Children's illustrated encyclopedia

Abstract

Includes index and gazetteer

Abolitionist movement -- Aboriginal Australians -- Advertising -- Africa -- Africa, history of -- African Americans -- African wildlife -- Air -- Aircraft -- Air forces -- Airports -- Alexander the Great -- Alphabets -- American Revolution -- Animals -- Animal senses -- Antarctica -- Ants and termites -- Archaeology -- Architecture -- Arctic -- Argentina -- Armies -- Armor -- Asia -- Asia, history of -- Assyrians -- Astronauts and space travel -- Astronomy -- Atlantic Ocean -- Atmosphere -- Atoms and molecules -- Australia -- Australia, history of -- Australian wildlife -- Austria -- Aztecs -- Babylonians -- Badgers and skunks -- Ballet -- Balloons and airships -- Baltic states -- Barbarians -- Barton, Clara -- Baseball -- Basketball -- Bats -- Bears and pandas -- Beavers -- Bees and wasps -- Beetles -- Benin Empire -- Bicycles and motorcycles -- Big bang -- Biology -- Birds -- Black death -- Black holes -- Books -- Brain and nerves -- Brazil -- Bridges -- Broadcasting -- Bronze Age -- Buddhism -- Building -- Buses -- Butterflies and moths -- Byzantine Empire -- Caesar, Julius -- Camels and llamas -- Cameras -- Camouflage, animal -- Canada -- Canada, history of -- Caribbean -- Caribbean, history of -- Cars -- Cartoons -- Castles -- Cats -- Caucasus republics -- Caves --Celts -- Centipedes and millipedes -- Central Africa -- Central America -- Central Asia -- Charlemagne -- Chemistry -- China -- China, history of -- Christianity -- Churches and cathedrals -- Churchill, Sir Winston -- Circuses -- Cities -- Civil rights -- Civil War -- Climates -- Clocks and watches -- Clothes -- Coal -- Cold War -- Colombia -- Colonies and colonial America -- Color -- Columbus, Christoper -- Comets and meteors -- Communism -- Composers -- Computers -- Congress -- Conquistadors -- Conservation and endangered species -- Constitution -- Continents -- Cook, James -- Corals, anemones, and jellyfish -- Cows, cattle, and buffaloes -- Crabs and other crustaceans -- Crocodiles and alligators -- Crows, jays, and ravens -- Crusades -- Dams -- Dance -- Darwin, Charles -- Declaration of Independence -- Deep-sea wildlife -- Deer, antelopes, and gazelles -- Democracy -- Depression of the 1930s -- Deserts -- Desert wildlife -- Design -- Digestion -- Dinosaurs -- Disease -- Doctors -- Dogs, wolves, and foxes -- Drawing -- Drugs -- Ducks, geese, and swans -- Eagles and other birds of prey -- Ears -- Earth -- Earthquakes -- East Africa -- Ecology and food webs -- Edison, Thomas -- Education -- Egypt, ancient -- Einstein, Albert -- Electricity -- Electronics -- Elephants -- Elizabeth I -- Energy -- Engines -- English Civil War -- Escalators and elevators -- Europe -- European union -- Europe, history of -- Evolution -- Explorers -- Eyes -- Factories -- Farm animals -- Farming -- Farming, history of -- Festivals and feasts -- Fire -- First aid -- Fish -- Fishing industry -- Flags -- Flies and mosquitoes -- Flight, animal -- Flowers and herbs -- Food and food technology -- Football -- Force and motion -- Forest wildlife -- Fossils -- France -- France, history of -- Franklin, Benjamin -- French Revolution -- Frogs and other amphibians -- Fruits and seeds -- Furniture -- Games -- Gas -- Gems and jewellery -- Genetics -- Geology -- Geometry -- Germany -- Germany, history of -- Glaciers and ice caps -- Glass and ceramics -- Government and politics -- Grasses and cereals -- Grasshoppers and crickets -- Grassland wildlife -- Gravity -- Greece -- Greece, ancient -- Guns -- Gymnastics -- Hapsburgs -- Health and fitness -- Heart and blood -- Heat -- Helicopters -- Hibernation -- Hinduism -- Hispanic Americans -- Hockey -- Holidays -- Holocaust -- Horseback riding -- Horses, zebras, and asses -- Hospitals -- Houses -- Human body -- Human rights -- Immigration -- Incas -- India and subcontinent -- India, history of -- Indian Ocean -- Industrial revolution -- Indus Valley civilization -- Information technology -- Insects -- Internet -- Inuits -- Iran -- Ireland -- Ireland, history of -- Iron Age -- Iron and steel -- Islam -- Israel -- Italy -- Italy, history of -- Japan -- Japan, history of -- Jefferson, Thomas -- Jesus Christ -- Joan of Arc -- Judaism -- Kennedy, John F. -- King, Martin Luther -- Kites and gliders -- Knights and heraldry -- Korea -- Korean War -- Labor movement -- Lake and river wildlife -- Lakes -- Languages -- Lasers -- Law -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Lewis and Clark -- Light -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Lions, tigers and other big cats -- Literature -- Literature, US -- Lizards -- Louis XIV -- Low countries -- Low countries, history of -- Lungs and breathing -- Machines -- Magazines -- Magnetism -- Mammals -- Mandela, Nelson -- Mao Zedong -- Maps -- Marsh and swamplife -- Materials -- Mathematics -- Maya -- Medicine -- Medicine, history of -- Medieval Europe -- Metals -- Mexico -- Mice, rats, and squirrels -- Microscopes -- Microscopic life -- Middle East -- Migration -- Military aircraft -- Minoans -- Moles, shrews, and hedgehogs -- Monasteries -- Money -- Mongol Empire -- Monkeys and apes -- Moon -- Mosses and liverworts -- Mountains -- Mountain wildlife -- Movies -- Muhammad -- Muscles and movement -- Museums and libraries -- Mushrooms -- Music -- Musical instruments -- Myths and legends -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- Napoleonic wars -- National parks -- Native Americans -- Navies -- Navigation -- Nests and burrows -- Newspapers -- New Zealand -- New Zealand, history of -- Normans -- North Africa -- North America -- North American wildlife -- Nuclear age -- Nuclear energy -- Numbers -- Oceans and seas -- Ocean wildlife -- Octopuses and squid -- Oil -- Olympic games -- Opera and singing -- Orchestras -- Ostriches and emus -- Ottoman empire -- Outlaws and bandits -- Owls -- Oxygen -- Pacific Ocean -- Painters -- Painters, US -- Painting -- Paper -- Persians, ancient -- Pets -- Phoenicians -- Photography -- Physics -- Pilgrims -- Pirates -- Planets -- Plants -- Plastics -- Poetry -- Polar exploration -- Polar wildlife -- Police -- Political parties -- Pollution -- Ports and waterways -- Portugal -- Portugal, history of -- Pottery -- Prehistoric life -- Prehistoric peoples -- Presidency -- Printing -- Puppets -- Puzzles -- Rabbits and hares -- Radar -- Radio -- Radioactivity -- Rain and snow -- Reference books -- Reformation -- Religions -- Renaissance -- Reproduction -- Reptiles -- Rhinoceroses and tapirs -- Rivers -- Roads and highways -- Robots -- Rock and pop -- Rockets and missles -- Rocks and minerals -- Roman Empire -- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano -- Russian Federation -- Russia, history of -- Russian Revolution -- Sailing and boating -- Satellites -- Scandinavia -- Scandinavia, history of -- Schools -- Science -- Science, history of -- Sculpture -- Sea birds -- Seals and sea lions -- Seashore wildlife -- Shakespeare, William -- Sharks and rays -- Shells and shellfish -- Ships and boats -- Shops and shopping -- Signs and symbols -- Skeletons -- Slavery -- Snails and slugs -- Snakes -- Soccer -- Soil -- Songbirds -- Sound -- Sound recording -- South Africa -- South Africa, history of -- South America -- South America, history of -- Southeast Asia -- Southeast Asia, history of -- Southeast Europe, central -- Southeast Europe, Mediterranean -- Southern Africa -- Soviet Union, history of -- Space flight -- Spain -- Spain, history of -- Spiders and scorpions -- Spies and espionage -- Sports -- Stamps and postal services -- Starfish and sea urchins -- Stars -- Statistics -- Statue of Liberty -- Stock exchange -- Stone Age -- Storms -- Submarines -- Sumerians -- Sun -- Supreme Court -- Swimming -- Switzerland -- Tanks -- Technology -- Teeth -- Telephones -- Telescopes -- Television and video -- Textiles -- Theater -- Time -- Tornadoes and hurricanes -- Tourism and travel -- Toys -- Track and field sports -- Trade and industry -- Trains -- Transportation, history of -- Trees -- Trucks -- Tubman, Harriet -- Tunnels -- Turkey -- Ukraine -- Underwater exploration -- United Kingdom -- United Kingdom, history of -- United Nations -- United States of America -- United States, history of -- Universe -- Veterinarians -- Victorians -- Vietnam War -- Vikings -- Volcanoes -- Warships -- Washington, George -- Water -- Water sports -- Weapons -- Weasels, stoats, and martens -- Weather -- Weights and measures -- West Africa -- Western expansion -- Whales and dolphins -- Wheels -- Wind -- Women's rights -- Wonders of the ancient world -- World War I -- World War II -- Worms -- Writers and poets -- X-rays -- Zoos -- Fact finder -- History timelines -- World around us -- Nature -- Science -- Index -- Gazetteer -- Acknowledgments

A highly illustrated one-volume encyclopedia containing 450 main entries ranging from Aboriginal Australians to Zoos