Walk around any famous city and layers of history start to emerge. In London Roman Walls stand shoulder to shoulder with modern architecture. In Rome, ancient treasures like the Colosseum stand shoulder to shoulder with buildings from the Renaissance. In New York, skyscrapers from the 1920s and 1930s have been upstaged by enormous glass towers. In Cities in Layers, six famous world cities …
Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. His observations led him to support Copernicus's claim that Earth and the other planets circled the sun. This conflicted with the teachings of the Catholic Church, and brought Galileo before the judges of the Inquisition. He spent his final years under house arrest. Galileo's gen…
Who was Julius Caesar? What did the Romans eat? How did Roman children learn to read and write? Read and discover the facts in Kingfisher Readers: Romans. Each book in this series, developed with literacy experts, features clear, appealing text packed with information on favourite non-fiction topics.
Why does the sun shine? Why do flies buzz? Why is glue sticky? Do plants eat? How do you even begin to answer questions like these? Now, in My First Book of Questions are answered in a delightfully simple, concise and entertaining way.'