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The World Book Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia published in the United States. According to the company, its mission is to "enhance learning and reading for children around the world by developing trustworthy, engaging content to create products that will engage children of all ages at home, on the go, in the classroom or in libraries worldwide."[1] The encyclopedia was designed to cover major areas of knowledge uniformly, but it shows particular strength in scientific, technical, and medical subjects.[2]
World Book Encyclopedia
World Book Encyclopedia logo.png
Country
United States
Language
American English
Series
22-volumes
Subject
General
Genre
Reference encyclopedia
Publisher
Scott Fetzer Company, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway
Publication date
1917; 103 years ago
Media type
Publication
Dewey Decimal
031.21
LC Class
AE5 .W55
It is based in Chicago, Illinois. Today, the company claims that World Book "is the most up-to-date commercial encyclopedia". According to the company, the latest edition, World Book Encyclopedia 2019, contains 14,000 pages distributed along 22 volumes and more than 17,000 articles in total which represents an increase of 7.05% from the last edition (1,200 articles more) [3]
World Book also publishes children's non-fiction and picture books under the Bright Connections Media imprint, and educational development and supplemental instructional resources through Incentive Publications by World Book.