A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Our Children Need to Know
- ISBN-10
- 0395823528
- ISBN-13
- 9780395823521
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Author
- Eric Donald Hirsch
Description
Presents an outline of the knowledge that should be acquired by the end of sixth grade
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Other editions
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- 1991
- 292 pages
- Paperback
- Mariner Books
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- 1991-01
- 271 pages
- Paperback
- Turtleback
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