Volumes: 22
World Book content meets the learner where the learner meets the subject.
The Spinescape® design for The World Book Encyclopedia 2012 —
Swifter, Higher, Stronger —
salutes the athletic activities that help keep people healthy and fit.
Men and women take part in sports for personal enjoyment, for love of
competition, and for physical conditioning. Played individually or in
teams, sports help develop the speed, strength, and flexibility that
people need to remain activie throughout their lives. Just as athletics
strive to do their personal best, the editors and staff of
The World Book Encyclopedia work to help readers achieve their personal best in learning.
World Book editors present thorough information in a clear,
direct style that makes each article both substantive and
understandable. Articles start with relatively basic information and
advance in depth as they progress.
The World Book Difference:
2012 Edition
New or Revised Articles: about 3,000
New or Revised Maps: about 230
New or Revised Photos and Illustrations: 250
Revised Pages: 4,400
Percentage of Pages Revised: More than 30%
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Since 2008 edition:
New or Revised Articles: 12,650
New or Revised Maps: 890
New or Revised Photos and Illustrations: 1,200
Revised Pages: 22,455
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Highlights of The World Book Encyclopedia 2012
- Highlighting the edition are dozens of new and expanded
articles, including Beyoncé, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, carbon
footprint, DNA fingerprinting, Facebook, hoarding, improvised explosive
device (IED), text messaging, and zombie
- Thousands of new and revised articles provide reliable
and current information. Revisions are made throughout the set, across
all topics and all types of data
- Comprehension questions, outlines, timelines, and related content lists enhance retention
- More than 25,000 rich photographs and illustrations deliver additional information and visual understanding
- Expert contributors, advisers, editors, and researchers
collaborate to ensure that articles are understandable, accurate, and
reflect current scholarship
- Structure and writing style help make articles
accessible to a wide range of readers. Such devices as pronunciations
and definitions in context promote readability and subject mastery
WORLD BOOK BLACKLINE MASTERS also available.
43 Activity Sheets with Answers
Each of the questions has been designed in a consistent manner to develop a different research skill such as skimming and scanning skills, pinpointing keywords and cross referencing.
Where possible, the five questions are designed on the following format:
1. One basic concept question is taken from the first half of the article.
2. One basic concept question is taken form the second half of the article.
3. A vocab based question focusing on a difficult word in italics.
4. A question based on a visual (map, picture, photo, chart or graph).
5. A question based on further reading and cross referencing, using related articles.
Blackline Masters Price:
$33.00 (AUD)
$36.00 (NZD)
Awards & Reviews:
"World Book's newest edition of its famous encyclopedia set is a must-have for all school, public, and home libraries. Highly recommended, without any reservations."
Catholic Library World, September 2011
"While many among us are in thrall of the latest whiz-bang electronic
information-retrieval technology, there is still a place in the
reference pantheon for a staid but reliable general subject
encyclopedia. World Book meets that definition with its variety of
venerable facets. Youth to young adults are the target demographic, but
this should not be construed as dumbed down - it is simplified without
being simpleminded...
Bottom Line: Parents, teachers and school librarians have choices in
general reference tools for the youth in their care. World Book's
eminent history and the features outlined above make this a best bet for
those who have purchasing authority." -- Library Journal June 2011
"This
encyclopedia is updated annually and remains a fascinating read. More
than 3800 specialists are involved in writing, reviewing, and fact
checking, ensuring the reputation of this reliable and up-to-date
reference." -- Reference & Research Book News.
"Designed
to meet the needs of students in primary through high school, World
Book is also a good general encyclopedia for adults. It is current,
accessible, easy to use, well illustrated." -- Booklist
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Printed on 40% acid-free recycled paper with a minimum of 10% post-consumer recovered fibre
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Price:
Retail: $2255.00 (AUD)
$2655.00 (NZD)
ISBN: 978-0-7166-0112-8
