The World Wide Web

A True Book

by Larry Dane Brimner

A basic overview of the World Wide Web, including the history of its development and details on how to use it.

47 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Larry Dane Brimner is the recipient of the 2018 Robert F. Sibert Award for the most distinguished informational book for children for his title Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961. He is known for his well-researched, innovative, and award-winning nonfiction for young readers, and is the author of multiple acclaimed civil rights titles, including Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights; and Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor.

Reviews

[Lionel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was written in 1997 (my wife found it in a pile of library discards), and because of that it is unintentionally amusing at times, illustrating how very fast any kind of computer book--even one aimed at children--will go out of date. Pictures of x286 PCs with 3 1/2" and 5 1/4" floppy drives supplement text telling you about popular search engines like AltaVista and Webcrawler, and browser pictures (Netscape) grabbed from Windows 3.1 and OS 7 computers.

Still, a lot of the info is still true, so despite the amusement factor I may still use this someday to explain the 'net to my daughter.