The New Book of Knowledge

The New Book of Knowledge

The New Book of Knowledge is an encyclopedia intended primarily for children from 3rd to 8th grades.[1]

It was based on Grolier's older Book of Knowledge.[2].

The New Book of Knowledge was originally published by Grolier in 1966. [3] Currently published by Scholastic Press, it=tylereditions. The 2007 edition is published in 21 volumes and contains more than 9,000 articles.[1] By an agreement with Scholastic, Grolier published the contents of the encyclopedia online with registration.[4] In 2000, Scholastic Corporation acquired Grolier and now has full rights to the contents of The New Book of Knowledge.

In 2005 there was an Internet petition to reinclude an article on Ancient Persia in the encyclopedia, which was omitted from the 2005 edition. In response, Scholastic restored the article in the 2006 edition.[5]

As of 2010, the Scholastic website has a message stating that the 2006 edition is not available.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Official site for 2008 edition". Scholastic Press. http://www.scholastic.ca/education/library/encyclopedias/nbk.html. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
  2. ^ Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, 1996
  3. ^ "The Open Library - The New Book of Knowledge [1st ed. ]". http://openlibrary.org/b/OL5988842M. Retrieved 2009-02-26. 
  4. ^ "Grolier Online Preview 2007". Infohio. http://www.infohio.org/Er/Preview2007/grolier2007.html. Retrieved 2007-12-11. 
  5. ^ "Scholastic Reinstates Persia in "The New Book of Knowledge"". National Iranian American Council. November 17, 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20071004135905/http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=305&Itemid=2. Retrieved 2007-12-11. 
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