Why do we need to read the encyclopedia?

It would not be normal to sit down and read an encyclopedia from cover to cover. An encyclopedia is what is called a reference work, you would use it to look stuff up when you needed to know something specific, rather like using a dictionary to find out how to spell or the meeting of a Word that you did not know. It is also rather amusing to open an encyclopedia and have a look at something randomly each day. That way you can build up your general knowledge.

The best encyclopedia is of cause the online one called "Wikipedia".