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In the old days, there were not many places to buy food. There were no supermarkets and very few restaurants. Most people grew their own food. Find out more in Food and Farming, a title in the Then and Now series.

Community helpers are people who make communities cleaner, safer, and better. In the past, there were not as many kinds of community helpers as there are today. Find out more in Community Helpers, a title in the Then and Now series.

People in the past had no telephones or computers, but they communicated in many of the same ways we communicate today. Find out more in Communications, a title in the Then and Now series.

Soccer is known as the beautiful game because it is simple and doesnt involve a lot of expensive equipment. Now young children can find out why this game has become the worlds most popular sport. Kick it Soccer goes for a goal as kids learn about how

From blood-sucking vampire bats to mango-eating fruit bats, What is a Bat? tackles bat myths and teaches children about their hibernation, reproduction, migration, habitats, and bat communication.

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Carnivores are animals that eat other animals. This clearly written book uses detailed images to look at insect, fish, frog, reptile, arthropod, and mammal carnivores and how they hunt or find their food. It also explains terms such as predator and prey and introduces the basics of a food chain.

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Intended for ages 9-14, this updated new book reveals the blossoming of festivals, art, theatre, music, and architecture in Vietnam. With the communist government having lessened its control over culture, the Vietnamese are now free to celebrate their beliefs as well as their heroes and legends. The topics include: music, theatre, and fashion, flavours of the land and sea, architecture, arts, crafts, and festivals, and, religion - a monk's life.

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This newly revised edition of Visiting a Village is an ideal introduction to understanding the concept of community. Children will learn how the people in early communities worked together with a spirit of cooperation by trading their goods and services with each other. Knowing about what they might see on their first visit to an historic site will help spark a child's curiosity. In this book, they will meet such individuals as: the miller, th...

This newly revised edition describes how the kitchen was the center of family activity in the old days. Here families ate their meals, played games, and told stories with only the fireplace and a few candles for warmth and light. In The Kitchen, young readers will take a close look at the early fireplace and the tools and utensils surrounding it. Domestic chores carried out in the kitchen are described including: baking bread, making butter, p...

In this newly revised edition of The Gristmill, young readers will discover that people would travel from far and wide to visit the gristmill for the essential service of having their grain ground. Find out how the miller produced flour, the staple of life, as well as what jobs the miller did, what made the grinding stones turn, and how wheat becomes bread"--

This newly revised edition describes how children in an early community were expected to help out with chores at home and had little time to play. But recess time at school gave children the opportunity to play Schoolyard Games. Colorful illustrations help explain early versions of: skipping, hopscotch, and clapping games, string and hoop games, group games, hiding games, and ball games, and marbles, tops, and other toys"--

This newly revised edition of In the Barn uses full-color pictures to show how the barn was the center of activity on an early farm. Different kinds of barns are clearly detailed from the English and bank style barns in wooded areas to the sod barns of the western prairies. Featured topics include: the fun of a barn raising bee, the work of milking cows, winnowing grain, and mucking out stalls, a tools and gadgets section, and seasonal activit...

In this newly revised edition of Colonial Life, young readers will meet the hardworking people of a colonial community, learn about the importance of family members, and discover the roles that religion and education played in people's lives more than two hundred years ago. They will also learn about: how people traveled from place to place, how adults and children, how a plantation was run, and the impact of the slave trade."--

This newly revised edition takes readers into a Colonial Home of the 1600s and 1700s. See inside the kitchen, the fireplace, the bedchamber and the barn. Learn why immigrants from England, France, and Spain were drawn to North America, and how plantations in the South grew and prospered through the slave trade."--

This newly revised edition describes how teachers in early schools often had limited supplies with which to teach the students. Classroom Games describes the fun and creative activities that teachers employed to teach students good behavior as well as the three R's. Explore games that made learning fun involving: spelling and creative writing, arithmetic, geography, history, and art, music, holidays, and scavenger hunts"--