Beautiful double-page illustrations bring fourteen key periods in history to life. You will see magnificent buildings go up and come down, new churches built on the site of ancient temples, wooden bridges destroyed and then remade in stone, and statues demolished then unearthed many years later. You'll find out how people lived long ago - the tools they used, what they wore, what they ate and what they did all day. In an added twist, you can search for the time traveller in each period and locate the objects that have managed to survive through the ages.
Braces. Bullies. Chores. Childhood is chock-full of perils but finally here's something to come to the rescue. The newest title in the phenomenally successful Worst-Case Scenario series provides kid-friendly, hands-on, step-by-step instructions for outwitting a nosy sibling, surviving a school dance, cleaning your room in a snap, dealing with an irritated parent (recognizing the tell-tale signs!), and more.
Step inside a magnificent 14th century castle and back in time This fully updated edition of Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle takes you on an illustrated tour of a fully functioning 14th century castle. Explore life within the castle walls with colourful cut-away pictures that give you a unique glimpse of Medieval life. Look at scenes around the castle, from the great hall, the kitchens, to the dungeons and battlements, to see how people lived. Interesting facts about the lives of the inhabitants take you even further in this unique exploration of history.
這本小小立體書總長150公分,以大都會博物館為題,囊括大都會博物館知名的拍照/展覽點,包括:大廳、丹鐸神殿、查理斯安格哈德廳、盔甲兵器館、以護壁板裝飾仿瓦朗吉維爾飯店時期的展覽廳、佩里特歐式雕塑廳、中世紀雕像廳、希臘羅馬畫廊、努爾丁伊斯蘭時期展覽廳、十九世紀歐式繪畫及雕塑展覽廳、現代藝術畫廊以及阿斯特庭院。 除了精美插畫,每個景點皆以摺頁方式呈現,並附有簡短的敘述或歷史介紹。小小的一個立體書,讓你一覽紐約大都會博物館的多元風貌!
Shopping, counting, and a birthday present all add up to asurprise ending on Mall Mania Day! A lighthearted look at additionstrategies
Ages 3-5. Lovable monsters provide a fun way for youngsters tolearn subtraction in this latest entry in the MathStart series. Thelively text and animated artwork are a good match for the youngaudience. Murphy uses bouncy rhymes and simple sentence structureto describe how the musical chairs game works: "Six fuzzy monsterswant a seat--see them rock to a monster beat. Five monster chairsall in a line. Sit in one and you'll be fine!" Meanwhile, Nash'ssilly pictures show the monsters in action, taking care to clearlydepict the correct number of monsters and chairs for countingpractice. Youngsters will love to join in the rollicking refrain:"Stomp, stomp, SNORT. Shake shimmy, SHOUT! When the music stops,one monster is OUT!" Faces of the monsters remaining after eachround are pictured in a narrow column on the far right side of eachdouble-page spread. Two pages of simple extension activities arealso included. Lauren Peterson Copyright.
The monarch butterfly, one of the most seemingly delicate ofall of nature’s animals, proves to be one of the toughest in thisreader. Making the yearly trip from the Northern United States andCanada to the Oyamel forest of Mexico is no easy task, and it takesfive generations of butterflies in order to do so. Battling coldtemperatures and the threat of starvation, these beautiful insectscomplete an almost 3,000 mile journey over the course of twomonths, only to have to turn and around and head back home.
This Magic Tree House set including the followingtitles: Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, No. 5) Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, No. 6) Sunset of the Sabertooth (Magic Tree House, No. 7) Midnight on the Moon. (Magic Tree House, No. 8)