World Book has been a top resource for homes and schools for generations. The encyclopedias have been known for their accurate information and readability. Always attractive, the books have had illustrations and photos as well as helpful diagrams to make information even more plain and clear. The company that has provided these high quality encyclopedia books now offers a wealth of knowledge for the digital age. On any topic, World Book has child-safe resources that provide written and multi-media information. As a positive learning tool for the family, World Book offers the Learning Zone for the home with subjects and options for developing children and their parents to explore together. Safe Place for Families The World Book Learning Zone is a safe place for adults to sit with their children and delve into various branches of learning. Parents do not have to worry about spending much time pre-screening the site to make certain that nothing is there that will not be appropriate for children of any age to see. For instance, the page has a section called “Making Headlines.” Families can check out this site for history that is currently taking place around our world. Making Headlines is perfect for
World Book Advanced
Rated as number one three years in a row from 2006-2008 by a survey educators from all grade levels in The Complete K-12 Report, the World Book Advanced is used in educational institutions all over the world. The system assimilates primary and secondary database sources into one search. Searches draw from the encyclopedia, as well as multi-media, documents, e-books and more. Since 1917, World Book has been providing publications to aid in the learning process, putting valuable information in the hands of educators and learners, and today’s World Book Advanced for grades seven and up is an excellent source for college and secondary school research. With this resource, instructors and students can set up their own accounts to save their research work for their classes and researches. Users can compile the information they find from the encyclopedia, atlas, documents, dictionary, countries, and more. The user can save their research, notes, tables, timelines, collections and more. A headlines section can provide sources of current news highlighting items close to their research topics. The makers of World Book Advanced intended the system to be compatible for the serious researcher. Sources and tools make research simple and almost effortless. All information for a
Worldbook Student
WorldBook Student is opening up an entire new learning world for students. This amazing interactive program with web links, multi-media, everything found in the World Book Student book set, plus thousands more articles and current updates, etc. is perfect for researching and other student activities, It has many educator tools as well. World Book’s student digital world was designed with elementary and middle school students in mind and offering extensive explorations of biography, history, and more. The very first page is a buffet of learning. There is a button for up-to-date information available, such as ongoing reports during election or Olympic seasons. Students can choose from a featured video, age appropriate headline news, quizzes, as well as jump-start research avenues. Then, when a student wishes to research a certain topic and types in a subject, the search results page will normally bring up 15 different closely matching articles drawn from the over 40 thousand individual articles available. On the far right of the screen is also a list of articles from World Book Kids. Selecting an article from the list brings up the article as well as relevant maps, video clips, graphs and tables. For investigating biographies, WorldBook Student offers
World Book Kids
World Book Kids is a wonderful learning website especially created for children and early learning. Simple, fun and engaging, children can spend hours investigating topics that catch their interest with photos, multimedia, and easy-to-read articles. They will not even know they are learning while browsing maps and flags, playing the over 200 educational games and activities, or finding a science project that is just right for their learning level. Of course, there are resources for instructors as well. This interactive learning website is great for adults and children to join together in a delightful educational experience, finding fun facts about animals, people, places and much more! World Book proudly presents “World of Animals.” This digital learning center focusing on the animal kingdom has animal exhibits with colorful pictures, notable facts and audio/visual clips. This site also does animal comparison where two animals can be held up for side by side evaluation. Contrasting is an important learning skill. For biographical information, the young student can choose the “Important People” page. Here is found a search of several thousand easy-to-read articles. These may be chosen by category like occupation or country heritage, a typed in name, or from the World Book list
Treasure Tree Early Literacy Library
The World Book Treasure Tree Early Literacy Library is an essential part of any child’s journey to literacy. The earlier that a child begins reading the better, and practicing this skill will lead to better comprehension and communication skills as they mature. This worldbook collection can be used for a variety of learning settings, including home education for an early start or use at school in a classroom environment. The Treasure Tree Early Literacy Library set includes 14 volumes that cover a wide range of topics, appealing to the interests of all students. Included is a selection of popular fairytales such as Goldilocks, the Three Little Pigs, Sleeping Beauty, and more. There are also non-fiction sections that cover common interest topics such as sports, pets, holidays, and the parts of the body. A special feature of the worldbook set is the non-fiction account of the investigations of Inspector McQ, a mouse detective. The books are easy to read and feature beautiful illustrations, making them eye-catching to children even at a young age. The stories are universally appealing and are tales that children can grow up with, to be re-read time and time again. The volumes are timeless and will certainly
Discovery Encyclopedia
The Worldbook Discovery Encyclopedia is the standard for student reference sets. Worldbook produced and sold the first World Book Encyclopedia in 1917 and has been a leader in reference books for home and school ever since that time. Now WorldBook offers a broad line of exceptional products on many fabulous educational subjects. This student reference set is called “Discovery Encylopedia,” and the word “discovery” involves finding fascinating facts, unearthing secrets not known, and encountering the extraordinary! These rich volumes make fact finding fun with alphabetized assembly for searching topics. Then, the pages are full of marvelous photography, charts, graphs and maps that are simple in design for unpretentious clarity. In volume 13 you find a powerful cumulative index and a world atlas with extensive and colorful maps. Especially exciting to learners old and young is when readers unearth secrets they may not have known before! These discoveries may be from a familiar topic like YouTube or Barack Obama or something totally untouched before like Meerkats or Malasia. And undoubtedly, encountering the extraordinary while turning the bright, colorful pages of these Worldbooks is highly likely. For there is bound to be information and photographs of strange animals alive today or from