This text is part of a series of reference books designed for children aged nine years and upwards. The books contain exploded view photographs and over 3000 specific words presented in a labelled form, both of which are designed to help expand the child's knowledge and vocabulary. This book looks at buildings - specially built architectural models were taken apart to produce totally accurate exploded photographs. Other books in this series look at The Human Body, Animals, Ships and Sailing, Everyday Things, Cars and Military Uniforms. The Eyewitness Visual Dictionary of Animals was nominated as a 1991 Best Book for Young Adults by the Americal Library Association.
"The Origins of Everyday Things" traces the evolution of customs, manners, and commonplace objects through the twists and turns of time to uncover their history-making roots.
Using more than 6,000 color photographs and illustrations the book analyzes all aspects of the natural world and human achievement in pictures and words.
Organized by such common subjects as Home, Work, Eating Out, Transportation, Health and Sports, these bilingual visual dictionaries givestudents and business people quick access to foreign terms in the simplest and most intuitive way.
This text is part of a series of reference books designed for children aged nine years and upwards. The books contain exploded view photographs and 3500 specific words presented in a labelled form, both of which are designed to help expand the child's knowledge and vocabulary. This book looks at animals while other books in this series look at Everyday Things, The Human Body and Ships and Sailing.