Chrisp, Peter

Photographs and simple text help young readers explore how people from all over the world celebrate special days.

Traces whaling from the days when Inuits hunted bowhead whales to contemporary bans on whaling worldwide.

Covers majoy events from history, year by year, from when 3.5 million years ago through 2012.

A collection of full-color 3-D models, maps, fact boxes, and photographs that describe ancient Greece including city states, Greek art and architecture, the Hellenistic Age, customs, and science.

Describes the achievements of the scientists who have discovered and interpreted the fossils of the dinosaurs.

Describes the planning, building, and uses of the Parthenon.

Describes the planning and building of the Colosseum in ancient Rome, and tells how it was used.

Presents the life and work of the English playwright William Shakespeare and provides information about the theater of sixteenth-century London.

While telling about her life in ancient Rome, eight-year-old Flavia includes information about the homes, families, clothing, food, gods, sports, goods traded, and things the people build.

Describes the voyages of exploration made by Christopher Columbus and the "new world" he found, as well as the discoveries of Balboa and Magellan.