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  • A Viking Town

    Fiona MacDonald, Mark Bergin

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, Oct. 1, 1995)
    Text and illustrations depict a medieval Viking town and explain how people lived and worked in that time
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  • Egyptian Mythology: Library of the World's Myths and Legends

    Veronica Ions

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, Nov. 1, 1983)
    Considers ancient Egyptian gods, goddesses, and religious beliefs to illuminate present-day Egypt's mythological heritage

  • The Great Deeds of Heroic Women

    H. M. Saxby, Robert R. Ingpen

    Hardcover (Peter Bedrick Books, July 1, 1992)
    A collection of stories drawn from myth and legend, history and folklore, celebrates the courage, intelligence, boldness, forcefulness, and strength of extraordinary women--from Aphrodite to Pocahantas.
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  • An Ice Age Hunter

    Giovanni Caselli

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, April 1, 1992)
    A look at a year in the life of an Ice Age tribe follows a young girl and her family as they hunt reindeer and bison, fish, and work each day to survive in the section of world that is now France.
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  • A Greek Potter

    Giovanni Caselli

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, April 1, 1986)
    Observes a potter and his family living in Athens in 420 B.C., a time of the Olympics, a great festival to Athena, and the construction of many temples, and describes the potter at work making and decorating pots. Includes illustrations of tools and equipment he and his family might have used in their daily lives.Integrating facets of history, anthropology, archaeology, and social science, this unusual study follows a year in the life of a Greek craftsman potter and his family, who live in fifth-century B.C. Athens
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  • Is That You, George?

    Kate Oliver

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, April 1, 1990)
    Bored with being sick in bed, George becomes a polar bear for a day, much to his parents' dismay
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  • When I Die, Will I Get Better?

    Joeri Breebaart, Piet Breebaart

    Hardcover (Peter Bedrick Books, Sept. 1, 1993)
    A five-year-old boy tries to attain an understanding of the sudden illness and death of his younger brother through inventing a story about death in a animal neighborhood, a story his father illustrates for him.
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  • What's Inside Plants?

    Anita Ganeri

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, July 1, 1995)
    Reveals the interior structure and function of the parts of green plants, including their cells, stems, bark, flowers, and seeds, and also discusses fungi
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  • What Made Tiddalik Laugh

    Joanna Troughton

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, Sept. 1, 1986)
    Recounts the saga of a giant frog who drinks all the water in the world and the thirsty animals who try to make him laugh in order to release the precious liquid
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  • Rembrandt and 17th Century Holland : The Dutch nation and its painters

    Claudio Pescio, Sergio Ricciardi, Andrea Ricciardi

    Hardcover (Peter Bedrick, Feb. 9, 2001)
    Rembrandt van Rihn defines an entire era of remarkable painting both for his innovation in interpretation and his adventurous technique. His many portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, and historical pieces demonstrate his singular talent as a painter and engraver, and reveal much about the man himself. This book looks at Rembrandt's life and art during a great period of culture and enlightenment that produced fellow artists Hals and Vermeer, and the philosopher Spinoza. Rembrandt lived during a "Golden Age" in seventeenth-century Holland. Travel back in time and discover the fascinating history of the period and the masterworks that have awed generations.

  • People of the Totem: The Indians of the Pacific Northwest

    Norman Bancroft-Hunt, Werner Forman

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, Sept. 1, 1989)
    Book by Bancroft-Hunt, Norman

  • A Viking Settler

    Giovanni Caselli, Gino D'Achille

    Hardcover (Peter Bedrick Books, Sept. 1, 1986)
    Observes a young Viking boy who lives on a farm in Denmark around 900 A.D. while his father sails on trading expeditions, until the entire family moves to a new settlement in England. Includes illustrations of tools and equipment they might have used in their daily lives.Observes a young Viking boy who lives on a farm in Denmark around 900 A.D. while his father sails on trading expeditions, until the entire family moves to a new settlement in England
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