People And Places category: 11583 books
A Different Mirror for Young People
A History of Multicultural America
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity. When the first edition of A Different Mirror was published in 1993, Publishers Weekly called it "a brilliant...
by Herweck Rice, Dona
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Bring to life the people and places that influenced Alexander Hamilton and engage readers with intriguing primary sources! This informational text depicts in detail what life was like in bustling 18th century New York city, and examines how the city influenced Hamilton—and how Hamilton influenced...
by Lonely Planet Kids, Heather Carswell, Bridget Gleeson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Do you know where in the world you can buy drinkable gold; why an 'elephant's foot' is one of the most dangerous objects in the world; or where you might have to swim to school? Discover the answers to these questions and loads more mindblowing facts in The Cities Book, where readers aged 8+ are taken...
Amazing World Atlas
Bringing the World to Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Finally, Lonely Planet has made the Atlas kids have been waiting for! With 160 pages of illustrated maps, engaging infographics, mind-blowing photography and a large dose of humour, this is the atlas that shows kids what the world is really like. Touching on popular culture, sports and school life,...
All About China
Stories, Songs, Crafts and More for Kids
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
**Winner of Creative Child Magazine 2015 Preferred Choice Award**
**Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award Silver Medal**
**Winner of Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2015 Silver Medal**
Take the whole family on a whirlwind tour of Chinese history and culture with this delightfully illustrated...
How to be an International Spy
Your Training Manual, Should You Choose to Accept it
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
There's no going back, Agent. Once you enter this book, your training will begin as you join the secret world of spies. You'll rise through the ranks from recruit to secret agent, learning a host of skills to put into covert operation immediately. Get the scoop on some of the biggest agencies in the...
by Lonely Planet Kids, Moira Butterfield
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Here's a book about New York that's seriously streetwise! Let Marco and Amelia, our Lonely Planet explorers, take you off the tourist trail and guide you on a journey through New York you'll never forget. This book is perfect for anyone who has been to New York, plans to go there or is just interested...
Elizabeth II's Reign - Celebrating 60 years of Britain's History
Celebrating 60 years of Britain's History
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Elizabeth II's Reign examines the recent history of Britain. Exploring the Britain the Queen was born into and took over when her reign began, the Commonwealth, changing social times / family, fashion, technology and work the book builds up a picture of how life in Britain has changed.
The...
by Craig Kielburger
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
This is the story that launched a movement.
At only 12 years old, Craig Kielburger was shocked to discover the realities of child labour faced by kids his own age throughout the developing world. Driven to take action and witness these conditions first-hand, he and his trusted mentor Alam embarked...
Mary Nohl
A Lifetime in Art
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
LOOK INSIDE THE LIFE — AND HOME — OF LEGENDARY 'OUTSIDER' ARTIST MARY NOHL
"Mary Nohl: A Lifetime in Art" by Barbara Manger and Janine Smith, tells the story of Milwaukee-born artist, Mary Nohl. A prolific and fanciful maker who worked in a variety of media, Nohl was both a mysterious...
Heart and Soul
The Story of Florence Nightingale
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
In Florence Nightingale’s day, if a person was sick – and lucky – he or she was nursed at home with caring family members tending the bedside. Hospitals were horrible places from which few emerged alive. The nurses were often drunks and prostitutes. Doctors had rudimentary skills.
Thus...
Henry David Thoreau for Kids
His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Hands-on nature activities for the budding transcendentalist Author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau is best known for living two years along the shores of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. He is also known for spending a night in jail for nonpayment of taxes, which he discussed in the influential...
Pete Seeger The People's Singer
Big Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Pete Seeger, The People's Singer is the first children's book about the legendary folk singer and civil rights activist. Young readers can learn about this man of the people who encouraged his audiences to sing along and became a hero to millions of them. Help them discover the life of the man who:
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Amazing Arctic and Antarctic Projects
You Can Build Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Amazing Arctic & Antarctic Projects You Can Build Yourself explores the Earth's polar regions with 25 interactive projects, activities, and experiments. Kids ages 9 and up will discover that the coldest places on Earth hold fascinating scientific wonders and mysteries. Historical facts and anecdotes,...