Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

"Not so very long ago, Yuletide was as much a chilling season of ghosts and witches as it was a festival of goodwill. In The Old Magic of Christmas, you'll rub elbows with veiled spirits, learn the true perils of elves, and discover a bestiary of enchanted creatures. Along the way, you'll discover how to bring the festivities into your home with cookie recipes and craft instructions, as well as tips for delving more deeply into your relationship with...

"In the ninth century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity to the present day: Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Later generations further developed these initial insights, but we have never grown beyond them. Rabbinic Judaism, Christianity,...

Traces the origins of the first humans one and a half million years ago through the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

The activity book contains: cross-references to Kingfisher and Usborne history encyclopedias ; comprehension questions and answers ; sample narrations ; maps and geography activities ; coloring pages ; suggestions for additional history readings ; lists of literature readings ; hands-on activities ; color-in review cards for each chapter.

Helps you explore the ideas, discoveries and technology that have shaped the human race since the beginning of time. In this book, readers can probe the mysteries of the pyramids of ancient Egypt for themselves.