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Scholastic
Atlas of the World (3 Copies) Edited by Wendy Barish
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Ages 8 and
older. The world is an unfathomably big, amazing, and mysterious
place. Sometimes, having a little context provides the ticket
to understanding. Scholastic's Atlas of the World for children
offers a unique approach to comprehending the world. Land area,
time differences, life expectancy, car ownership, travel distances,
and many other features of every country are compared to those
of the United States. How does the length of the Indus River in
Pakistan compare to the Mississippi, for example? Did you know
that people in the U.S. live, on average, to be 76--but Australians
live to be 80, and citizens of Zambia have a life expectancy of
only 37 years? American kids, especially, will benefit from this
tremendously helpful tool. The atlas also provides more than 80
easy-to-read topographical maps, hundreds of striking color photographs,
thousands of statistics, and essays on culture and geography.
In addition to the extensive index at the back of the book, each
spread has its own "Search and Find" index with locators
to help young readers find important cities on the maps. Color-coded
continent tabs run along the top of every page, with the featured
continent highlighted. Fascinating world facts are presented in
"Discover More" shaded boxes, while the nitty-gritty
details of a region are revealed in the "Country facts"
box (population, area, language, religion, and currency), "State
facts," and "Continent facts." Readers of all ages
will become knowledgeable citizens of the world with this bright,
up-to-date resource.
(www.amazon.com)
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Grade 3, Standard
3, Geography
This type
of atlas helps students compare people and places to each other.
It will make the memorization of continents, bodies of water,
mountain ranges, etc. easier due to the inclusion of colorful
facts, graphs, tables, photographs, and of course, maps! Students
might want to use this atlas as a starting point in a report on
a country or continent.
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