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  1. 1Little Kids First Big Book of Why (2011)Little Kids First Big Book of Why (2011)Published Jan 1, 2011The best first reference book for the age when every sentence starts with why. Amy Shields starts from a child's own world, with questions like why do I have a belly button and what makes a plane fly, and answers each one in a short burst of text beside a big, clear photograph. Hands-on activities,…0
  2. 2Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs (2017)Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs (2017)Published Jan 1, 2017For the four-year-old who already knows more dinosaur names than you do. Catherine D. Hughes covers 52 species, grouped by size from small to gigantic, which suits the way young children actually sort dinosaurs. Each spread gives a phonetic pronunciation, so the adult reading aloud stops guessing,…0
  3. 3Usborne Children's Encyclopedia (2026)Usborne Children's Encyclopedia (2026)Published Jan 1, 2026The Usborne Children's Encyclopedia, current 320-page edition with QR links The gentlest of the big general encyclopedias, written for children from about six. Its 320 pages are grouped into themes a young reader can find their way around: Our World, Animals and Plants, How Your Body Works,…0
  4. 4DK Children's Encyclopedia (2022)DK Children's Encyclopedia (2022)Published Jan 1, 2022DK Children's Encyclopedia, revised 2022 edition DK's answer for ages seven to nine, and the easiest encyclopedia here for a child to use alone. Each of its more than 250 topics gets a single page, with a short explanation and plenty of pictures, so a child can look something up and finish the…0
  5. 5Maps (2013)Maps (2013) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2013An atlas built for lying on the floor with. Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielinski give each featured country its own oversized spread and fill it with tiny labeled drawings of local wildlife, food, activities and famous people, so a child learns where a place is by what happens there. It is a picture…0
  6. 6Animalium (2014)Animalium (2014)Published Jan 1, 2014The animal reference that looks like a natural history museum on paper, which is exactly its idea. Katie Scott's detailed, old-fashioned specimen drawings are arranged in galleries through the animal kingdom, with Jenny Broom's notes beside them. It is the book here for the child who loves drawing…0
  7. 7Kingfisher Space Encyclopedia (2025)Kingfisher Space Encyclopedia (2025)Published Jan 1, 2025The Kingfisher Space Encyclopedia, 2025 edition Space books go stale faster than almost any other kind of reference, and this one is recent enough to include the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the reusable Falcon 9 rocket and NASA's advanced spacesuit design. Mike Goldsmith, who holds a…0
  8. 8Britannica All New Kids' Encyclopedia (2020)Britannica All New Kids' Encyclopedia (2020)Published Jan 1, 2020Britannica All New Kids' Encyclopedia, updated 2025 edition The encyclopedia that admits what nobody knows yet, and that is its best feature. Edited by Christopher Lloyd with Britannica, it draws on more than 100 experts and over 1,000 images across 424 pages for ages eight to twelve. Its Known…0
  9. 9Knowledge Encyclopedia (2023)Knowledge Encyclopedia (2023)Published Jan 1, 2023DK Knowledge Encyclopedia, 2023 third edition The one to buy if you buy only one for a child of nine to twelve. Its 360 pages run from the inside of an atom to black holes, taking in chemistry, animals, the human body, robotics and history, and the detailed 3D computer images do much of the…0
  10. 10Knowledge Encyclopedia Planet Earth! (2022)Knowledge Encyclopedia Planet Earth! (2022) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2022Knowledge Encyclopedia Planet Earth!, 2022 edition The pick for the child who wants to know what is happening under their feet. A companion to DK's Knowledge Encyclopedia, its 208 pages for ages nine to twelve use computer-generated cross-sections and cutaways to show what goes on inside a…0