Children's Encyclopedia (Usborne Miniature Editions) |  | Authors: Colin King, Jane Elliott, Angela Wilkes
Publisher: Usborne
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 895659
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 135
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0794500064
Dewey Decimal Number: 031
EAN: 9780794500061
ASIN: 0794500064
Publication Date: May 2003
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 Cute pictures coupled with a hard-left bias November 16, 2006
12 out of 18 found this review helpful
The Industrial Revolution paints factory owners as over-priviledged, and lauds things like taxpayer-funded "free" schools, welfare, and labor unions as improvements in people's lives.
In discussing "Looking after the land," the book claims "People destroy plants, birds and animals when they dump poisonous wastes," and "Fumes from factories and car exhausts pollute the air." This little blurb even depicts a man nearby factory smokestacks, wearing a pollution mask while walking his dog, who is also wearing a mask. Nowhere do they mention vast improvements made in reducing pollution in first-world countries and that our air is getting cleaner, or that most pollution is now being created in developing countries too poor to dwell on the niceties of eco-consciousness.
Getting the picture?
 Great Book for Curious Kids May 17, 2004
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
My husband and I have been reading this book over and over to our 5 year old. I don't think she understands everything, but she loves it anyway. The explanations are clear and simple without condescending.
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