Dare to explore! In true "National Geographic Kids" magazine style, exciting kids about the planet, this almanac covers subjects from the march of the penguins to ancient monsters of the sea to the fascinating powers of the brain. It features: more than 15 homework helper sections; more than 50 puzzles, projects, and really cool experiments; more than 500 pictures of your planet and all that's on it; more than 5,000 fun and amazing facts; and, an opening section that will feature timely information and uniquely National Geographic content, and it will be updated annually (as will all information throughout the book). The rest of the Almanac is packed with fun information, browsable features, and helpful reference on subjects from countries to Presidents to cool inventions.

 

This book is part of a book series called National Geographic Kids Almanac .

There are 352 pages in this book. This is an encyclopedia. An encyclopedia is a book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information about a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically by headword or classified in some manner. An entry may be signed or unsigned, with or without illustration or a list of references for further reading. Headwords and text are usually revised periodically for publication in a new edition. In a multivolume encyclopedia, any indexes are usually located at the end of the last volume. Encyclopedias may be general (example: Encyclopedia Americana) or specialized, usually by subject (Encyclopedia of Bad Taste) or discipline (Encyclopedia of Social Work). This book was published 2009 by National Geographic Society .

Catherine Hughes, M. Ed. , is the Executive Editor, Preschool Content, at National Geographic. She is the author of several books in the NG Little Kids First Big Book series.