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Ultimate Atlas of Almost Everything
"Mom, Dad, can you tell me about..." Here's the perfect gift for kids interested in...anything! This unique mixture of atlas and encyclopedia will answer any question they can come up with about the world around us. Inside these lively, colorful pages are Earth's secrets, from our place in space to the formation of the continents to geological activity, and an introduction to every kind of wildlife and animal habitat. A presentation of human civilizations throughout history discusses language, clothing, celebrations, and different ways of worship. Maps of every country and many cities--plus the flags of every nation--complete this engaging tour of planet Earth and its inhabitants. Features its four books in one--divided into Planet Earth, Wildlife of the World, People and Places, and an Atlas--with an easy-to-follow structure; fascinating facts on subjects ranging from natural history, Earth sciences, and environmental issues, to ancient history, farming, and art; pages filled to bursting with lively, eye-catching photographs and stunning artwork of our solar system, great natural wonders, historical monuments, and animal life; and simple, effective charts and colorful relief maps of the seven continents present information at-a-glance. 128 pages (all in color).
- GenresNonfictionHistory
128 pages, Hardcover
Published June 30, 1999
About the author
Steve Parker
1,340 books86 followersSteve Parker is a British science writer of children's and adult's books. He has written more than 300 titles and contributed to or edited another 150.
Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1952, Parker attended Strodes College, Egham and gained a BSc First Class Honours in Zoology at the University of Wales, Bangor. He worked as an exhibition scientist at the Natural History Museum, and as editor and managing editor at Dorling Kindersley Publishers, and commissioning editor at medical periodical GP, before becoming a freelance writer in the late 1980s. He is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Parker is based in Suffolk with his family.
Parker's writing career began with 10 early titles in Dorling Kindersley's multi-award-winning Eyewitness series, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He has since worked for more than a dozen children's book publishers and been shortlisted for, among others, the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year, and Blue Peter Book Award.
Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1952, Parker attended Strodes College, Egham and gained a BSc First Class Honours in Zoology at the University of Wales, Bangor. He worked as an exhibition scientist at the Natural History Museum, and as editor and managing editor at Dorling Kindersley Publishers, and commissioning editor at medical periodical GP, before becoming a freelance writer in the late 1980s. He is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Parker is based in Suffolk with his family.
Parker's writing career began with 10 early titles in Dorling Kindersley's multi-award-winning Eyewitness series, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He has since worked for more than a dozen children's book publishers and been shortlisted for, among others, the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year, and Blue Peter Book Award.
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June 2, 2012
My boys enjoyed every bit of this book...it really was about "almost everything"!
August 1, 2014
Excellent resource. Kids loved all the pictures
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