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  2. World Book Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    World Book Encyclopedia. The World Book Encyclopedia is an American encyclopedia. [1] World Book was first published in 1917. Since 1925, a new edition of the encyclopedia has been published annually. [1] Although published online in digital form for a number of years, World Book is currently the only American encyclopedia which also still ...

  3. On the World Book Encyclopedia (and a little bit of ... - AOL

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    The Gadsden Times. David Murdock. July 25, 2024 at 4:45 AM. Several times this week, I’ve had occasion to pull down a volume of The World Book Encyclopedia from the set that lived on a bookshelf ...

  4. Childcraft - Wikipedia

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    Childcraft was created as a sort of encyclopedia for young children. With simple texts and illustrations, the volumes were designed to make learning fun. Each volume addressed different subjects, including literature — such as short stories and poetry, including fairy tales and nursery rhymes — as well as mathematics and the sciences.

  5. List of encyclopedias by date - Wikipedia

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    Adab al-katib (The book of knowledge) by Ibn Qutayba (828–889); the earliest Arabic work that could be called an encyclopedia [dubious – discuss] Bibliotheca by Patriarch Photius (9th century), the earliest Byzantine work that could be called an encyclopedia; Hrabanus Maurus, 842. De rerum naturis (On the nature of things), derived from ...

  6. List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge - Wikipedia

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    The Children's Encyclopedia – by Arthur Mee, published 1908–64 in the UK and in the US starting in 1910 as Grolier's The Book of Knowledge. Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia – published by Dorling Kindersley. Collier's Encyclopedia. Columbia Encyclopedia – one-volume encyclopedia from Columbia University Press last published in 2000.

  7. History of encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    A 1961 World Book ad said, "You are holding your family’s future in your hands right now," while showing a feminine hand holding an order form. [17] The second half of the 20th century also saw the publication of several encyclopedias that were notable for synthesizing important topics in specific fields, often by means of new works authored ...

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