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Lonely Planet, 2018
So, pack your pencil and eraser, and journey to the metropolis of your choice. Take in the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the urban landscapes on offer as you tackle the challenges of the book’s 30 mazes.
Category: Books (8-12 yr)
How Cities Work
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James Gulliver Hancock, Lonely Planet Kids, 2016
City Living. The next time you’re in a big city, look around you. Do all the buildings and houses look the same? Many cities around the world are hundreds of years old, and contain lots of different types of architecture.
From Mud Huts to Skyscrapers
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Christine Paxmann (Author), Anne Ibelings (Illustrator), Prestel Publishing, 2012
Architecture is far more than the construction of buildings. It is the visible chronicle of history.
Through Time London: From Roman Capital to Olympic City
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Richard Platt (Author), Manuela Cappon (Illustrator), Kingfisher, 2009
Neolithic Camp, 3500 B.C. Hunters have been wandering along the Thames riverbanks for as many as 200,000 years, but these Neolithic (New Stone Age) people are among the first to stop and clear the woodland. In addition to hunting and collecting plant foods, like their ancestors before them, they have also begun to grow crops and heard animals in the spaces they have cleared.
See inside ‘Ancient Rome’
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Katie Daynes, Usborne Books, 2006
On the streets. More than one million people live in Rome. The streets are alive from sunrise to sunset with people shopping, eating and running errands.