cover image Big Book of Knowledge

Big Book of Knowledge

. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $17.99 (480pp) ISBN 978-0-7894-8501-4

Curious kids can tote The Dorling Kindersley Big Book of Knowledge in a backpack. Bursting with over 2,000 photographs, the fact-filled, meaty paperback contains information about ""Earth and Space"" and ""The Natural World""; ""Our World"" focuses on culture while ""Science and Technology"" explains such things as electricity and passenger planes. (Feb.)