Book Description

Let your child take the world apart and put it back together again! Children will learn all about the interesting people, places, animals and cultures that make our world so fascinating.

A passport full of exciting activities will take children around the world and back. Let them enjoy traveling through steaming jungles, the African savannah and the Great White North. Share their discovery of the world’s most amazing cities and our planet’s natural wonders. And they’ll find the answers to more than 100 challenging trivia questions and many more fun-filled facts about the world we live in. Includes:

- 16-block puzzle
- Continent maps
- Travel Trivia game
- Laminated world map
- 32-page activity passport
- 60 colorful stickers
- Handy carrying box ... Read more

Book Description

These heavily illustrated, large-format volumes redefine the concept of a traditional atlas. Not limited to maps alone, each looks at the people, places, and objects of a period or area of the world. As a result, a fascinating and complete unerstanding of the subject emerges.

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The classical world comes alive in this illustrated atlas of fascinating eras of ancient Greece and Rome.

Twenty-six double-page spreads feature reproductions of important artifacts, reconstructions of archaeological sites, detailed maps, informative text, and much more.

Chapters include: Minoans and Mycenaeans, Sparta and Athens, Greek Religion, Greek Theater, Science and Literature, Alexander and the Hellenistic World, Sports in the Greek world, The roman Army, The City of Rome, and The Fall of the Empire.

Book Description

An essential new source of information about the people and cultures of the world.

• Covers all regions of the globe in 22 colorful, double-page spreads.
• Contains over 400 illustrations of people and places.
• Features more than 20 maps with population figures and capitals.
• Authoritative, accessible facts about people, places, language, custom and history.

Amazon.com

Beginning with the discovery of fire, this comprehensive, handsome paperback traces discoveries and inventions right up through history to the future of space travel. In sections entitled "Technology and the Birth of Ideas," "Communications and Travel," "Learning About Life," and "Astronomy and Cosmology," factual information is highlighted with full-color illustrations, photographs, maps, charts, and graphs. The wealth of wonders contained in these pages is sure to inspire ideas in the minds of eager readers and aspiring inventors. (Ages 9 to 12) ... Read more

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Best book ever
This book is the greatest book ever written - the author is absolutely incredible and I feel that her prose style is simply beautiful. ... Read more