Books in The World's Story series

Surveys the history of Europe and the Middle East from the fall of the Roman Empire to the year 1000, with emphasis on the founding and spread of Islam and the rise and the fall of the Byzantine and Carolingian Empires.

Rata and the Waka is a 16 page retelling of a traditional tale from New Zealand. Aotearoa contains 8 pages of information about New Zealand and Maori Culture. Contents: Land of the Long White Cloud, The Word on Waka, Building a Waka, Tane-Mahuta, Tane's Children: The Tuatara. Supported by FREE Inquiry Learning Teacher's Notes

The Girl and the Waterfall is a 16 page retelling of a traditional tale from China. The "flip" side of this book is Explore China. Explore China contains 8 pages of information about China. Contents: Chinese Tales, Animals of China, Spring Festival, Invented in China! Supported by FREE Inquiry Learning Teacher's Notes.

Surveys the history of North and South America from the pre-Columbian civilizations' encounter with European explorers through the American Revolution.

An account of the seventeenth century witch scare in Salem, Massachusetts. The book discusses the whole story, from the first accusations to the release of the last prisoners from jail, with particular emphasis on the trials themselves and the individual people who were accused of witchcraft.

The ancient Greeks laid most the cultural foundations of the Western world. This easy-to-read overview introduces young readers to the heroic age of Greece, including the Trojan War, the rise of the world's first democracy in Athens, the splendor of Greek architecture, and how persistent disunity led to the decline of the ancient Greeks. (20020401)

Activity guide to help prek children understand the story better.

Perhaps the greatest single democratic document ever written, the Declaration of Independence spells out the basic creed of the United States. In a straightforward, engaging, well-documented narrative, this volume explores the background events leading to the Declaration, its composition by Thomas Jefferson, and its important legacy.

Six million dead. Jews in Europe faced possible extinction when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis rose to power in Germany. The Holocaust tells the story of Hitler's attempt to annihilate the Jews, how some fought back, and how survivors of the concentration camps later sought justice for those hideous crimes.

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During the late Middle Ages, Italy was at the center of a renaissance, or rebirth, in music, architecture, literature, and painting. The Italian Renaissance examines this phenomenon that produced the immortal works of da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo, and others. (20020401)

Presents a history of China from the 7th to the 19th centuries