Gillian Doherty

Invites young readers to find various quantities of such things as farm animals and tools which are labeled in the illustrations of rural scenes, including a sheep farm, an orchard, a rice paddy, and bee hives.

This book takes a continent by continent journey through the everyday lives of the six billion people who inhabit our planet. Photographs and detailed maps provide a better understanding of national festivals, customs and traditions, religious beliefs and rituals, where people live and what their homes look like, as well as the food people eat and the clothes they wear.

Introduces the physical and human geography of the planet Earth, describes the peoples and societies of each continent, provides an atlas, and suggests related Web sites.

A picture book that provides hours of puzzle-solving fun, and also helps develop pre-reading and number skills.

Collects and retells classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen.