From North America?s mountains to Africa?s deserts, this book will help kids learn the locations of states, countries, and continents around the world. They will also learn about the features that make up each region, including: What?s growing in the Amazon Rainforest; The longest river in the world - the Nile in Africa; The ?frozen Ts? of Asia - the tundra and the taiga; Shelves of ice in Antarctica; The uniqueness of the Australian Outback; and more. With exciting puzzles and activities, this book is a great tool for teachers and parents who want to make learning fun for kids. Before long, young readers will be reading maps and navigating tough terrain like bona fide geographers!
J. Elizabeth Mills grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, spending many wonderful hours reading at the Squirrel Hill branch of the Carnegie Library system. After graduating from University of Michigan with a double major in English and French, she moved to Minneapolis, MN to pursue an internship at Milkweed Editions. She also worked as a bookseller at Wild Rumpus. She then moved to New York, NY to be a children's book editor at Scholastic Inc. After seven-and-a-half years editing and writing, working with authors, agents, packagers, and illustrators, she relocated to Seattle, WA to create content for toys and games at Cranium Inc. Now she is a freelance children's book editor and author, writing fiction and nonfiction and working with authors on their stories. Her picture book, THE SPOOKY WHEELS ON THE BUS, will be published in July 2010.
