When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.

"The Kidd children--including twelve-year-old twins Rebecca and Bickford--follow mysterious clues that take them from China to Germany, in the hopes of finding their missing father and the treasure that will finally free their kidnapped mother"--

Derek Fallon and his friends decide to become ninjas, which helps when they begin to investigate who is painting minotaurs on walls around town.

Examines the art of ancient Egypt, including wall painting, reliefs, buildings, and sculpture.

Discusses the paintings on the walls of Lascaux Cave in France including the cave's discovery, its significance, and the efforts to preserve the paintings themselves.

Introduces young children to the history and techniques of art through the appealing subject of animals through hands-on creative projects and by featuring depictions of animal masterpieces by famous artists and sculptors and explaining how the artists chose their particular subjects as well as the techniques they used.

"Offers a telling look inside the art world of the Renaissance. Children will learn about the kinds of art and artists, patronage, and famous painters of the period"--Amazon.com.

Egypt was one of the great civilizations of the ancient world. Egyptian monuments, temples and royal tombs have provided a rich source for understanding the lives of ancient Egyptians. But Egypt was more the pharaohs, priests and pyramid builders. There were farmers, craftspeople, traders, doctors and artists; there were families and children. Dinners were cooked and games were played, while battles were fought and the Nile was kept from flooding....

Rome grew from a small settlement on the banks of the Tiber to become a great city, and eventually the capital of the greatest empire of the ancient world. The legacy of Rome is its Latin language, its laws, its architecture and the urge to create empire, from the Holy Roman Empire itself to the European Union. Ancient Rome recreates the lives and beliefs of the ancient Romans in a lively and historically specific manner through linking text with...