Now in paperback with a bright new cover, this popular title introduces children to groups of people all over the world. Organized on a continent-by-continent basis, describing the different ways of life, cultures, cuisines and faiths of the six billion people who inhabit our planet. Stunning photographs illuminate the informative text, fostering in children a greater understanding of the people who live in the world around them. With fully-updated internet links.

 

This book is part of a book series called Peoples Of the World .

There are 96 pages in this book. This is an encyclopedia. An encyclopedia is a book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information about a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically by headword or classified in some manner. An entry may be signed or unsigned, with or without illustration or a list of references for further reading. Headwords and text are usually revised periodically for publication in a new edition. In a multivolume encyclopedia, any indexes are usually located at the end of the last volume. Encyclopedias may be general (example: Encyclopedia Americana) or specialized, usually by subject (Encyclopedia of Bad Taste) or discipline (Encyclopedia of Social Work). This book was published 2005 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Anna Claybourne has been a writer and editor of children's non-fiction for over eight years.