Ganeri, Anita

An encyclopedic chronicle of world history featuring time lines, maps, reference charts, and over one thousand illustrations, diagrams, and photos.

Explores how people have different beliefs.

"There are all kinds of families. Families can be big or small and they can change over time. Some families live together and others live apart. In every family there are people who love each other. Who's in your family?"--Provided by publisher.

Jump into your leotard and join Jenny as she wobbles her way through her first gymnastics class.

Contains profiles of various gods and goddesses from myth and legend, and imagines what the outcomes would be if they were paired off in fights, considering match-ups between Odin and Zeus, Hades and Mictlantecuhtli, Durga and the Morrigan, Anasi and Loki, Malsum and Set, and Thor and Ares.

Profiles ten of history's most significant explorers and pioneers, including the first human migrants, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, the pilgrims, James Cook, Charles Darwin, Alcock and Brown, and Yuri Gagarin, and discusses their effect on the world.

Examines how mountains form, why volcanoes erupt, glaciers flow, how the Grand Canyon formed, and how other general forces of nature occur.

Presents a short study on water conservation, and describes where the water comes from, what happens to waste water, and how people can save water at home and at school.

Discusses how to care for guinea pigs at various stages of their lives, from babies to old age, focusing on feeding, handling, cleaning, housing, exercise, and other needs, with photographs and a glossary.