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HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday Oclober27 Page Book Review Encyclopedia aimed at youngsters ByBOBSPfNCF Long before nationalist became a synonym for Quebec separatist Mel Hurtig was known as a nationalist a Canadian tionalist The Alberta book publisher who has been in the forefront of various proCanada advocacy groups has taken the biggest financial game of his publishing career with an am bilious project that is so Canadian you could use a maple leaf as a pagemarker The Junior Encyclopedia of Canada the first encyclopedia written specifically for young Canadians is a treasure trove of information written in plain language Publishers project the largest publishing pro ject in Canadian history has culminated in a fivevolume set of beautifully illustrated books pack ed from Canadian history to space travel to the arts With more than 500 entries and illustrations including specifically commissioned for this edition it puts every other junior encyclopedia to shame when it comes to providing pertinent in formation about Canada CANADIAN In general articles in American or British junior encyclopedias in are often ignored The Junior ncycJopedia of looks at world frqm a perspective Aimed a eight to 15 year olds it is both an educational tool and a statement of what Canada wis and Numerous sidebars enliven the text with anecdotes or examples A sidebar on the entry of banking for example explains what hap pens when you write a cheque Care was obviously taken on not only what information to include but how to present it Hurtig received grants totalling more than 5 million but publishing company put up nearly million including 8 million from bank loans He is delighted with the initial response to the en cyclopedia In a telephone interview explained that the original concept starting the junior version by rewriting major portions of Hur tig s Canadian Encyclopedia quickly discarded We wanted to make sure that children could understind We had experts in education and communications prepare the material We studied thi in all the provinces to make the entries related to the curriculum And such pics a pop music ind children were is siks by bookstores because of pro he encountered with Ihe edition of he in in It v is Ik sold through bookstores for 175 a set but Coles which received hiiLc discount because of it volume purchase started selling the sets at each Small stores itch the price a number of people who had paid for set demanded a refund from the publisher Now is making sure there ib just one price until Christmas that is five volume set is before Christmas then the price climbs to Many bookstores and other stores have display copies brochures and order forms and you can order a set at these stores The encyclopedias however will be shipped to customers by the publisher with the stores i a commission Bob Spence is the editor of Thomson News Service Thomson News Service Say I saw it in The Herald HALTON HILLS HOTLINE 8772201 ALUMINUM INSTALLATION 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