Navigators Series

Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular new series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing photographs and artworks, and weblinks and quotes. Panels throughout offer focused information on specific topics. Discover the wonders of the animal kingdom and get up-close to teeth, fur, fins, claws and feelers. The world's beasts are brought together with essential facts about each animal group. Fly high on an airborne hunt with an osprey, follow a lobster migration route, watch an anteater's tongue catch termites in their nest and dive in the deep ocean with a lanternfish.

Navigators: Ancient Egypt

by Miranda Smith

Published 15 September 2002

Travel back in time to the centre of a mighty civilization that still fascinates the world. Find out more about the Egyptians - pharoahs and priests, farmers and scribes - and the royal intrigues, religious beliefs and day-to-day dramas of life in ancient Egypt. Take a tour of a splendid palace, a bustling river port, an embalmer's chamber and of course the awesome Great Pyramid.

Navigators: Human Body

by Miranda Smith

Published 1 June 1998

Navigators: Human Body

by Miranda Smith

Published 7 July 2008

Find out more about the body’s basic building blocks – cells and tissue – and the outer layers that protect us from attack. Take a tour of the brain, the body’s essential nerve centre, and move from system to system to discover exactly how we human beings function.

Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing photographs and artworks, and weblinks and quotes. Panels throughout offer focused information on specific topics.

Navigators: Animals

by Miranda Smith

Published 7 September 2009

Describes the survival qualities of different types of animals, including defense mechanisms, finding food, giving birth and caring for young, and attracting a mate.