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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  Cover art copyright © 2002 by Berenstain Enterprises, Inc.  
  Copyright © 1962 by Stanley and Janice Berenstain.  
  Copyright renewed 1990 by Stanley and Janice Berenstain.  
  All rights reserved under International and Pan‑American Copyright
  Conventions.  
  Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of
  Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of
  Canada Limited, Toronto.  
  Originally published by Random House, Inc., in 1962.  
  [www.randomhouse.com/kids](http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/index.pperl)  
  [www.berenstainbears.com](http://www.berenstainbears.com/)  
   _This title was originally cataloged by the Library of Congress as follows:_  
  Berenstain, Stanley.  
  The big honey hunt, by Stanley and Janice Berenstain.  
  [New York] Begi