Usborne Children's Encyclopedia (2026)

The 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, History, How People Live, Science, How Things Work, Space and Maps of the World. Almost every page carries links and QR codes to videos and websites chosen by Usborne, which keeps the book itself short and readable while giving older siblings somewhere to go next.