This book is part of a book series called Usborne Illustrated Dictionaries .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 128 pages in this book. It is a dictionary. A dictionary is a single-volume or multivolume reference work containing brief explanatory entries for terms and topics related to a specific subject or field of inquiry, usually arranged alphabetically (example: Dictionary of Neuropsychology). The entries in a dictionary are usually shorter than those contained in an encyclopedia on the same subject, but the word "dictionary" is often used in the titles of works that should more appropriately be called encyclopedias (example: Dictionary of the Middle Ages in 13 volumes). This book was published 2006 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Peter Mellett has worked as an editor, writer and consultant for many children's and adult educational books. Dr John Rostron is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science and Mathematics, University of East London. Peter Harrison started as a painter at Glasgow School of Art before taking up a career in publishing. He is currently a freelance editor and the author of children's information books.