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''The New Book of Knowledge'' is an encyclopedia intended primarily for children from 3rd to 8th grades.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Official site for 2008 edition )〕 It was based on Grolier's older ''Book of Knowledge''.〔Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, 1996〕 The ''New Book of Knowledge'' was originally published by Grolier in the 1940s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Open Library - The New Book of Knowledge [1st ed. ] )〕 Currently published by Scholastic Press, it has gone through several editions. The 2007 edition is published in 21 volumes and contains more than 9,000 articles.〔 By an agreement with Scholastic, Grolier published the contents of the encyclopedia online with registration.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Grolier Online Preview 2007 )〕 In 2000, Scholastic Corporation acquired Grolier and now has full rights to the contents of ''The New Book of Knowledge''. In 2005 there was an Internet petition to reinclude an article on Ancient Persia in the encyclopedia, which was omitted from the 2005 edition. In response, Scholastic restored the article in the 2006 edition. , the Scholastic website has a message stating that the 2006 edition is not available.〔 ==References== 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「The New Book of Knowledge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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