Country-by-country Guide (Our World) [Hardcover]

Millie Miller (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Our World

A perfect first introduction to the countries of the world for elementary school students.

OUR WORLD makes it fun and easy for children to learn more about the world around them. Millie Miller contributes more of her beautiful, watercolor illustrations like those found in the successful UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
With more than 40 maps, 300 images, and hundreds of interesting facts and statistics, this unique atlas will expand every child's view of each country around the globe. Learn about food, languages, sports, animals, music, climate, architecture, population, and much more. Miller's unique style and clear text will have the reader browsing the pages of this book for hours.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3–6—This volume covers almost 200 countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, arranged by geographical regions. The author starts with an overview of each continent, highlighting special details about it, such as the highest peak and the largest city. Then, countries or regions within it are broken down for further study. The arrangement may lead to confusion for readers new to geography. For example, South America is divided into North Andean South America, Eastern South America, and South Andean South America. A table lists the area, population, and number of countries for each continent. The area, population, language, type of government, and currency for individual countries is similarly displayed. Children can learn about food, wildlife, historic places, sports, music, people groups, arts, architecture, and many other topics of interest. The writing can be a bit dry and generalized at times. The author writes about Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait, "These three countries all have vast deserts with large oil deposits." There are errors, such as "England, Scotland, and Whales [sic] make up Great Britain." (Wales is spelled correctly on the map.) Two of the country maps use a star to designate the capital cities, but Scotland's capital garners only a dot. Watercolor illustrations and hand-drawn maps featuring bodies of water, mountain ranges, and capital cities are scattered throughout. They are simplistic in style and coloring, with sparse detail. A full-color compendium of flags of the world, a general index, and a country index are appended. This is a serviceable title for browsing, but it is not an essential purchase.—DeAnn Okamura, San Mateo County Library, CA
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Reference; 1 edition (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439550041
• ISBN-13: 978-0439550048
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #905,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loving this resource :), January 7, 2008

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This review is from: Country-by-country Guide (Our World) (Hardcover)

As a homeschool family, we are currently doing a year of geography study using "Exploring Countries & Cultures" by My Father's World (www.mfwbooks.com). "Our World" was given to my third grader as a Christmas gift and we are LOVING this little resource. It has short, informative little blurbs on the various aspects of the different cultures. My children stay interested and many neat conversations have resulted from using this book. I look forward to continuing to use this, not only one year, but for many years to come.

4.0 out of 5 stars feedback, June 29, 2009

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This review is from: Country-by-country Guide (Our World) (Hardcover)

Good product. The info about the different regions and countries is sometimes random so I wouldn't expect to get pure "school type" information. However, sometimes the random info is more interesting to kids.