Content Updates to Kids InfoBits


by Jennifer Hootman

Quick Summary

Edited from Gale

Edited from Gale

Kids InfoBits Presents: Literature has been added. This is a new content set created exclusively for Kids InfoBits. 63 literary topics are covered, with each topic having a Basic overview aimed at lower elementary students and an Intermediate overview aimed at upper elementary students. Every article has an image representing the topic. Example topics include:

  • Adventure Fiction
  • American Dream
  • Biography
  • Caldecott Medal
  • Haiku
  • Heroes in Literature
  • Nonfiction
  • Parts of a Book
  • Parts of a Poem
  • Rhyme
  • Short Story
  • Villains

Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia -- more than 600 articles have been updated. Examples include:

  • Afghanistan
  • Alabama
  • Hans Christian Andersen
  • Maya Angelou
  • Canadian Literature (English)
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Chicago
  • Ebola Virus
  • Lake Erie
  • Football
  • Henry Ford
  • Mount Hood
  • Iraq
  • New Zealand
  • Parakeet
  • Science
  • Tortoise
  • Vikings
  • Whaling 

 

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Jennifer Hootman