Combines informational text, facts, maps, and photographs to teach children about geography, animals, habitats, endangered species, and more.

Incredible maps show where history was made. Much more than an atlas or a history book, When on Earth? charts global historical events through stunning world maps. A truly visual guide to discovering when, where, and why things happened, When on Earth? presents history as a series of stunning, specially commissioned historical maps of the world. Each of these maps charts a key global event, such as the migration of the earliest humans, the spread...

A comprehensive look at the desert and semidesert biomes, examining their climate, plants, animals, people, and future, plus detailed views of some famous or important desert locations.

Introduces the wonders of the earth, from the island of Surtsey near Iceland to Mount Everest, and from America's Grand Canyon to the Great Rift Valley in Africa.

Describes the oceans of the Earth, including their effect on world climate and the plants and animals that live in them.

Features maps and information about the countries, geography, ecology, population, customs, transportation, and economy of Europe.

Features maps and information about the countries, geography, ecology, population, customs, transportation, and ecology of South Africa.