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How and Why Wonder Books were a series of illustrated American books published in the 1960s and 1970s that was designed to teach science and history to children and young teenagers. The series began in 1960, and was edited under the supervision of Dr. Paul E. Blackwood of the Office of Education at the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The series was published by Wonder Books, Inc., a division of Grosset & Dunlap. ==Listing== There were 74 unique titles in the series, each one starting with the phrase ''The How and Why Wonder Book of…'' as a key component of the book's name. All 74 volumes were published in a ''softcover format'', with pages measuring 8½ × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm) in size. A number of the titles were also produced in hardcover versions, too; these being referred to as either the "Trade Editions" or the "Library Editions." Each ''How and Why Wonder Book'' uniformly contained a total of 48 pages, with the only exception being ''The Environment and You'', which contained 64 pages.〔Brennan, Matthew J. ''The Environment and You''. Grosset and Dunlap, Wonder Books, 1972〕 The softcover books were numbered consecutively in series starting at 5001 (with the only exception being the final book in the series entitled ''Fossils'').〔Burton, John ''Fossils''. Grosset and Dunlap, Wonder Books, 1976〕 The hardcover versions were numbered differently from the softcover issues. # ''5001 Dinosaurs'' # ''5002 Weather'' # ''5003 Electricity'' # ''5004 Rocks and Minerals'' # ''5005 Rockets and Missiles'' # ''5006 Stars'' # ''5007 Insects'' # ''5008 Reptiles and Amphibians'' # ''5009 Birds'' # ''5010 Our Earth'' # ''5011 Beginning Science'' # ''5012 Machines'' # ''5013 The Human Body'' # ''5014 Sea Shells'' # ''5015 Atomic Energy'' # ''5016 The Microscope'' # ''5017 The Civil War'' # ''5018 Mathematics'' # ''5019 Flight'' # ''5020 Ballet'' # ''5021 Chemistry'' # ''5022 Horses'' # ''5023 Explorations and Discoveries'' # ''5024 Primitive Man'' # ''5025 North America'' # ''5026 Planets and Interplanetary Travel'' # ''5027 Wild Animals'' # ''5028 Sound'' # ''5029 Lost Cities'' # ''5030 Ants and Bees'' # ''5031 Wild Flowers'' # ''5032 Dogs'' # ''5033 Prehistoric Mammals'' # ''5034 Science Experiments'' # ''5035 World War II'' # ''5036 Florence Nightingale'' # ''5037 Butterflies and Moths'' # ''5038 Fish'' # ''5039 Robots and Electronic Brains'' # ''5040 Light and Color'' # ''5041 Winning of the West'' # ''5042 The American Revolution'' # ''5043 Caves to Skyscrapers'' # ''5044 Ships'' # ''5045 Time'' # ''5046 Magnets and Magnetism'' # ''5047 Guns'' # ''5048 The Moon'' # ''5049 Famous Scientists'' # ''5050 The Old Testament'' # ''5051 Building'' # ''5052 Railroads'' # ''5053 Trees'' # ''5054 Oceanography'' # ''5055 North American Indians'' # ''5056 Mushrooms, Ferns and Mosses'' # ''5057 The Polar Regions'' # ''5058 Coins and Currency'' # ''5059 Basic Inventions'' # ''5060 The First World War'' # ''5061 Electronics'' # ''5062 Deserts'' # ''5063 Air and Water'' # ''5064 Stars'' # ''5065 Airplanes and the Story of Flight'' # ''5066 Fish # ''5067 Boats and Ships # ''5068 The Moon # ''5069 Trains and Railroads # ''5070 Ecology # ''5071 The Environment and You # ''5072 Extinct Animals # ''5073 Snakes # ''5076 Fossils When publication of the ''How and Why Wonder Book'' series first commenced in 1960, only the initial six titles in the series were produced. As time went by, and as the series proved to be highly successful, more new titles were added to expand its scope. At the same time, a handful of titles also ''disappeared'' from the comprehensive "checklists" (located on back covers) when these volumes were revised and republished under a different title and/or series number. Specifically, there were six titles that were removed from checklists when they were reissued with a later series number. They were: # ''5006 Stars'' (reissued as ''5064 Stars'') # ''5019 Flight'' (reissued as ''5065 Airplanes and the Story of Flight'') # ''5038 Fish'' (reissued as ''5066 Fish'') # ''5044 Ships'' (reissued as ''5067 Boats and Ships'') # ''5048 The Moon'' (reissued as ''5068 The Moon'') # ''5052 Railroads'' (reissued as ''5069 Trains and Railroads'') Although some of the titles were not altered from earlier versions, both the cover artwork and the interior content were changed. Thus, it is easy to distinguish between the early versions and the latter issues by the cover art alone. The first 69 books in the series were issued with beautifully illustrated cover art, otherwise referred to as ''Painted Covers'', during the 1960s. Later reprints in the 1970s, however, switched to ''Photo Covers''. In fact, four of the last five volumes in the series were only produced in a photo cover version (''Ecology, Extinct Animals, Snakes and Fossils''). Strangely enough, one of the final five titles (''The Environment and You'') was only issued in a painted cover, even though it was not released until the 1970s. Because of the striking cover artwork, and thanks largely to the nostalgic appeal of these books, they have become collectable items once more today. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「How and Why Wonder Books」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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