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Thank you so much for the wonderful responses I got when asking about the Student Discovery Encyclopedia from World Book. Every comment was positive. Here is just a sample. Thanks for the mention of other possible encyclopedias, too. I used it with great success. Good for upper grades in some ways. Teachers used arfticles to teach skimming, summarizing etc. Short and to teh point. Good for lower grades because it uses standard guide words etc. but type and margins are user friendly. We got it system wide (200 schools). We have it, we love it. I also bought an Oxford Children's Encyclopedia for our younger kids as well from World Almanac Jonie fitzsimmons MIRLS mountainside elementary I love World Book's "Student Discovery Encyclopedia". Our school is K-8 and grades 2, 3, and 4 enjoy using this set. We usually start with this set, then continue on to the regular World Book when we are looking for additiona if you need any backup on your purchase, there is an article about it in this month's School Library Media Activities Monthly. I think it is an excellent choice for this grade level. Although not as extensive,obviously, as World Book, it does have a pretty wide selection of topics for primary-elementary use. The articles are not lengthy, yet cover the basics using vocabulary and sentence structure that this age level can comprehend. If you can afford it, I think you'll be satisfied with your purchase. P.S. I had my third-graders doing a very mini-research project today about mountains using World Book. The final thing they had to do was to report something about their range that was interesting/something we should know. Well, not being able to copy word for word, you should have read some of the "facts" they found. They did not even resemble the truth because they cannot understand much of what World Book is saying. (Had to use it though because it had all the mountains!) My point: the Young Discoverer's can be understood but you will probably need World Book for its coverage. Love it! We have these at my school (a pre-K -3 school) and I love them, so do the kids and the teachers. They are very accessible, good photos, graphs, data boxes, cear, but not stupidly simplistic text. I'm just in the midst of using them with our third graders now (we're on a fixed schedule)--just spent a day letting the kids explore them and find something interesting, then I'd ask a question that each kid could look up in the volume s/he had...they loved it. Next week we're starting it for an authentic research project about U.S. presidents, I made up graphic organizers with places for the kids to fill in, etc. The kids are psyched and even beg to borrow them like regular books. I think they're great I love them... I just showed them at a Media Specialist meeting today... they are very basic and limited in their imformation but are great for those kids that can't handle the extra information that the traditional World Book provides this is an excellent reference source. I have even used it for 4th and 5th. I like to use it as a starting out point so that kids can get a basic overview of a topic and then go on to other encyclopedias. I have bought this set for three elementary schools that I have been in and they go over very, very well with kids and teachers alike. It is excellent. We use it often. You also might want to look at Grolier's - slightly harder and longer articles. Also the one from Heinemann. I can't say enough wonderful things about the World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia. They are perfect for the primary grades and also for kids in the older grades who have some learning issues. The teachers love them too. As a matter of fact, I am considering buying a second set because of their heavy use. They are wonderful. Very child friendly and the Milwaukee Public Schools (WI) school district is planning on ordering them for every K-5 library. The info is succinct, more than adequate for that age, and wonderfully laid out. Colorful, and uses "see also" references which I think is great. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=