cities and towns

The residents of Little Tall Island, braced for a Maine Northeastern packing hurricane-force winds and up to five feet of snow, discover to their horror that the storm has blown in an unspeakable evil.

Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the sights, sounds, and smells of the city.

Describes all the sights and sounds of a city. Shows how a city on a summer Saturday is like a country county fair, with jugglers, clowns, puppets, and balloons.

History of cities and towns from the Middle Eastern civilization in 3500 BC through the twentieth century metropolis.

Discusses how cartographers map cities; describes historical city maps from Rome, China, and Japan; and examines how maps are used by a variety of people.

A graphic novel which examines significant events in the history of the Marvel Universe from the perspective of a newspaper photographer.

Presents a discussion of the settlements along the Ganges River, the longest river in the Indian subcontinent, including information on Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Delhi, and others.

Describes ten cities considered extraordinary by the author, including Sydney, Tokyo, Dubai City, and New York City.

Takes the reader through a typical town in ancient Egypt around 1200 B.C., highlighting the different buildings and public areas, and describing how the people lived.

Shows the growth of an English village from a medieval clearing to the urban congestion of the present day as seen from the same viewpoint approximately every hundred years.