Books in Starting Points series

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Usborne Books are graphically designed to draw children in, to make them want to learn the material, and to help them retain that knowledge. The magic of Usborne Books is that they make both reading a

Provides information about the human body, with sections on eating, breathing, blood, skin, senses, the brain, muscles, and the cells that make up the body.

First North Americans? (Starting Point History)

Explains how skin and fur colors and patterns help animals escape predators, hunt prey, and find a mate.

Introduces the oceans of the world, providing information on fish, coral reefs, polar seas, divers, underwater vessels, the seabed, oil drilling, and the use and abuse of the oceans.

Answers questions about the everyday life of the Vikings, including clothing, homes, religion, medical care, food, entertainment, ships, shops and towns, government, warfare, and the travels of the Northmen in Asia and the North Atlantic.

Using simple text and illustrations, explains why people need food, where food comes from, and how the body uses it.

Answers questions about everyday life in Roman times, including clothing, homes, shopping, schools, medical care, entertainment, baths, animals, religion, the army, and the construction of aqueducts and roads.

-- Gives answers to the first questions children ask about history, provoking comparison with life as they know it today.-- Colorful illustrations and well-researched text take readers back in time

Find out who built castles, what knights did and what really went on inside castle walls in this entertaining and colourful look at medieval life. Packed full of fun and facts about life in castle times, this book also has Internet-links to young and relevant Web sites.

Answers questions about prehistoric people and how they lived, including human evolution, early dwellings, hunting, tools, fire, communications, transportation, the development of farming, religion, and how archaeologists learned about them.