"The Firefly Visual Dictionary," by Jean-Claude Corbeil and Ariane Archambault, is full of detailed, full-color illustrations and extensive textual labels. Looking at the world around us, the book has a scope that ranges from the inner structure of an atom to the shapes of galaxies. The cover boasts that the dictionary contains 6,000 color entries and 35,000 terms. The items pictured include pure symbols, tangible man-made items, natural objects and living entities. At more than 900 pages long, the book is a hefty achievement.

This book is divided up into 17 chapters: Astronomy, Earth, Vegetable Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Human Being, Food and Kitchen, House, Do-It-Yourself and Gardening, Clothing, Personal Adornment and Articles, Arts and Architecture, Communications and Office Automation, Transport and Machinery, Energy, Science, Society, and Sports and Games. An index is included.