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The Usborne Internet-Linked Children's Encyclopedia » (Internet-Linked Edition)
Authors: Felicity Brooks (Editor), Dowswell, Ben Denne, Liz Dalby, Anna Claybourn
ISBN-13: 9780794507541, ISBN-10: 0794507549
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: EDC Publishing
Date Published: June 2004
Edition: Internet-Linked Edition
Author Biography: Felicity Brooks
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
| Our World | 7 | |
| Our planet | 8 | |
| Day and night | 10 | |
| The seasons | 12 | |
| The weather | 14 | |
| Storms and floods | 16 | |
| Rocks and fossils | 18 | |
| Earthquakes | 20 | |
| Volcanoes | 22 | |
| Following a river | 24 | |
| Mountains | 26 | |
| In the desert | 28 | |
| Grasslands | 30 | |
| In the rainforest | 32 | |
| Seas and oceans | 34 | |
| Waves | 36 | |
| Currents | 38 | |
| Tides | 39 | |
| Coasts | 40 | |
| Icy world | 42 | |
| Caves and caverns | 44 | |
| Useful Earth | 46 | |
| World in danger | 48 | |
| Getting warmer | 50 | |
| Helping our planet | 52 | |
| Animals and Plants | 53 | |
| Living things | 54 | |
| Cells | 56 | |
| Animal world | 58 | |
| Mammals | 60 | |
| Baby mammals | 62 | |
| Bird life | 64 | |
| Bodies and beaks | 66 | |
| Nests and chicks | 68 | |
| Reptile life | 70 | |
| Amphibians | 72 | |
| Creepy-crawlies | 74 | |
| Butterflies | 76 | |
| Seashore life | 78 | |
| Underwater life | 80 | |
| Coral reefs | 82 | |
| Sharks | 84 | |
| Whales | 86 | |
| Dolphins | 88 | |
| Deep sea | 90 | |
| Plant world | 92 | |
| How plants grow | 94 | |
| Trees and leaves | 96 | |
| Fungi | 98 | |
| How Your Body Works | 99 | |
| Your body | 100 | |
| Bones and muscles | 102 | |
| What happens to food? | 104 | |
| Your brain and senses | 106 | |
| Babies | 108 | |
| Staying healthy | 110 | |
| Doctors and medicine | 112 | |
| History | 113 | |
| Dinosaur world | 114 | |
| The first people | 116 | |
| The first farmers | 118 | |
| Ancient Egypt | 120 | |
| Ancient Greece | 122 | |
| Ancient Rome | 124 | |
| Viking raiders | 126 | |
| Living in a castle | 128 | |
| Inca cities | 130 | |
| Ming China | 132 | |
| Tudor England | 134 | |
| Living in America | 136 | |
| French finery | 138 | |
| The American West | 140 | |
| Victorian times | 142 | |
| The First World War | 144 | |
| The Second World War | 146 | |
| The modern world | 148 | |
| How People Live | 149 | |
| People around the world | 150 | |
| Houses and homes | 152 | |
| Cities and towns | 154 | |
| How a country is run | 156 | |
| Food and cooking | 158 | |
| Clothes and fashion | 160 | |
| Jobs and work | 162 | |
| Farming | 164 | |
| Going to school | 166 | |
| Sports and games | 168 | |
| Communicating | 170 | |
| Art and painting | 172 | |
| Acting and dancing | 174 | |
| Music | 176 | |
| Religions | 178 | |
| Myths | 180 | |
| Science | 181 | |
| What is science? | 182 | |
| What scientists do | 184 | |
| Atoms and molecules | 186 | |
| Solids, liquids and gases | 188 | |
| How materials change | 190 | |
| Energy | 192 | |
| Forces | 194 | |
| Hot and cold | 196 | |
| Gravity | 198 | |
| Floating | 200 | |
| Friction | 202 | |
| Magnets | 204 | |
| Light and color | 206 | |
| Sound | 208 | |
| Electricity | 210 | |
| Science words | 212 | |
| How Things Work | 213 | |
| Clocks | 214 | |
| Cameras | 216 | |
| Movies | 218 | |
| Televisions | 220 | |
| Sound systems | 222 | |
| Telephones | 224 | |
| Computers | 226 | |
| The Internet | 228 | |
| Refrigerators | 230 | |
| Microwave ovens | 231 | |
| Toilets and faucets | 232 | |
| Cars and motorcycles | 234 | |
| Diggers | 236 | |
| Tractors | 237 | |
| Trains | 238 | |
| Planes | 240 | |
| Ships and boats | 242 | |
| Submersibles and submarines | 244 | |
| Space | 245 | |
| Amazing space | 246 | |
| Trips into space | 248 | |
| A walk in space | 250 | |
| Living in space | 252 | |
| Satellites and space probes | 254 | |
| Is anyone out there? | 256 | |
| What's in our Solar System? | 258 | |
| The Moon | 260 | |
| The Sun | 262 | |
| Mercury and Venus | 264 | |
| Mars | 266 | |
| Jupiter and Saturn | 268 | |
| Uranus and Neptune | 270 | |
| Pluto and beyond | 272 | |
| Bits and pieces | 274 | |
| Galaxies | 276 | |
| Looking at the night sky | 278 | |
| Space words | 280 | |
| Maps of the World | 281 | |
| About maps | 282 | |
| Countries of the world | 284 | |
| The world's environments | 286 | |
| North America | 288 | |
| South America | 290 | |
| Asia | 292 | |
| Africa | 294 | |
| Europe | 296 | |
| Oceania | 298 | |
| Flags of the world | 300 | |
| Earth facts and records | 304 | |
| Space facts | 306 | |
| Animal and plant records | 308 | |
| Map index | 310 | |
| General index | 312 | |
| Acknowledgements | 319 |
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