Simon Adams is a writer and editor specializing in children's non-fiction and reference books. His expertise spans history, politics, and current affairs, with extensive work on exploration, music, and the arts. He is also an established jazz critic and reviewer, contributing his insightful analysis to family and adult reference works. Adams brings a wealth of knowledge and a clear, engaging style to complex subjects, making them accessible and fascinating for young readers.
This revised edition of DK's groundbreaking 2003 atlas has been refreshed with beautiful, bright, new maps, a topical introductory section, and an interactive CD. Facts, maps, satellite images, and local stories make this book a global yet personal experience taking the reader on the ultimate round the world journey from Bolivia's bustling markets to carnival time in Venice.
Text and photos present the key events, battles, weapons, uniforms, and cultural phenomena, such as propaganda, of the Axis and Allies during the Second World War.
Explore space, planet earth, plants, animals, history, science, technology, and culture with this wonderfully comprehensive encyclopedia. Useful features include visual factfiles, bulleted facts, charts, world records, bizarre facts and top tens. The book is fully crossreferenced throughout and is packed with diagrams, illustrations and photos, making it a brilliant guide to everything you have ever wanted to know.
Be an eyewitness to the 'war to end all wars'From the muddy trenches to the triumph of democracy, discover all about the historic and world-changing events of the First World War. Get the picture using the clip-art CD with over 100 amazing images to download. Then use the giant pull-out wallchart to decorate your room. Great for projects or just for fun, this fact-packed guide and CD shows and tells you everything you need to know about World War I. “I am a big fan of these… They are brilliantly visual” “There isn’t a child that would be able to resist picking that up” Reader Reviews
Once you pick me up, you won't want to put me down . . . I'm an encyclopedia, but not as you know it. Big books with facts are boring - I'm not. I'm more like a computer game than a book, crammed with funky pages and cartoons. Forget A-Z, just follow my lead and you'll be amazed where you end up! Was Beethoven a punk? Why is 10 to the power of 100 called a googol? How are smelly feet connected to nuclear weapons?I've got it all covered. Read me in bed, read me on the bus, or even in the loo! Just pick me up - go on. I'm exciting, I'm addictive - I'm unputdownable! Curious? Try me!
The Children's Illustrated World Atlas is the essential reference for budding geographers and curious minds.
This Ladybird Histories Book is perfect for children learning about the Second World War at school. It looks at the countries that took part, where key battles and campaigns took place, and the impact the war had on ordinary people around the world. It's packed full of interesting and entertaining details that will delight all readers--from lifestyles, battles, and important characters, to the influence that events in history have played on the world around us today--and has everything you need to know about the Second World War for school homework!
This guide features 82 hikes within Great Smoky Mountains National Park, America's most visited national park. It is completely revised and updated.
Then use the giant pull-out wallchart to decorate their room. Great for projects or just for fun, make sure your child learns everything they need to know about Tudors. With dedicated website www.ew.dk.com
How do we know what ancient Athens was like or how the Aztecs lived? This question is fully answered, which tells the story of how archaeologists in the past two hundred years have gradually deciphered some of the world's most fascinating ancient sites. Ages 8+ years.
