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Series

First facts

Pub. Date

[1997]

Physical Desc

31 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Surveys the dwellings, occupations, food, religion, festivals, cathedrals, clothing, diseases, and customs that prevailed in Europe during the Middle Ages.

2) Step into the- Aztec & Maya worlds

Author

Language

English

Description

Explores the culture and beliefs of the Aztec and Maya peoples, with fifteen projects that allow readers to recreate some Aztec and Maya artifacts.

3) You wouldn't want to be in a medieval dungeon!: prisoners you'd rather not meet

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Describes what life was like in medieval dungeons during the late fifteenth century, as seen through the eyes of the jailer.

4) You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus!: uncharted waters you'd rather not cross

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would require to launch a voyage of discovery, what shipboard life would be like, and what the rewards would be using the voyages of Columbus as an example.

5) You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus!: uncharted waters you'd rather not cross / written by Fiona Macdonald ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed by David Salariya

Author

Series

Pub. Date

2004.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

Language

English

6) You wouldn't want to meet a body snatcher!: criminals and murderers you'd rather avoid

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2009]

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

7) You wouldn't want to live without toilets!

Author

You wouldn't want to live without

Series

Pub. Date

2015.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the toilet and describes how people managed to dispose of their waste in the past.

8) You wouldn't want to live without dentists!

Author

You wouldn't want to live without

Series

Pub. Date

2015.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Today, going to the dentist is usually a safe and painless experience. In past centuries, that wasn't always the case. Read and learn how lucky we are to live in modern times.

9) Design

Author

Series

Culture encyclopedia

Pub. Date

2003.

Physical Desc

40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Language

English

10) Myths and legends

Author

100 facts you should know
Culture encyclopedia

Series

Pub. Date

2003.

Physical Desc

40 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Language

English

11) Ancient Japan

Author

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

Description

Step back in time to discover Japanese civilization and learn about the culture that has existed for thousands of years. Include 15 step by step projects.

12) Houses: habitats & home life

Author

Series

Timelines

Pub. Date

1994.

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.

Language

English

13) I wonder why Romans wore togas and other questions about Ancient Rome

Author

Series

I wonder why

Pub. Date

1997.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

Questions and answers introduce the clothing, food, language, religion, and other aspects of daily life in Ancient Rome.

14) How to be a Roman soldier

Author

Series

How to be series

Pub. Date

2005.

Physical Desc

32 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm.

Language

English

15) Town life

Author

Series

Medieval world

Pub. Date

2005.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color photographs, map ; 28 cm.

Language

English

Description

This book explores aspects of life in medieval towns, explaining how and why towns developed as centers of trade and population.

16) Women in ancient Greece

Author

Series

Other half of history

Pub. Date

1999.

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Language

English

Description