Books with author Harris Nicholas

Send in the cranes! Bulldozers! Earthmovers! Would you like to watch how a building goes up? During the next twelve months, these construction workers are building a school. Check out these eight action-packed scenes for a bird's-eye view of the whole process. See how the workers make the foundation, add the walls, and put on the roof. Keep your eye on the calendar too. By spending a whole year at the building site, you can watch events unfold until the school is ready for students and teachers.

Horses! Ducks! Cows! Would you like to see what happens during a year at a farm? Then come spend the next twelve months at this farm. Check out eight action-packed scenes for a bird’s-eye view of spring planting, a summer festival, and an autumn harvest. Look out for an escaped cow and a surprise landing by a hot air balloon. Keep your eye on the calendar too. By spending a whole year at a farm, you can watch events unfold as the seasons change.

Traffic jams, news stands, and theater fans, oh my! Check out eight action-packed scenes to see what happens during a full day in a busy city. In each picture, the city buzzes with activity. Peek inside a school, an apartment building, a theater, a museum, and more. Keep your eye on the clock too. By spending a whole day in a city, you can watch events unfold from morning to night.

Imagine you could travel back in time, and not just a few days, weeks, or years, even. Imagine you could travel back through centuries and see what it was like to live in Victorian times, the Middle Ages, the time of the Romans, or the great civilization of Ancient Egypt. Then, why not continue on thousands of years - back to the early days of humans themselves, struggling through the Ice Ages? And then, on back millions of years to the Age of Dinosaurs, to the great coal faorests, to a time when there was no life on land at all - to the first days of the Earth itself. The Incredible Journey to the Beginning of Time takes you such a journey.

This brand-new title in Barron's Diaries Series takes its young heroes Josh and Maisie to medieval Europe on an action-packed adventure. Like other titles in this fun series, Castle Adventure is filled with dramatic interactive color illustrations that include fold-outs, flaps to lift, attachments on many of the pictures, and an enclosed four-color poster that makes a great wall decoration. The castle poster unfolds to approximately 16 3/4" x 21 1/2". As the story begins, Josh and Maisie are exploring the bookshelves in their grandfather's study. When they remove a special book, they discover how to enter a secret passageway hidden behind the shelves. The passageway is a kind of time machine that transports them to a medieval castle where they meet a knight who must overthrow an evil Baron. The kids' mission is to help him lay siege to the Baron's castle. As boys and girls follow the story, they'll discover among the illustrations-- A fold-out pictorial map showing the route to the castle An attached booklet containing castle language and rules Another attached booklet showing siege weapons A fold-out view of the castle, showing its strong and weak areas . . . and more A ribbon bookmark is attached to the spine of this handsome book, and a magnetic clasp binds the covers when the book is closed.

Lorian is thrilled to start his new apprenticeship at Norvind. He welcomes the tutelage of arch-mage Gawain. But does not welcome advice from the older mages urging him to be patient. Mastery of the Lumen will take time, they tell him. Patience was never a virtue in Lorian's mind. For him, it was an excuse to justify stagnation - one used by the less capable to limit the ones on the true path to power. After all, what use was the most powerful school of magic if you were still a slave to time?For others, however, patience was paramount. They had lain dormant for thousands of years, waiting for the right pieces to fall in place. Lorian's thirst for power, a discharged soldier's recklessness and an uncannily intelligent child's willingness to plunge the city's underworld into a guild war. That was all it would take to break the shackles of death and unleash the Will of the Covenant once more.

The big, sturdy, good-looking books in Barron's brand-new Diaries Series combine illustrated adventure tales for young readers with a selection of features that add both drama and a sense of reader participation to each story. Josh and Maisie, the children in this story, find themselves aboard a pirate ship, and among pirates who are facing a band of rivals. All are on a quest to find a treasure buried on a remote island. The story-related items include-- An enclosed dramatic four-color poster that makes a great wall decoration. It unfolds to approximately 16 3/4" x 21 1/2" A letter attached to one of the book's illustrations, printed on special art paper. It unfolds to reveal a message that sends the story's young heroes off on their adventure Flaps attached to many of the illustrations that display a variety of story-related devices, including small booklets, interior details in each picture, and many other graphic surprises Charts displaying facts and figures that relate to events described in the story The heroes of these adventures are children who are exploring the bookshelves in their grandfather's study. As they remove a special book, they discover how to enter a secret passageway that is hidden behind the shelves. The moment they enter this mysterious realm, they start off on an adventure that transports them to different and distant times and places. The stories are richly illustrated on every page, and the adventures will enliven the imaginations of the boys and girls who open these exciting books. A ribbon bookmark is attached to the spine of each handsome volume, and a magnetic clasp binds the covers when each book is closed.

Let’s Explore a Pirate Ship! Come discover the complex inner-workings of a pirate ship from the roaring raids on a Spanish galleon to the salvage mission of a sunken vessel. From the outer decks to the crew’s quarters this book reveals every part of pirate life. Beautiful and intricate illustrations show the smallest details and will even cause some laughs as you notice funny scenes hidden inside the ship. Featuring naval battle scenes, a sunken ship panorama, and even funny scenes like pirates dropping cannon balls. Peek behind decks, windows and hulls to unfold panoramic foldouts of four unbelievably detailed scenes. Then, on the next page you ll find a breakdown of each scene, with clear explanations, interesting facts and even more illustrations so learning is easy and fun.

The big, sturdy, good-looking books in Barron's brand-new Diaries Series combine illustrated adventure tales for young readers with a selection of features that add both drama and a sense of reader participation to each story. Josh and Maisie, the children in this story, embark on an expedition that takes them many millennia back in time to the Cretaceous Period. They hope to find a rare feathered dinosaur. The story-related items include-- An enclosed dramatic four-color poster that makes a great wall decoration. It unfolds to approximately 16 3/4" x 21 1/2" A letter attached to one of the book's illustrations, printed on special art paper. It unfolds to reveal a message that sends the story's young heroes off on their adventure Flaps attached to many of the illustrations that display a variety of story-related devices, including small booklets, interior details in each picture, and many other graphic surprises Charts displaying facts and figures that relate to events described in the story The heroes of these adventures are children who are exploring the bookshelves in their grandfather's study. As they remove a special book, they discover how to enter a secret passageway that is hidden behind the shelves. The moment they enter this mysterious realm, they start off on an adventure that transports them to different and distant times and places. The stories are richly illustrated on every page, and the adventures will enliven the imaginations of the boys and girls who open these exciting books. A ribbon bookmark is attached to the spine of each handsome volume, and a magnetic clasp binds the covers when each book is closed.