Category: Geography Cultures

By Matthew Reinhart

The creators of the recent York occasions best-selling Encyclopedia Prehistorica sequence provide a mythic examine the mysteries of the prior with a whole pantheon of exceptional pop-ups.

For all of recorded background, people have sought to appreciate Earth’s mysteries within the realm of the divine — and aspired to behavior themselves as heroes. merely gods, after all, may possibly push the solar around the sky,forge whole continents, and impel mountains to the touch the clouds. during this beautiful quantity, the incomparable crew of Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda take us to Ra-Atum’s land in historic Egypt; above the Grecian clouds to Zeus’s Mount Olympus; as much as Norse god Odin’s frozen north; to the a ways East, the place the Jade Emperor sits within the heavens; into the wilds of Oceania, the place Pele’s volcanic rage simmers lower than the earth; and to many extra lands and instances, all wealthy with sacred myths and legends.

By Emily J Dolbear

An exploration of the Iroquois Indians, discussing the nation's housing, dating with settlers, tradition, and extra.

By Douglas A Phillips

Bangladesh is the main densely populated kingdom on the earth. Bangladesh's panorama is ruled through the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers and sometimes stories vast floods in the course of the monsoon season. This paintings deals sensible details for these trying to research extra approximately this country's wealthy heritage and dramatic weather.

By Ebbitt Cutler

A memoir of youth summers spent in a Laurentian village and of an Indian lady who lived in line with her old code of braveness and humanity. A heartwarming tale.

By Anita Ganeri

What number international locations are in South the US? the place is the world's tallest waterfall? How lengthy is the Amazon River? This e-book solutions those questions and extra because it introduces younger readers to the continent of South the USA via age-appropriate maps, attractive pictures, and straightforward textual content. issues lined in the ebook comprise the place the continent is, weather, geography, animals and crops, nations, humans and languages, traditional assets, towns, and recognized locations.

By Robin Johnson

Takes readers alongside the amazing Mississippi.

By Natalie Hyde

This publication describes the mythology of Mesoamerica, which encompasses the final zone of imperative the USA. a mix of myths from many cultures, together with the Aztecs and the Mayans, those tales concerning the construction of the realm and the afterlife helped those old cultures clarify what used to be taking place of their international.

By Anabel Kindersley, Visit Amazon's Barnabas Kindersley Page, search results, Learn about Author Central, Barnabas Kindersley, , U

Photos and textual content depict the houses, colleges, family members lifestyles, and tradition of youngsters all over the world.

With greater than 20 million copies offered in forty-one languages and greater than 88 nations around the world, DK Eyewitness has been the main depended on sequence in reference publishing for extra then 3 many years. Visually enticing, informative, and vigorous, the greater than a hundred titles within the Eyewitness sequence concentrate on matters that supplement scholars' own pursuits and parts of research to make studying basic and enjoyable.

• The so much relied on nonfiction sequence for lecturers, librarians, and parents
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• Combination of images and textual content make the sequence excellent for reluctant readers and ESL students

By Rebecca Rissman

This booklet introduces readers to what it potential to have a good time Presidents Day, and exhibits them why this vacation is precise.