Did you know that people have told stories about Robin Hood since the 1300's and that the Maya people of Central America chewed a rubbery gum they called chicle? These fun facts and many more can be found in this edition of Curious Kids Guides. Each of the guides in this series is full of lively answers to all those tricky questions about how the world works. Browsers and young students alike will enjoy these lively question-and-answer books with their unique mix of realistic illustrations and engaging cartoons. The enticing questions will amaze, amuse, and inspire, while the highly visual format encourages kids to keep reading.
About the Author
Philip Steele was a student of medieval French and German literature, and has visited castles in England, France, Germany, Spain, and Poland. He has travelled to the Valley of the Kings and other sites of Ancient Egypt, and has met mummies face to face in the Cairo Museum. Philip now lives near Beaumaris and the other great castles of North Wales.
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- My First Book About South Carolina (The South Carolina Experience)
- New Jersey (From Sea to Shining Sea)
- PATHS OF GLORY : The French Army 1914-18 (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
- Pirates (Crabapples)
- Revolutions and Nationalities : Europe 1825-1890 (Cambridge Perspectives in History)
- Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott: Race for the South Pole (World's Great Explorers)
Books
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- Forensic Pathology (Colour Guide)
- Essays on Life Itself
- Genetics, Paleontology and Macroevolution
- Marriage (Oxford World's Classics)
- Her Majesty's Wizard
- Grilling for Dummies
- Infinite Feathers: Quilting Designs
- Historical Anthropology of the Family (Themes in the Social Sciences)
- Medieval Europe: A Short Source Book
- Hybrid Geographies : Natures Cultures Spaces
- Frommer's Suzy Gershman's Born to Shop London
- German Books: Deutsche Bücher ~ 48
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- Schriften der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Innenkolonisation und industrielle Landwirtschaft
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