Author: Carol Donoughue
This is the fascinating story of the invention of writing and how it developed over the centuries as people's lives and the need to communicate changed. The story of writing - how, where and why it was invented, the diff ... |
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Author: Miroslav Sasek
Following the runaway bestsellers This is New York and This is Paris, Universe is pleased to reissue another title from M. Sasek's beloved and nostalgic children's travel series. Like the other Sasek classics, This is Ed ... |
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Author: Miroslav Sasek
Like the other Sasek classics, this is a facsimile edition of the original book. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later. Facts have be ... |
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Amazing Arctic Innovations
Author: Alootook Ipellie
Dazzling inventions from the far north. Today's Arctic communities have all the comforts of modern living. Yet the Inuit survived in this harsh landscape for hundreds of years with nothing but the land and their ... |
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A Child's Life in Madagascar
Author: Benjamin Opsahl
The children in Madagascar rejoice in life's natural gifts--singing, working in the fields, helping their parents, and playing with lizards. Divided into three sections: We Live!, We Grow! and We Feel!, Torina's World: A ... |
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A Family Adventure Across America
Author: Lynne Cheney
As I've traveled our great country, I have been struck again and again by its beauty and variety and reminded of how rich our history is. Travel a few miles in any direction, and you'll encounter an amazing story that he ... |
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Author: Duncan Crosbie
Each Find Out About book introduces boys and girls to a different country, its people, its history, its culture, and its language. The books are divided into four parts: Part One: IntroductionaTakes readers on a jou ... |
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Author: Duncan Crosbie
Each "Find Out About " book introduces boys and girls to a different country, its people, its history, its culture, and its language. The books are divided into four parts: Part One: IntroductionA[a--aTakes readers ... |
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Author: Marion Wood
A revised version of the acclaimed Ancient America, Ancient Maya and Aztec Civilizations, Third Edition covers two of the major cultures that thrived in pre-Columbian Central America. Part One focuses on the Maya civiliz ... |
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A Nation's Story in Photographs
Author: Janice Weaver
Canada and the art of photography came into existence together in the middle of the nineteenth century. Both had shaky beginnings -- one was an upstart country struggling to emerge from the shadow of its great neighbor, ... |
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Author: Ifeoma Onyefulu
This unique series of photographic information books, told in the first person, accompanies children who have grown up away from their family's homeland, and are now visiting it for the first time. The unfamiliar food, c ... |
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Author: Miroslav Sasek
Like the other Sasek classics, these are facsimile editions of his original books. The vibrant illustrations have been preserved, remaining true to his vision, and where applicable facts have been updated, appearing on a ... |
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Who am I to You?
Author: Mahmoud Watad & Leonard Grob
A peaceful, long-lasting resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict may never be found until both sides learn to see each other, not as the enemy, but as fellow human beings. Teen Voices from the Holy Land takes a cr ... |
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Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
Author: Joseph Lemasolai Lekut & Herman J. Viola
After opening with a dramatic chapter about Lekuton's first encounter with a lion, the books covers his life from birth, through his early life as a cattle herder (starting at about age 5), his mischievousness, the way o ... |
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Author: Douglas A. Phillips
Thailand is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. It is known as the land of smiles, where the people extol a charm and grace that is unmatched. These elements serve to beckon visitors who want to explore thi ... |
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Author: Zheng Qing
Each Find Out About book introduces boys and girls to a different country, its people, its history, its culture, and its language. The books are divided into four parts: Part One: IntroductionaTakes readers on a jou ... |
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Author: Miroslav Sasek
Like the other Sasek classics, this is a facsimile edition of the original book. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later. Facts have be ... |
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Author: Miroslav Sasek
First published in 1961, This Is Venice presents indelible impressions of romantic, watery Venice, where under a brilliant blue sky Sasek the gondolier navigates the winding canals to visit such famous and glorious landm ... |
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Author: Dougal Dixon
Hard-hitting facts accompany a gripping storyline, providing a fascinating and original way of studying the wildlife phenomenon. As the journalist's adventures take her close to danger, will the team make it back in time ... |
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Author: Katherine Goode
Children from Bosnia, Cambodia, El Salvador, Herzegovina, Iraq, Sudan, and Vietnam who have come to Australia to escape persecution are given a voice in this collection of short stories compiled from interviews with refu ... |
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