<p>Opera€™s colorful history is rich with exciting stories. Through conversational text, informative sidebars, and full-color photographs, young readers will learn about the talented people--composers, singers, musicians, stagehands, set and costume designers, makeup crews--and the technical wizardry that go into staging opera€™s lavish performances. There are even behind-the-scenes glimpses of many of today€™s great opera companies, including the Royal Opera House in London, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the San Diego Opera.Created in association with London€™s Royal Opera House and the San Diego Opera, this hardcover book-and-CD package is a sumptuous introduction to the world of opera. The accompanying CD captures memorable moments from some of the most famous operas.</p>

The Young Person's Guide to the Opera: With Music from the Great Operas on Cd

Barber, Nicola

Ganeri,Anita

Royal Opera House (London, England)

San Diego Opera Association

Harcourt Childrens Books

<p>This collection of books is designed for younger readers and young people with special educational needs. The books bring together some of the most popular titles from existing series in a new easy-to-read edition, with simplified texts and large, clear type.</p>

Rainforests

Children's Books

Evans Brothers, Ltd.

The 1980s (Alpha Books)

Part of the Alpha Books series, which have been written with advice from experts that teach reading, and are printed in large, clear type. This title looks at the marine environment and its inhabitants, highlights some of the endangered species, and examines some of the successful conservation projects that will provide models for the future.

Seas and Oceans: The Marine Environment, the Wildlife, and People (Alpha Books)

Science, Nature & How It Works

Evans Brothers

Jane Austen (Writers in Britain)

Rome (Alpha Books)

History

This volume is part of the Writers in Britain series which introduces children to great literary figures. This volume examines the life of Thomas Hardy and how the change from the 19th to the 20th century influenced him and his writing.

Thomas Hardy (Writers in Britain)

Literature & Fiction

This volume is part of the Writers in Britain series which introduces children to great literary figures. This title examines the lives of the romantic poets, taking in Blake, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Wordsworth and considers the time in which they wrote their poetry.

The Romantic Poets (Writers in Britain)

Examining the experiences of the soldiers who found artistic expression in their poetry for the horrors of warfare, this guide also looks at the historical, political, and social background which shaped the poetry of the war. Five major war poets are looked at in detail—Ivor Gurney, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Siegfried Sassoon, and Edward Thomas. A lively and authoritative text, supported by carefully chosen pictorial and literary evidence, makes this book the ideal companion for young students of these influential poets.

Poets of the First World War (Writers and Their Times)

Teen & Young Adult

Lee-Browne, Patrick

Biographies

The Environment (What's the Big Idea?)

Hodder&Stoughton

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