The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People
Oxford University Press. Oxford University Press, USA, $35 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-19-910171-9
The hefty Oxford Children's Book of Famous People provides intriguing illustrated data on 1000 notables both living (Thor Heyerdahl, Joan Sutherland, Lech Walesa) and dead (Homer, H.G. Wells, Annie Besant), and provides the answers to such questions as ``What was Calamity Jane's real name?'' (Martha Jane Burke) and ``How many blocks comprise the Great Pyramid of Khufu?'' (2,300,000). Ages 9-12 (Mar.).
Details
Reviewed on: 01/30/1995
Genre: Children's
