Explores ancient Greece, discussing farming, democracy, religion, and sports.
David Stewart, David Antram, Mark Bergin, John James. The Roman day , which lasted from dawn to dusk , was divided into twelve hours . The day began at one o'clock , when the family and the slaves met with the paterfamilias , the head ...
A beautiful picture book about the astronomer Edwin Hubble that invites children to ponder How many stars are in the sky? How did the universe begin? Where diid it come from?
A Parisian pup recounts his exciting visit to New York City to his canine pals in a story that features kinetically sketched images of such landmarks as Coney Island's Wonder Wheel, the Guggenheim Museum and Grand Central Station.
This book includes an afterword to the adult reader about dementia and recollection, written by Ove Dahl, a historian and head of the Danish Center for Reminiscence.
"A story about loss and connection. After his grandfather dies, a young boy tries to deal with his grief and imagines where his grandfather is"--OCLC.
Grandpa playfully recounts a familiar fairytale--or his version, at least--to his granddaughter, and try as she might to get him back on track, he keeps on adding things to the mix, resulting in an unpredictable tale that comes alive as it ...
A bird meditates on what it means to be alone and what it means to be together.
... 1990 ) Courtwright ( Usborne , 1997 ) Gods and Goddesses : In the Daily Life of the Ancient Romans by Peter Hicks ( Hodder Children's Books , 2003 ) Usborne Internet - linked Encyclopaedia of the Roman World by Jane Bingham , Fiona ...
"Little boy Brown is a lonely city kid, though he doesn't really know he's lonely, who spends the best day ever with his nanny and her family in the country"--
Illustrates a collection of aphorisms and maxims.
A vital reference to scientific knowledge profiles one hundred scientists, from Anaximander to Stephen Hawking, covering geometry, cosmology, medicine, chemistry, and computer technology.
In The World's Poorest President Speaks Out, Jos Mujica's famous speech comes to life as he asks us to remember our neighbors, our children, and the Earth.
In words and pictures, ghosts set the record straight about--ghosts.
"When she was young, the writer Flannery O'Connor was captivated by the chickens in her yard.
After his mother, hurrying to her tuba lesson, tells him that a poem will cure his pet fish's boredom, a little boy tries to find out what a poem is by asking friends, neighbors, and other members of his family.
"Maybe he wanted to say hi?" wonders Finn. "Maybe," Lucas says, "Hamish wanted you to have fun with it."Finn's Feather is a story about resilience and memory--about a child, his brother, and a friend who meets him where he is.
"An allegorical view of human life as an exploratory journey through an ancient forest." --
Follows teenaged Fing Boon and her large, impoverished, eccentric family as they navigate the changes World War II visits upon their little town on the border of the Netherlands and Germany.
An introduction to the world of the giant blue whale combines engaging facts with evocative illustrations that compare the whale's enormous size to objects in the everyday world.