"A 22-volume, highly illustrated, A-Z general encyclopedia for all ages, featuring sections on how to use World Book, other research aids, pronunciation key, a student guide to better writing, speaking, and research skills, and comprehensive index"

Explore galleries of intriguing objects on a range of topics, from plants to space, and from sports to ancient civilizations.  Prepare to build your knowledge on a wide range of topics, including space, earth, nature, science, technology, history, culture and society, and entertainment. Developed, written, and checked by experts, a must-have reference book for every child's library.

Learn the various ways to use a dictionary.

"Brimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made - a must read for word mavens. Have you ever tried to define the word 'is?' Do you have strong feelings about the word (and, yes, it is a word) 'irregardless?' Did you know that OMG was first used in 1917, in a letter to Winston Churchill? These are the questions that keep lexicographers up at night. While most of us might take dictionaries for...

"In this remarkable debut novel based on actual events, as a team of male scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary, one of their daughters decides to collect the "objectionable" words they omit."--Dust jacket flap.

"The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise definitions. But hidden within the rituals of its creation is a fascinating and mysterious story - a story of two remarkable men whose strange twenty-year relationship lies at the core of this historic undertaking." "Professor James Murray, an astonishingly...

An illustrated dictionary of approximately 11,000 entries, with special features such as word histories, student exercises, and vocabulary development tools--Provided by publisher.

Presents facts about plants, including which ones eat insects, how cacti store water, and where the tallest tree in the world is.