title: Random House Children's Encyclopedia, Revised Edition
author: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
description: The first edition of this ready-reference encyclopedia for children ages 7-12 was reviewed here [<i>RBB</i> O 15 91]. It was originally compiled in Britain by Dorling Kindersley and has the lavish illustrations its books are known for. The revised edition has had more than 140 pages updated. For instance, there are maps and flags for the newly independent countries of the former Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. Population figures have been updated. Additionally, the "Fact Finder" section at the end of the book reflects the election of Bill Clinton as president of the U.S.
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  THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF  
  Text copyright © 1974 by The Order of the Holy Paraclete  
  Illustrations copyright © 1990 by Pauline Baynes
  
  
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  Originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain by The Random
  House Group Ltd. in 1990. First published in the United States by Alfred A.
  Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., in 1992.
  
  
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