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World Book Kids

World Book Kids (grades K-5) is based on World Books Student Discovery Encyclopedia. World Book Kids contains thousands of easy-to-read encyclopedia articles plus activities, biographies, maps, pictures and more. Search or browse for information in this resource.

World Book Kids Visual search designed for kidssearch box provided for educators. Basic search looks for different tenses and plurals of term. Spelling is autocorrected. Article read aloud feature. Every article has a citation. Special Features include interactive and outline maps, science projects, animal compare and more.

Browse articles by category.

Educational Games & Activitiesinteractive games + activities designed to be done away from the computer.

Compare Places graphically compare states and countries.

Provided by the South Dakota State Library and Institute of Museum and Library Services.

To Access World Book Kids Go to SD State Library website http://library.sd.gov Click Online Resources: Complete Listing Click on World Book Kids under World Book Public Library Edition Enter your Library Barcode and Password

Spelling autocorrectingprovides suggested spelling to improve search results.

View result specific types of results.

Citation, Related Web Sites and Play It features on left side. Play It features interactive mini-quiz.

Printshows print preview-use browser print commands. E-mailselect pdf or html format. Savesave article in html or pdf format. Translatetranslate article into another language (opens in a different window) Read aloudarticle read aloud

Important People: Search or browse for biographical information.

Change to other World Book Web products by clicking on icon at bottom of page. Site Map: Alphabetical list of site contents.

If you have any questions about using this resource, contact a South Dakota Librarian.