almanacs

Presents news stories and information from around the world, arranged alphabetically by topics such as animals, math, science, and weather, with maps, photographs, puzzles, quizzes, and trivia.

Presents thousands of fascinating facts about New York, on such topics as, the land, the people, business, entertainment, sports, art, crime, and more.

This book includes information on people in the news, countries of the world, holidays, science, music, art, the 2008 election results, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and much more.

Presents thousands of facts and statistics about a wide variety of subjects, such as economy and business, personalities and entertainment, world nations, U.S. cities and states, history, population, sports, and science, and includes consumer information, a review of 2003, and a color section of world maps and flags.

Story of the correspondence between Benjamin Banneker, a free black man, who wrote to Thomas Jefferson to tell him how he felt about Jefferson owning slaves.

Relies on charts, graphs, maps, and illustrations to present information about world issues such as health and nutrition, politics and government, drugs and crime, money, science, sports, and education.

Contains statistics, facts, lists, and stories that provide information on over forty topics of interest to kids, including science, technology, birthdays, fashion, disasters, and money; and features photographs, maps, charts, lists, and quizzes.

A collection of fascinating facts and silly stories designed to keep kids occupied in the bathroom.

Provides information on topics of particular interest to kids, such as United States history, art, weather, music, and sports, and features fun facts, puzzles, games, activities, jokes, maps, flags, source Web sites, and photographs. Includes special coverage of 2008 Olympic athletes and crime scene investigation techniques.

Contains thousands of facts, statistics, and trivia on a variety of subjects, such as science, economics, sports, arts, and media.