A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Our Children Need to Know
- ISBN-10
- 0395599016
- ISBN-13
- 9780395599013
- Category
- Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Authors
- Eric Donald Hirsch, William G. Rowland, Michael Stanford
Description
This revised edition of A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy offers the common core of knowledge children should have by the end of grade school. E. D. Hirsch, author of the best-selling Cultural Literacy and co-author of The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, has updated his popular children's version for a generation that needs not only a solid grounding in the arts and sciences but a clear understanding of the world around them - from world geography to the World Wide Web. Inviting and informative, the book is organized by subject, including mythology, history, religion and philosophy, music, art, geography, medicine, technology, and many more. No other book gives children so much of the world, from ancient history to current technology, in one engaging volume.
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Other editions
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- 1996
- 288 pages
- Paperback
- Mariner Books
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- 1991-01
- 271 pages
- Paperback
- Turtleback
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