The "Oxford First Encyclopedia" series is the ideal starting point for a child's early learning, now updated in these new editions. It takes young readers on a fascinating journey of discovery through the world of knowledge. The five books in the series - "Animals and Plants", "Earth and the Universe", 'My Body", "People and Places" and 'Science and Technology' - have the answers to all a child's early questions about themselves and the world around them. Lively text and captions, lots of friendly, colourful pictures, and intriguing fact boxes make the books irresistible to young children. They will want to get involved with the text and pictures, to find out things for themselves, and to try the simple, fun activities.

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford First Encyclopaedia .

There are 30 pages in this book. It is a dictionary. A dictionary is a single-volume or multivolume reference work containing brief explanatory entries for terms and topics related to a specific subject or field of inquiry, usually arranged alphabetically (example: Dictionary of Neuropsychology). The entries in a dictionary are usually shorter than those contained in an encyclopedia on the same subject, but the word "dictionary" is often used in the titles of works that should more appropriately be called encyclopedias (example: Dictionary of the Middle Ages in 13 volumes). This book was published 2002 by Oxford University Press .

Andrew Langley is an author of hundreds of children's books and has focused his writing on educational resources.