"With more than 100 experts in their fields, including space, animals, wars, mummies, brain science, and many, many more!"

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Everything Explained That Is Explainable is the audacious, utterly improbable story of the publication of the Eleventh Edition of the legendary Encyclopædia Britannica. It is the tale of a young American entrepreneur who rescued a dying publication with the help of a floundering newspaper, and in so doing produced a series of books that forever changed the face of publishing. Thanks to the efforts of 1,500 contributors, among them a young staff of university graduates as well as some of the most distinguished names of the day, the Eleventh Edition combined scholarship and readability in a way no previous encyclopedia had (or ever has again). Denis Boyles’s work of cultural history pulls back the curtain on the 44-million-word testament to the age of reason that has profoundly shaped the way we see the world.

"In this compendium of 5-minute really true stories about bedtime, you can go on a journey of wonder and learning to find out the answers to all these questions, and many more! Travel to Ancient Egypt to explore the beds of Tutankhamun, jet off into space to see how astronauts get ready for bed, or even plunge underwater to learn how hibernating turtles breathe through their bottoms!"--Back cover.

Entertaining and informative, the 'Britannica Student Encyclopedia' helps children aged seven to 12 years gain a better understanding of the world around them. Captivating articles are the perfect resource for homework, classroom reference and for satisfying the curiosity of young learners.

Britannica's Listified! will surprise, amaze and amuse inquisitive young readers with 300 ingenious lists that organise the best bits of our awesome world. "A treasure trove of fun and fantastic facts." - Michael Morpurgo Ever wondered which 10 dinosaurs were the largest, and what they weighed...in cats? Or how much of your DNA you share with other animals...and bananas? Enter the listiverse and get ready to see the world in a whole new way. Listified! takes the best and most amazing parts of the universe--erupting volcanoes, medieval machines, jumping spiders, exploding stars and everything in between--and organises them into quirky list form for curious kids and their friends and family to enjoy. Brought to life by imaginative and hilarious artworks, each list presents subjects from new and unexpected angles. Let Britannica's Listified! take you on a journey through 300 lists that illuminate everything from the human body, to prehistoric creatures, planet Earth, outer space and the mysteries beyond. An utterly absorbing compendium of amazing facts and trivia that will keep children aged 8+ entertained for hours!