The Children's Pictorial Atlas of Ancient Civilizations opens up the world of the past for children to explore. Brief texts with child friendly illustrations introduce the historically accurate facts of civilization around the world, and this book will stimulate children's imaginations and curiosity about the beginnings of all the world's civilizations.
Text, photographs, and maps explore places of natural beauty and notable buildings all around the world, including rivers, forests, ancient, modern, and religious structures.
The Oxford Starter German Dictionary provides essential information in a totally new way. The two sides of the dictionary have very distinct functions, approaching the needs of the English-speaking learner of German from different angles. Every effort has been made to approach the foreign language from the point of view of the beginner who may be unfamiliar with the conventions of the more traditional bilingual dictionary. This unique dictionary is an important, user-friendly introduction to a foreign language.
Introduces the ten major mountain ranges of the world including the Andes, Himalayas, Rocky Mountains, and Tien Shan and describes their formation, length, height, plant and animal life, and human inhabitants.
6 thematic sections include earth & space, science, long ago. Brief chapters on double page spreads. 4-6 yrs.
This new edition has been expanded to include over 1000 new headwords with particular attention paid to money, email technology, pastime and leisure, ecology, medical terms, sports and professions. Existing entries have been made fuller and more comprehensive.* Updated for 2004 with over 1000 new entries covering: IT (web page, web site, gigabyte, chatroom); money (one euro coin, with value of euro compared to old currency); communications (text message, long-distance call), leisure (action replay, abseiling; bicycle lane), religion; even includes SARS.* Colour headwords, phrases, verb tables and virtual alphabet tabs* New design to increase clarity of layout, 2 colour and with virtual alphabet tabs* Perfect for individual use as a quick reference tool or extended classroom work* Links to NLS Modern Languages curriculum - all syllabus words are includedNicholas Rollin is an experienced editor of bilingual dictionaries. Most recently he has been project manager for the Oxford Spanish Dictionary (Academic, 2003). He is also the Chief editor of the Oxford Study Spanish Dictionary and Oxford School French Dictionary new editions 2004.
How do we know about the select band of astronauts who travelled to the Moon? It includes information on some historical detective work that has taken place, using documentary and oral evidence, that has enabled historians to piece together fascinating information about these unique space pioneers.
An illustrated thematic word book consisting of full-page spreads of various familiar locations such as the house, street, nursery, supermarket, beach and bedroom, as well as side panels detailing 15-20 particular words and corresponding pictures for each scene. Sections on colours, numbers, weather and time are also included, forming an introduction to words for very young children.
