This fully illustrated series aims to bring to life the way people lived in different countries long ago. Each title concentrates on one particular country and tells of how people lived hundreds and even thousands of years ago, what they wore, what they did for entertainment, how they fought theire battles and much, much more. Each topic in the book is reinforced with a lively activity for the reader to make crafts and historical objects they can really use!. The easy-to-follow steps enable the reader to use already-learned skills to recreate artifacts that were once part of everyday life of bygone times in far-off lands.

The Greeks

Hewitt, Sally

Thompson, Ruth

Children's Books

Orchard/Watts Group

Kingfisher First Encyclopedia

Illustrated throughout, this first encyclopedia is aimed at children aged between 5-8. Covering areas of interest such as dinosaurs, inventions and spiders, each topic is presented in an A-Z, simple cross-referenced format with fact boxes.

Reference

Civardi, Anne

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Kingfisher Books

The Scarecrow decides to search for his family tree and winds up discovering that he is the long-lost Emperor of the Silver Island. Along the way, he meets such colorful characters as the A-B-Sea Serpent, the lumpy mud men, Sir Hokus of Pokes, and others. Includes whimsical illustrations by John R. Neill.

The Royal Book of Oz

Literature & Fiction

Books of Wonder

"At once earthy and full of spirit and mystery," this chapbook from award-winning poet Ruth Thompson celebrates a "vivid cycle of the seasons" in the hill country of western New York. It includes "Fat Time," which won the New Millennium Writings Award in 2007.

Here Along Cazenovia Creek

Poetry

Saddle Road Press

Comrades Of The Desert: Stories Of The Adventures Of Four Boys In Sagebrush Land (1920)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Kessinger Publishing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

Type Stories of the World for Little Folk

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Nabu Press

New this season in Barron's growing list of Creativity Activity Books for kids is The Art Creativity Book, , filled with fun things for boys and girls to do. All titles in the series feature-- 
<li> Games, puzzles, stencils, sticker sheets, and an illustrated gatefold page for sticker decorating </li>
<li> Special pull-out art paper and art projects to complete </li>
<li> Pages for coloring </li>
<li> Fun-to-answer quizzes Illustrations on virtually every page include 40 pages in color. When kids open The Art Creativity Book they're inspired to make a colorful collage with art paper, find the difference between an art masterpiece and a forgery, learn to draw a human face, change the expression on Mona Lisa's face, color Van Gogh's Sunflowers, and more.</li>

The Art Creativity Book (Creativity Activity Books)

Arts, Music & Photography

B E S Pub Co

This book contains 15 lessons which set forth Bible principles for women in the proper conduct of their lives. The lessons are well-prepared and organized, following the pattern set forth by the Holy Spirit in Paul's letter to Titus. There are 7 chapters: To Love Their Husbands, To Love Their Children, To Be Sober-minded, To Be Chaste, To Be Workers At Home, To Be Kind, and Being In subjection To Their Own Husbands.

Train the Young Women

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Truth Publications, Inc.

Explore the Mona Lisa's smile, Titian's noises, Duccio's artistic omelet, a Jackson Pollock splash, a king's portrait, an entire battle, saints and sinners, knights and peasants, motorcars and animals; and paintings on every conceivable surface -- walls, wood panels, cloth, glass, metal, bark, and leather. Follow Mickey and his friends through this most magical of worlds as they show us how to look at, understand, and enjoy the works of the greatest artist. This unique introduction to the techniques and history of painting takes the young reader through more than 15,000 years of art, from cave painters to Picasso. The result of a collaboration between one of the most important art museums in the world,?London's National Gallery, and the best Disney graphic artists,?Looking at Paintings?is a family reference book to be treasured by children from 8 to 88 years old. This light hearted yet utterly serious celebration of our universal heritage has more than 400 color illustrations, including 24 pages of comic histories and over 200 illustrations of paintings and details, providing the most approachable introduction to the history of painting ever written. DisneyHand, worldwide outreach for The Walt Disney Company, and Disney Publishing Worldwide are delighted to provide a web based?Teacher's Resource Guide for Looking at Paintings?with classroom activity and project suggestions for students in grades 2-4 and grades 5-6 that correspond with?Looking at Paintings.

Disney- Looking at Paintings: An Introduction to Art for Young People

Arts & Photography

Langmuir, Erika

History & Criticism

Bunker Hill Publishing Inc

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