Basic
Home Reference Library
If
you'd like your child to thrive in school, you need to supply him
with the basic reference books at home. How else will he be able
to write reports on Eleanor Roosevelt or use spelling words in
sentences? Check our list to make sure you have a properly stocked
library of dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias and more--whether
in good, old-fashioned book form or on CD-ROM.
Children's
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Atlas
Almanac
Encyclopedia (set of ENCYCLOPEDIA
BRITTANICA or a basic one-volume, with a good index) NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC
Good children's magazine:
COBBLESTONE
(history),
FACES
(world cultures), KIDS DISCOVER
(science; call 800-825-2821 for subscription)
If you
have a CD-ROM: ENCARTA
Encyclopedia
Microsoft BOOKSHELF
(includes dictionary, thesaurus, book of quotations, encyclopedia,
atlas, chronology and almanac)