Anita Ganeri

Opera's colorful history is rich with exciting stories. Through conversational text, informative sidebars, and full-color photographs, young readers will learn about the talented people-composers, singers, musicians, stagehands, set and costume designers, makeup crews-and the technical wizardry that go into staging opera's lavish performances. There are even behind-the-scenes glimpses of many of today's great opera companies, including the Royal Opera...

Presents an introduction to the life cycle of a bean plant, in simple text with illustrations.

An introduction to hamsters including essential needs such as housing, feeding, exercise, handling, and companionship.

This book introduces Hinduism, a belief which began and developed in India around 2000 B.C.

Introduces French, discussing who speaks it and where, describing the similarities and differences between it and English, and offering some basic vocabulary

Meet Felix, captured in Gaul in 180 CE and taken to Rome to train as a gladiator. He'll show you what it takes to survive these harsh, epic times as he introduces you to gladiator school; the Coliseum, largest-ever amphitheater; battles against lions; hand-to-hand combat in the arena; and more. Do you have the skills and guts to be a Roman gladiator? --amazon.com.