Time for kids: World atlas

More than 200 beautiful. Full-color photograps! see sites, symbols, people, and place from arround the globe-all in one place. 50 easy-to-read, colorful maps created exclusively for TIME FOR KIDS!…

How To Be An : Egyptian Princess

"Using a highly visual format...interesting tidbits include such facts as samurai had to contened with lice-infested, smelly armor, and that an Aztec warrior could not cut his hair until he had cap…

The Atlas of People & Places

Is a comprehensive guide to the people and places of the world. The first section considers the human world as a whole-its peoples, language, governments, and economy. The second section takes the …

A life like mine: How children live around the world

All over the world children are leading their lives in completely diffrent and fascinating ways. Faced with many challenges,they all have one thing in common-a passion for life.

Elisabeth 1

The story of elizabeth I is one of the most inspiring tales in the history of British Monarchy. She was only two when her father had her maother killed. Although she was treated like a princess, s…

First Ladies

Here is a captivating look at the extraordinarywoman who have made their mark on the white House, and the nation.

Civil War

Here is a dramatic, photo-filled guide to the war that split the union. Eyewitness Civil War includes everything from the issues that divided the country, to the bettles that shaped the conflict, t…

Who Was: Helen Keler?

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0-448-43285-4

Collation

107p.; ill; 20cm

Series Title

Who Was

Call Number

925 THO h

True Lives: Captain James Cook

James Cook grew up on a farm, but his secret dream was to be a sailor. He wanted to travel 'as far as it ia possible for a man to go'. James's three great voyages of discovery took him from Austral…

True Lives: William Shakespeare

Will Shakespeare dreamed of becoming an actor and a playwright. At 19 he left his home town of stratford and headed for london, following his dream. He became an actor, part owner of the Globe thea…