Travel back in time to visit our ancestors and the animals they kept for work and for play. From elephants to bees, readers will enjoy a world of animals and discover how they firs …

Barley, wheat, rye, oats, corn and millet. For most of us, bread is the staff of life. From the earliest times, bread has played a part in religious ceremonies, divinations, and sp …

Wool, flax, bark, silk, cotton. Travel around the world and discover the many different kinds of cloth woven from everything from the bark of trees to downy plant fiber in this uni …

From the courts of ancient Egypt and medieval kings and queens, to modern-day circuses and the medical community, clowns and jokers have provided cheerful, and sometimes side-split …

The universal experience of coming of age is defined differently by different cultures. This issue travels to Africa, Israel, Mexico and the United States to see how people celebra …

Whether by whisper or drum beat, code or computer, billboard or broadcast, people communicate signals and messages by a myriad of means. Articles in this issue inform readers on ev …

Faces devotes this edition to romance and the road to marriage. Readers will learn about the history of St. Valentine's Day, people from other cultures who divine who their sweethe …

Dealing with death can be a very complicated matter. How do people around the world remember and honor their dead? Do they forget them, fear them or worship them? Read how rituals …

Whether imaginary or real, benevolent or vengeful, dragons have captured the imagination of people throughout the ages. Learn about the Eastern dragon, dragon slayers, and the natu …

Important clues to discovering our past are unearthed in this issue that delves into our ancient beginnings. How we have found early humans, adapted to the environment and arrived …

Whether searching in Namibia for the ancestors of modern humans, excavating an ancient ship in Israel, or asking American children what kind of toys they buy, anthropologists are h …

Fire was one of the most important discoveries made in human evolution. Learn how to start a fire - and how to put one out - in this issue of Faces that's ablaze with information. …

Discover the mystery and adventure of learning about generations of ancestors and how they lived in this edition that also prompts students with questions to ask their own relative …

Do you believe in ghosts? Open up this spooky issue to find out how people from all over the world feel about them. Readers are in for some pleasant surprises as they try out a gho …

Gold can be found from the deserts of ancient Egypt to the end of the rainbow in this fact-packed, illuminating issue. From alchemists to gold diggers, pharaohs to the Moche of Per …

"Shining, streaming, gleaming, flaxen-waxen." Faces presents a heads up about hair -- from dreadlocks to cornrows, barbers to buzz cuts, and dos with a message -- with this stylish …

Thumbs up for one of the most unique attributes of being human -- our hands! Read about how these remarkable instruments are used to create shadow puppets, to communicate using Ame …

Survival depends on a good gathering of crops and this issue explores harvest practices and harvesting methods from ancestral practices to the sophisticated, complex methods of to …

Scientific and medical solutions are just some of the ways children can be protected from sickness and disease. Folk remedies, charms, and other cultural traditions for warding off …

Aloha! Ciao! Howdy! Expressions of greeting say a lot about people and their relationships to one another. Learn about distinctive forms of saying hello, goodbye and showing respec …

Consider the work of men and women in this singular issue that reflects on traditional thinking about socialization and cultural guidelines for behavior. Trace the division of labo …

From marriage to murder, written law codes date back thousands of years. Faces takes a look at the evolution of law and visits other countries in features such as Iceland: Where La …

Come and explore the bottom of the ocean and take a look at the treasures underwater archaeology reveals. Read about the Vasa, a 17th century warship found in Stockholm harbor, and …

Abracadabra! There's plenty up our sleeves in this magical issue. Readers can visit a New York City magic shop, and travel round the world to discover how magic is used for protect …

Travel to Alaska, Japan, Africa, the South Pacific, Mexico and Venice, Italy, to explore a variety of styles and understand the function of masks as they express the feeling of spi …

This multicultural book, illustrated by children, follows the lives of three families in underdeveloped countries as they share their stories of hardship and their dreams for the f …

Designs, objects, stories and songs all serve as reminders of things past. Photographs and monuments mark daily life and pay tribute to important events in our personal and histori …

Melody, harmony, composition and song. Snake charmers, folklorists, fiddlers and bands. Sitars, guitars, gamelans and drums. One man bands, bagpipes, orchestras and strings. There' …

Faces takes a head-to-toe look at fashion from around the world. Discover what ornaments from fish-can labels to diamonds signify to the people who wear them and how ornaments are …

The study of potsherds - fragments of ancient pottery - gives clues about the people who used them and how they lived. Whether utilitarian or a work of art filled with symbolic mea …

Decipher the meaning of ancient pictures drawn and carved in stone in this solid issue that explores the extensive variety of art on rocks that exists throughout the world. From th …

Faces lets the cat out of the bag and unlocks the hush-hush about secret knowledge and keepers of secrets. Whether an ingredient or an initiation rite, there is much to discover ab …

Sharpen your pencils and settle in for a thought-provoking edition. Whether cyclical, linear, or simply “long-ago,” time is a way of describing the process of change and anchoring …