Best Selling Books by Gillian Doherty

Every home needs an atlas and this atlas introduces the basics of geography and mapping in a fun, colourful way. A wealth of full-colour maps, facts, diagrams and photographs help children to understand the geography of the world and introduce them to the people who live there.

A compilation of eight previously published books of things to spot, all illustrated by Teri Gower.

Packed with information about this remarkable planet, from its physical characteristics to a continent by continent look at the world''s peoples and governments. Ages 7-11 years.

Among the multiplicity of objectives that high quality child care can meet is the pivotal goal of promoting equality for women. This paper identifies what has been happening in child care over the last decade, describes policy options for the commencement of Canada''s long-recommended national child care policy, and suggests that a successful resolution to the child care dilemma would serve as a good test for assessing the effectiveness of the new social union. Topics covered are: deficit reduction and devolution; downsizing and deregulation; the impacts on women; promises, promises; can Canada work without child care.

Presents nine stories featuring wizards, including "The Sorcerer''s Apprentice," "Merlin and King Arthur," and "Swan Lake."

THE PRESS-OUT STENCILS IN THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU TO DRAW PICTURES OF POPPY, SAM AND ALL THE ANIMALS ON APPLE TREE FARM.

Collects myths, legends, fables, and folk tales from around the world.

Describes people from around the world and their different lifestyles, languages, religions and cultures.

Find pictures to match lists of words on two-page illustrations showing things found on a farm.

The reader is invited to find and count various things in the illustrations of towns.

Lleno de animales para encontrar, contar y discutir, este libro ayuda desarrollar habilidades con palabras básicas y números.

Young readers will discover amazing facts about birds'' nest-building habits and other information with this new guide featuring Internet links to each of the book''s topics.

Ages 3+.

An interactive sticker book full of busy, illustrated monster scenes, in which, items to spot within the main picture are shown in the border as silhouettes and each has a corresponding sticker which children can find, match and add in the correct place. It features over a thousand things for children to find, count and talk about.

Presents anecdotal evidence in favor of the existence of poltergeists.

Outstanding features include: * A brilliant puzzle book for wannabee wizards! * With 1001 wizard things to spot throughout the book, including broomsticks, dragons, wishing wells and black cats. * Colourfully illustrated by Teri Gower. * Encourages visual recognition and number skills.

Enciclopedia del planeta Tierra es una introduccion completa y dinamica a la geografia fisica, que explora las caracteristicas mas espectaculares de nuestro mundo. Este libro, ilustrado con fantasticas fotografias, llega hasta el corazon mismo de los volcanes, desvela las causas de los terremotos y estudia fenomenos meteorologicos asombrosos. Book jacket.

Des informations élémentaires, réparties sous huit thèmes (la terre, séismes et volcans, climat, météo ...) qui se subdivisent en plusieurs sujets. Chacun est sommairement développé en une double page abondamment illustrée. Des ressources électroniques reliées au sujet sont accessibles via le site de l''éditeur. [SDM].

Tu n''as pas besoin d''être un petit génie en informatique pour réaliser des projets extraordinaires avec ton ordinateur. Tu peux, par exemple, envoyer une carte de vœux multimédia, créer un jeu sur écran ou concevoir ta propre page Web sans trop de difficultés. En fait, les programmes informatiques standard permettent à quiconque de réaliser des choses spectaculaires. Découvre par ailleurs l''étendue des possibilités offertes par des activités plus évoluées comme l''accès à Internet ou la manipulation de sons. Avec 101 projets à réaliser, tu ne risques pas d''être à court d''idées !

Ce recueil, magnifiquement illustré, contient quinze des contes captivants rassemblés par les frères Grimm. Tu y trouveras des châteaux enchantés, des forêts sombres et inquiétantes, et tout un éventail de personnages extraordinaires pour rêver ou pour frissonner de peur.

An illustrated introduction to ethnology.

No hace falta ser un genio de la informtica para hacer cosas alucinantes con un ordenador. Enviar una felicitacin multimedia, crear juegos en pantalla y disear una pgina web personal son algunas de las coas que t mismo puedes hacer sin gran dificultad. De hecho, cualquiera puede lograr resultados espectaculares con los programas informticos ms comunes.

Gillian Doherty presents a selection of ghost stories and provides a critical assessment of the evidence for ghosts. Special photographic effects and atmospheric artwork are used to reconstruct ghostly scenes.

Un super livre interactif pour jouer et raconter des histoires. Les jeunes enfants s''amuseront beaucoup à remonter le petit tracteur et à le regarder parcourir les différents circuits. Ils peuvent ajouter des personnages et des animaux au décor pour rendre l''histoire encore plus vivante.