Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries

The perfect source book for pre-school and early school children, Children's First Encyclopedia features double page spreads with word boxes, and a mini dictionary that introduces and explains unfamiliar terms.

Dorling Kindersley's Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia has been fully revised and updated with over 100 web links, 130 new pages and over 2000 new entries, plus a 30-page illustrated fact finder.

With over 10,000 entries, this outstanding reference tool is the first truly 'grown-up' dictionary. Drawn from first-hand research in schools, it was compiled using the prestigious COBUILD English language database.

Experience the world's most incredible nature, science, and history images and stories in one amazing book. Like the hugely successful 'Eyewitness' series itself, 'Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything' includes every topic children want to read about. The world's greatest record-breakers, most a...

Flex your fact muscles and test your trivia knowledge with the Encyclopaedia of Unbelievable Facts. Packed with 500 perplexing questions, this book is perfect for family quiz nights and impressing in the playground.

This title provides children with all the information they need to know how the world works! Lavish, eye-catching design and illustration are paired with succinct, to-the-point text to explain how a vast range of stuff happens. Encyclopedic in scope but fresh and exciting in presentation, this is...

This encyclopedia uses the latest CGI technology to help you explore everything you've ever wanted to know more about, covering space, Earth, nature, the human body, history and culture, and science and technology in incredible detail. From 3D images of the sun and the inside of a shark to a 3D D...

Find out how many seeds a pomegranate has, how fast a woodpecker pecks, how many plays Shakespeare wrote, which is the warmest sea in the world, and much more.