Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> People & Places - Europe

Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors ever. Now in this Who Was . . . ? biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress. He also wrote books and screenplays for adults. Entertaining and readable, this biography has 80 black-and-white illustrations.

Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, a mathematician and church deacon, who taught at Oxford University. He was inspired to write his best known works, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by one of the Dean's daughters, Alice Liddell. The books were hugely successful and brought Carroll wide acclaim, especially for the nonsense poems "Jabberwocky" and The Hunting of the Snark.

Children and adults continue to be delighted by the...

Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds of cannon balls at the Acropolis, one directly hit the Parthenon. Much of the sculpture was destroyed, three hundred people died,...

From the creators of DK findout , the free online resource for kids, comes an exciting new book series full of amazing images, incredible quizzes, and cutting-edge information kids need to know. The DK findout series helps kids become experts on their favorite subjects from dinosaurs to space. Learning doesn't get more fun.

Travel back to Ancient Rome and discover what life was like during the Roman Empire in DK findout Ancient Rome.

See how gladiators fought against each other and animals, follow the timeline of the Roman Empire, meet the emperors, and visit the forum...

A shy twenty-year-old girl stepped out of a horse-drawn coach and into the world spotlight, capturing the imagination of millions as a real life fairytale princess. Although the storybook marriage didn't have a happy ending, Diana learned to use her fame as a way to champion charitable causes near to her heart. She became the People's Princess by humanizing the image of the royal family and showing care and concern for all people, including the homeless, the sick,...

So, you're headed to Spain with your family. There is so much fabulous stuff on offer in Barcelona – but how will you keep the kids interested in the things you want to see and do?

This kids city guide and travel activity book holds 50 carefully crafted children's activities that explore the highlights of Barcelona:

• The Old Town




• La Rambla




• Gaudi and the modernist architects




• The Sagrada Familia




• Museu Picasso




• Montjuic Hill parklands

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