Focusing on the body and how it works, this text is part of a new series of picture information books which take an imaginative approach to the traditional question/answer format. Accompanying the text are "did you know" boxes, fact boxes and eight project boxes covering the main questions and issues about the topic. The topics featured in this series are targetted for the 7-11 age group, and e…
One of a series of picture books, in question-and-answer format, which cover a range of topics by moving from a child's immediate surroundings - the body and everyday things in and around the home - out into the wider world. This book focuses on the whole history of exploration, including space.
An intrepid explorer and master navigator, christoper columbus embarked on a voyage of discovery in 1492. Sailing west across the unknown atlantic ocean in search of a new trade route to the east, columbus instead landed in the americas, opening up the new world to european colonists.
The first Olympic athletes stepped on to the track at the great stadium in Olympia in 77b BC. held every four years, the Olympic Games were the most important sporting event in the ancient Greek world.