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About World Book Online Kids

Easy-to-use encyclopædia for young readers. Articles, multimedia, games, science projects and interactive tools for homework and fun.

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Key features

World Book Online for Kids is developed specifically for primary school aged patrons, with such features as:

  • Thousands of easy-to-read articles;
  • Stunning images and illustrations;
  • Interactive games and activities such as puzzles and colouring;
  • Interactive maps;
  • An important people center;
  • Science projects;
  • An online dictionary for hard words.
  • All articles can be printed, saved or emailed.
  • Each article contains a citation - so you can use it in your homework as source material.

More information

This is the children’s version of the popular World Book adult encyclopedia now available in an online version known as World Book Online Reference Center. World Book have also developed "digital libraries" to complement the content on World Book Online Kids. They include:

World Book have also created World Book Online InforFinder for young adults.

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