Australia (Ticket to) [Library Binding]

Sean McCollum (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Ticket to

Provides an overview of the geography, people, language, customs, religion, lifestyle, and culture of Australia.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Grade 1-4-Two titles by the same author explore the culture and geography of Australia. Both books contain essentially the same information and exactly the same photographs and illustrations. Only the vocabulary, amount of text, and details vary so that each volume is suited to a different range of readers. Each title provides one or two pages of information on climate, native animals, aboriginal people and recent immigrants, regional vocabulary, entertainment, and famous Australians. The "Globe-trotter's Club" book, which will appeal to the slightly older age range, uses symbols to distinguish information dealing with the geography, people, or culture. "A Ticket to" has some confusing elements; children are asked to locate the Pacific Ocean on a map that fills the left-hand page, but the label for the ocean is on the right. Although this offering is for younger readers, the books suggested in the chapter on Australian writers are the same in both titles. Both volumes refer to the "koala bear," but while the "Globe-trotter's Club" proceeds to explain that this marsupial is not a bear, the other title does not. This is a novel approach for getting more mileage out of the author's effort, but few libraries will want or need both versions. Purchase only where needed to update collections.
Jeanette Larson, Texas State Library, Austin
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157505129X
• ISBN-13: 978-1575051291
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,395,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK FOR EARLY GRADES, June 1, 2010

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Margaux Paschke - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Australia (Country Explorers) (Paperback)

My son is covering Australia for 3rd Grade and I wanted to get some books to help round out his social studies class. This book was a great resource. It was easy to read and contained lots of information that appeals to young kids.

I loved that it provided hard facts (the cultural make-up of modern day Australia, the Aborigine belief of Dreamtime, etc.) along side fun facts (Aussi speak). This book covered a little bit of everything and my son read it with great interest. It covered the beginning of colonization after it was claimed by British explorer Cook through modern times in brief yet comprehesive, easy-to-digest blurbs. It touched upon many subjects like the Australia flag, aborigines, art, immigration, school, food, movies and music.

The last pages contained fast facts, glossary and recommended books and website for more information. A pronunciation guide for geography (Kakadu? Uluru?) would have made this book perfect. This was one of the best books I found for elementary school aged children.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to Australia, February 8, 2008

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Kay Parker "gift giver" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Australia (Country Explorers) (Library Binding)

This a great series on different countries and this book on Australia have great pictures and easy to read facts.