Profiles thirty children in different eras, discussing the clothes they wore, the food they ate, the games they played, and the moments in history they witnessed.

Author has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls).

Publisher Annotation: Fully revised reissue edition, with its heavily illustrated take on history and truly wide-ranging content. 8 pages of brand-new timelines. - A truly global approach. - Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution. From dinosaurs and Vikings to the history of robots and espionage, discover incredible world history in this lavish collection of timelines, has been fully updated with new information. More than 120 timelines...

Publisher Annotation: A father takes his two children on a thrilling out-of-this-world adventure into space and invites them to look back at Earth and the conflicts that have taken place since the beginning of time. This becomes a brief history of the world and a guide to the universe, told with Oliver Jeffers's inimitable perspective, wit and exquisite artwork.

This classic history, first published in 1921 and winner of the first Newbery Medal, was illustrated in pen and ink by the author. This version has incorporated recent events to make it an up-to-date world history.

This book features fun, informative text and illustrations about one hundred events from history that shaped the modern world.

"Fantastic facts for curious minds. Amazing images and clear explanations help answer every child's questions about the world around them."--Back cover.