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Author:   Jen Green
Publisher:   Welbeck Publishing Group
Imprint:   Carlton Kids
ISBN:  

9781783123650

ISBN 10:   1783123656
Pages:   56
Publication Date:   05 April 2018
Recommended Age:   From 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Map of the World • World at a Glance - intro to continents, climate zones, population, oceans • Canada, Greenland and Alaska - map with features on forestry, ice hockey, Native American culture, 'Must-See' highlight boxes • USA - map with features on space industry, Hollywood, farming on great plains, 'Must-See' highlight box • GATEFOLD map - The Americas - with Fact File box • USA cont. • Mexico, Central America and Caribbean - map with features on sugar cane, hurricanes, Mayan culture, wildlife • South America - map with features on life on Pampas, Rio carnival, Macchu Pichu • Australia, New Zealand and Oceania - physical and human geography map with features on sheep ranching, Aboriginal culture • mountains and volcanoes • Southeast Asia - map with features on tourism, rice on terraces, wildlife • South Asia - map with features on religions, Bollywood film industry, flooded Bangladesh, cricket • East Asia - map with features on Samurai warrior culture, fishing, modern China • GATEFOLD map - All Asia - with Fact File • East Asia cont. • North Asia - map with features on steppes of central Asia, reindeer, Trans-Siberian railway • Middle East - map with features on cradle of religion, minerals, Jerusalem • Africa - physical and human geography map with features on Nile, Mt Kilimanjaro, Sahara • North Africa - map with features on nomadic life, mining, Egyptian civilisation, Islamic religion • Southern Africa - map with features on wildlife, minerals, Masai herdsmen, Apartheid • Northern Europe - map with features on industrial revolution, Vikings, Saami, sport and leisure, banking • GATEFOLD map - All Europe - with Fact File • Northern Europe cont. • Western Europe - map with features on classical civilizations, art, sport, farming, technology • Eastern Europe - map with features on historic cities, religion, Bolshoi ballet • Antarctica - map with features on southern lights, wildlife, exploration • Pop-up map showing tectonic plates/ volcanoes • The flags.

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Jen Green is a highly experienced children's non-fiction writer. She has written over 200 books, mainly on geography, nature, environment and history. Her publishers include Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Quarto, Watts, Wayland, Harcourt/ Raintree, Grolier and Lorenze. She currently teaches writing skills at the University of Sussex.

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