver and child. With "My First Encyclopedia," children will build knowledge and vocabulary that will stimulate their mind and aid their development.

Genres: Reference

80 pages, Hardcover

First published March 25, 1993

Reviews

[Brianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the only work of complete non-fiction on my list. I'm not sure that this is the copy that I had growing up or that sits in my mom’s classroom, it looks to be roughly the same though so hopefully it's the same in some important ways. I'm shocked by how popular this book is when students can choose any book, they would fight over it if we would let them. Since this is a book that children seem naturally interested in it might be a good entry point into the 2nd grade literacy standard, "2.RI.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently." I find myself being asked, by kindergarteners, to read "the words under the pictures" quite often; I'm trying to convince them to call them captions. This book perhaps accompanied by a few others might be good to have on hand as students explore a topic. They could be given either worksheets with a topic of their choice and blanks for specific information or asked to write their first research piece. They would do so by using text features to explore the book and their topic.

[SBC · Rating 3 out of 5]

My toddler loves looking through this big, bright kids' encyclopedia, filled with colour photographjsa, bite-sized facts, and hand drawings. The photographic images with people in are very dated (fashion of the 1990s is very different to the now), but there are lots of interesting facts about the world. We usually only read a few pages at a time, but he does love to flick through it.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

A visual encyclopedia with sparse text. For example, in the section "Growing food," the entry for "Vineyards" reads "Grapes grow on vines in special fields called vineyards. Grapes are eaten fresh, or crushed to make juice or wine." A reference to Grapes also appears under "Foods we eat; Fruit."

[Lorna Dounaeva · Rating 5 out of 5]

My five year old loved this.