An almanac is an annual publication listing a set of events forthcoming in the next year.
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.
Meredith Corporation is a media conglomerate based in Des Moines, Iowa. The company owns magazines, television stations, and radio stations. Meredith's publications have a readership of more than 120 million, paid circulation of more than 40 million, and its webisites have nearly 135 million monthly unique visitors. Meredith’s broadcast television stations reach 11% of U.S. households.
The almanac, aimed at elementary school and middle school students (grades 3 - 8 in the United States), includes articles on science, art, literature, social studies, technology, politics, pop culture, history, language, mathematics, economics, religion, sports, and volunteering. The reference book begins with the "Year in Review," which tells of events that have taken place in the prior year, and ends with "What's Next?" which describes interesting or significant events expected in the coming year.
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's imaginative, conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power. In their most general form these activities include the production of works of art, the criticism of art, the study of the history of art, and the aesthetic dissemination of art.
Literature, most generically, is any body of written works. More restrictively, literature refers to writing considered to be an art form or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage.
The series has won many honors, including the Teacher's Choice Award, Best Children's Reference Book Award, and the "A-List" pick from FamilyFun magazine.
FamilyFun is a family magazine published 8 times annually by Meredith Corporation.
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