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Clive GiffordKingfisher Geography Encyclopedia, TheClive GiffordKingfisher Geography Encyclopedia, TheHARD COVER
UPC: 9780753455913Release Date: 10/31/2003
Children will find this comprehensive, and visually exciting encyclopedia gathers the essential geographical, physical, and cultural information they need for school assignments in one convenient and easy-to-use source.
Illustrated with more than 1,500 photographs, maps and flags, this stunning volume covers all the world's 192 countries, including dependencies and islands. The authoritative and clearly laid out text, fascinating maps, and up-to-the-minute facts, will help children acquire essential geographical knowledge and expand their understanding of how people live in many different parts of the world. With its country-by-country layout, a glossary, index and a reference section at the back of the book, this new encyclopedia is an exciting reference book for the whole family. Publishers Weekly A wide variety of titles introduce geographical and cultural topics around the globe. Children's Literature The introduction really does a very good job of summing up what readers will find in this one volume encyclopedia...it is a great way to learn about our every changing physical and geopolitical world. Highly recommended for personal, classroom and library use. School Library Journal An attractive overview of each country, continent by continent....this title is likely to inspire further research. |
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