[...]... the very best ways to discover people and places Books take us into worlds we don’t know Books give us funny stories and scary stories We can read sad stories and stories that make us want to try new things f nd o at ki you Wh es do stori best? like We can find out almost anything about the world just by reading books! 46 47 What do you want to know about people and places far away? The library is the... wonder, and have rich and varied encounters with the world around them will enliven their curiosity and enhance learning effortlessly Seeing a snail retract into its shell when frightened, for instance, can provide a child with much more immediate understanding and greater interest than will reading about snails in a book! Fun on the Road This activity will enrich children’s powers of observation and understanding... anywhere You might even wish you could stay in the library and read all night long! 50 51 We can take a trip by boat, plane, car, or train We can travel by bicycle, bus, or scooter Books, movies, and playing pretend can take us all kinds of places too Or we can go just on our own two feet T he re a 52 re s o many ways the ver isco to d ople and places in ou pe r wo rld! 53 3 L P EOP L E AN D P A CE S... take a ca Cars help us get to all kinds of places People go by car to work and school They drive to the store and to visit friends 24 You’ll see so many different things outside the car windows! Where do you like to go in the car ? 25 Le t’s us! take a b Buses take people almost everywhere They take us down city streets and shady lanes They go around the block and then come back again Bus drivers wait... the haystack and take a nap! Out in the country, you could visit a farm Farmers grow the foods we eat They raise horses and cows, chickens and sheep Many people work in the farm fields Others take care of the animals Some workers make shoes for the horses 16 ould at w o do Wh ke t li ? you farm na o 17 Le t’s go to the h! ac be At the beach, you can play in the waves You could build a sandcastle or... hunt for seashells You can dig in the sand until you see water Or you might cover yourself in sand so only your head is showing! 18 I at so m play uch fun to t’s d ou fin Can y shells a five se icture? is p in th eb th ch! ea What would you li ke to do at the beach ? 19 Some beaches are sandy Others are rocky Some beaches have hardly any people on them at all In hot places, lots of people are on the beach... mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher Britannica Discovery Library: Volume 3: People and Places 2005, 2008 Britannica.com may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.britannica.com Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica, and the Thistle logo are registered trademarks of Encyclopædia Britannica,... (huh RY zen) the line where the sky and the earth appear to meet museum (myu ZEE um) a building where collections of art, old objects, science discoveries, and many other kinds of information about the world can be seen by visitors pilot (PY let) or a boat 54 a person who steers an airplane L AN D P A CE S Think of all the different kinds of workers you see when you go places, such as shop clerk, firefighter,... sometimes used for fishing too Boats are important in all kinds of work Big ships bring us things we need from faraway places Lots of people work on fishing boats too They work hard to catch different kinds of fish for us to eat 38 39 Boats, planes, and cars take us far away to new places But sometimes we can visit a whole new world without going very far at all ink At night when you sleep, what happens?... bridge, a cat, or someone wearing a hat Who Am I? Preschool children have active imaginations and love to pretend! If you play this with only one or two children, ask them to pretend (both at the same time, if there are two) to be any kind of worker you think they understand You can also reverse the activity and ask them to suggest somebody for you to pretend to be For older children, you might suggest . neighborhood and lots of fun places to go. What do you see outside your bedroom window? What fun places do you like to go? There are so many other people and places. people and places you know. You know the people in your family. You know your bedroom and the other rooms in your house. You have friends and maybe