Featuring actual pages from The World Almanac for Kidsandreg;, this book provides stimulating activities that are easy to implement. Students develop reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills as they read nonfiction information to find the answers to related questions. Activities cover all areas of the curriculum, including science, social studies, language arts, and math as well as art, music, and physical education. The activities target standards in these areas: gather and use information, compare, contrast and classify, problem-solving strategies, interdisciplinary connections.