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"To Our Readers Every day, there are times when you want to know more about something. It may be about how plants grow, or how electric motors work. You may want a certain fact about Abraham Lincoln, earth satellites, Bolivia, the invention of the piano, or what causes colds —to take just a few examples. Sometimes you need more information than a teacher, your parents, or a schoolbook can give. That's the time to turn to your Golden Book Encyclopedia. This encyclopedia is for you. It has been made especially for readers who are starting to look up information on their own, and who want that information on their own bookshelf. Into this encyclopedia have been put the most important facts of modern knowledge. The thousands of articles and color pictures, charts, diagrams, and maps make all this knowledge clear and exciting. Here is an endless parade of fascinating facts—facts you can depend upon for up-to-dateness and accuracy, because world-famous experts have checked them. Get into the habit of looking things up in your Golden Book Encyclopedia. Use it to discover more about interesting subjects mentioned in school. Let it be your partner in homework and school projects. Watch newspapers and television for important news about science and government, foreign countries, famous people, sports, plants and animals, literature and art, weather and exploration. Look up these subjects in the index, which is in the last volume of your GOLDEN BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA. Then read about them. In the evening, or on a rainy day, pick up any volume of your Golden Book Encyclopedia. Open it anywhere and start reading. Notice how interesting just about any subject can be when it is clearly explained and well pictured. You will find yourself getting interested in more and more kinds of information. The Golden Book Encyclopedia is your guide to knowledge. The more you read it, the better you will like it. The Editors"