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One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia | 
 enlarge | Author: Dk Publishing
Publisher: DK CHILDREN
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $14.30
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 63468
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 8 - 17 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9.9 x 1.1
MPN: 9780756638436
ISBN: 0756638437
Dewey Decimal Number: 030
EAN: 9780756638436
ASIN: 0756638437
Publication Date: June 16, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW COPY, NO UGLY REMAIND MARKS.
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Product Description
Inside is a stunning, comprehensive visual encyclopedia featuring gorgeous photography that not only illustrates, but educates. This encyclopedia is driven by its striking imagery that brings more than one million things to light. It is a crucial addition to homes and classrooms alike. In true DK fashion, the photography in this book does all the talking. The encyclopedia features more than one million things! Rather than string together multiple photos of objects, the Visual Encyclopedia features sweeping single-shots that encompass a multitude of objects, making for a seamless and striking presentation.
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Book Review: One Million Things July 24, 2008
T. Jonker
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When you're a kid, the bigger the better. Machines, buildings, ice cream cones, it's all better with an increase in dimensions. The same holds true for numbers. A fact: kids love stepping things up to seven digits and will do so at the drop of a hat. They will pull out "one million" as soon as possible. DK knows this well and put together a visual encyclopedia - "part museum, part search engine" - that runs with the concept of cramming a million bits of info into one volume. It's an astonishing deluge of knowledge that readers will be clamoring to pick up.
"One Million Things" is not 300 pages of arbitrary fact placement. There is an organization to the madness. Arranged in sections from nature to nutrition, the human body to technology, the breadth of subject matter is impressive.
Vital to the operation are the photographs. This may be the singe largest collection of pictures I've seen in one place. Each page shows as much as it tells.
DK books are famous for their visuals, and "One Million Things" continues that tradition.
In short: open it up, discover something new, enjoy. A quality selection for libraries, classrooms, and home collections alike.
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