Books, Books, and More Books

Never cracked open a copy of The World Almanac for Kids? Here’s an opportunity to browse a few pages from the 2009 edition and see what all the fuss is about. There’s a lot of new material this year, including a Harry Potter retrospective, a Spanish language lesson, and information about notorious criminals in history—along with thousands of fascinating, up-to-date facts in dozens of homework-friendly (and just plain fun) topics. Click on the subjects below to sample the book… and click on the “read more” link to jump straight to a brief history of books in general.

Disasters
Sports
Space
Animals
Nations

What are the two main kinds of Buddhism? Learn about them on page 204.

January 07

1789: The first U.S. presidential election is held, with George Washington the winner.