This text develops the idea of caring for buildings that have religious value. It shows the buildings that are special for each religion and examines special places of worship and sacred buildings throughout the world. It describes their special features, both inside and out, as well as their uses for meeting, worship and education. One spread gives further information as notes for teachers. Other titles in this series are "Religious Articles", "Religious Books" and "Religious Buildings".
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Book Description:
This series introduces young children to things of special significance in the various religious faiths.
About the Author:
Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of children's information books. She has been a writer for 20 years, after working in-house for Usborne Publishing and Walker Books. She specialises in the natural world, religion and mythology but is always looking for new challenges. Among her many titles are the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series for Scholastic Children's Books which won the Blue Peter Book Award for the Best Book with Facts in 2009 and the Tivy Education Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for an outstanding contribution to geographical education. Anita lives in northern England with her husband, children, dogs and cat. She enjoys reading, walking the Moors, playing tennis and dreaming of winning Wimbledon.
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- PublisherWayland
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 075022245X
- ISBN 13 9780750222457
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32