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If our world is full of questions, then this book has the answers! Smart-opedia: The Amazing Book About Everything is about ... well ... everything!

From life under the sea to the art of the Renaissance, from your five senses and human rights to life in Ancient Egypt, readers can expect to be fascinated at each turn of the page.

Four main sections (The World Around Us, Life, History, and Genius) cover more than 85 entertaining and thought-provoking subjects on almost everything you can imagine. Special features in each chapter abound: Food for Thought introductions offer myths, legends, famous quotes, and historical facts; Kids' Questions add extra information; Mini-biographies bring significant historical figures to light; Timelines clearly explain how we got from then to now; and information bubbles that supply snappy statistics on fun and intriguing topics.

Know-It-All News features throughout the book focus in-depth on relevant and significant subjects such as the discovery of new medicines from plants, the preservation and uncovering of fossils in ice, life on board the International Space Station, the exploitation of child labor, the history of the circus, and the invention of the modern robot.

From ancient mythology to modern technology and everything in between, this rich, lively, and clearly organized world-in-a-book will be well-loved and well-worn by the kids of today.

Ages 8-12.