Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

First edition 1991

Senior Editor Ann Kramer Senior Art Editor Miranda Kennedy Editors Christiane Gunzi, Susan McKeever, Richard Platt, Clifford Rosney Art Editors Muffy Dodson, Debra Lee, Christian Sévigny, Val Wright Picture Research Anne Lyons Additional Research Anna Kunst, Deborah Murrell Picture Manager Kate Fox Production Manager Teresa Solomon Editorial Director Sue Unstead

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First American Edition, 1991 This edition published in the United States in 2016 by DK Publishing, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014

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Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited.

First published in the United States under the title The Random House Children’s Encyclopedia by Random House in 1991.

A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN: 978-1-4654-5169-

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