With over 700 terms, the elementary school encyclopedia offers general knowledge, including current topics such as gender, social diversity and acceptance, climate, environment, politics, and health. The encyclopedia impresses with its wealth of explained terms and its focus on important elementary school topics for everyday school life. Comprehensive, clear, and up-to-date, children can find terms from school and daily life explained simply and understandably in this elementary school encyclopedia. With numerous cross-references, informative illustrations, and thematic double pages on important elementary school topics, the encyclopedia provides first graders with plenty of material to explore and second graders with resources for looking up, reading, understanding, and experiencing. This compact and modern elementary school encyclopedia is the ideal companion during the elementary school years: a comprehensive reference work with age-appropriate texts and images, perfect for starting school.