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Special Book Review "The Ultimate Book of Knowledge" Facts, facts and more facts -- we love books with both useful and useless information. So when we came across the book, "The Ultimate Book of Knowledge," we jumped at the chance to take a peek. This encyclopedia of sorts was written for young readers, and includes larger text and lots of illustrations, maps and charts. The chapters include: Our Bodies, Plants and Animals, The Earth, History, Planets and Stars, The Arts, Countries, Our Society, and Science and Technology. The book doesn't go into much detail on any one topic, but it does highlight some important information on select topics and scatters additional "Did You Know?" facts throughout the book. A book that contains an abundance of facts such as this one, should have been proofread numerous times. But unfortunately, we found a few small, yet significant errors: 1. Page 30: Two errors in the "Fast Facts" box -- the first lists the heaviest fish (whale shark), but there is no weight listed. The second lists the shortest fish (pygmy goby) as being 39 inches, which is over 3 feet long. A search of this fact shows that most adult pygmy goby fish measure 4 inches or less. 2. Page 32: States the smallest amphibian, the Cuban frog, is just 39" long. To our calculations, that makes this small frog over three feet long! 3. Page 46: In the "Did You Know?" box -- the illustrations for the bird and amphibian are reversed with the text on the chart. 4. Page 160: There are two errors in the "Fast Facts" box -- the first says that the tallest mountain in Russia, Elbrus, is 18.506 feet. The period should be a comma. The other error lists the longest river, Volga, as 2.293 miles. It should read, 2,293 miles. 5. Page 163: In the "Fast Facts" box -- shows the area of Russia being 6,563,706 miles. This should be square miles. MyParenTime.com recommends this book for its illustrations, layout, and content, but unfortunately cannot recommend this particular edition for its accuracy. A book like this would be wonderful for children to use for school reference, but the facts need to be correct. ~My ParenTime January, 2009 Click here to purchase this item. Your purchase through Amazon.com will help support MyParenTime.com.

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