encyclopedias, juvenile

More than ninety articles describe monuments and memorials that commemorate people and events from our nation's history as well as battlefields, forts, factories, homes, churches, cemeteries, and laboratories.

Profiles each of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. dependencies, and the U.S. as a whole, presenting introductory facts such as the origin of the state name, song, and motto, and providing information in forty standard categories, covering topics that include location and size, history, labor, and housing.

Profiles each of the states and territories of the U.S., providing geographic, demographic, economic, and social information in thirty-nine categories as well as maps, flags, photos, bibliographies, and a glossary.

"...an up-to-the-minute encyclopedia specially written for young students. Young readers will have fun learning new and exciting information about human life, our incredible world and beyond."--p. [4] of cover.

Contains more than 360 alphabetized entries on figures and topics related to ancient Mesopotamia, covering such areas as the military, religion, society, geography, science, medicine, invention, transportation, and cultural achievement.

Contains alphabetized, cross-referenced articles on approximately three hundred aspects of the Civil War, covering people, battles, other events, and social and political context, and provides a glossary, a further reading list including Web sites, and an index.

Contains over 250 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of life in ancient Greece, covering myths and stories, gods and goddesses, homes, sports, religion, war, and other topics.

Contains over four hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about topics related to the history and culture of the ancient Near East, presented in two columns, one containing text and the other with items that explain and enhance the text; and includes time lines, sidebars, cross-references, photographs, maps, and charts.

Examines aspects of the everyday lives of early American peoples, including the Aztec, Maya, and Inca peoples of Central and South America, and the Arctic and Native American Indian cultures of the North; and includes photographs, illustrations, maps, timelines, and activities.