Student Atlas of Hawaii [Paperback]

James O. Juvik (Author), Thomas Paradise (Author), Sonia P. Juvik (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999

No more is Hawai'i in the corner of the map off the California coast! 'Alala Crow and Mo'o Gecko teach young learners essential map skills while sharing information about Hawai'i's natural environment and place in the global village. From the authors of the award-winning, authoritative reference book, Atlas of Hawai'i, this colorful, user-friendly atlas asks students: * How are flat maps made from globes? * What does map scale mean? * How do maps show different features? * How do maps show mountains? * Why do geographers use maps? * Where are we? * Why does Hawai'i have different kinds of islands? * Why are some places wet and other places dry? * What are natural disasters? * Where are different ecosystems found? * Where did native plants and animals come from? * Which plants and animals did people bring here? * Where did the people of Hawai'i come from? * Where do people live? * Why are some land and water areas protected? * What do farmers grow? * Where do things we use come from? * Why do so many tourists come to Hawai'i?

Editorial Reviews

Review

[The] keiki-friendly version of la lauded Hawai'i atlas. . .is colorful and full of maps, graphs, and geographic facts about Hawai'i, with many photos featuring local folks. --The Hawaii Tribune-Herald

[L]ots of up-to-date data and charts. . .in an easy-to-digest form. --Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Bess Press (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573060496
• ISBN-13: 978-1573060493
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,968,179 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tom Paradise is a geography and geosciences professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, and the past Director of the Fulbright King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies at the University. He was born and reared in San Francisco's North Beach and Telegraph Hill and attended schools in the City and colleges in Nevada (mining), Georgia (cartography, geology, geography), Arizona (historic preservation, physical geography), and Italy (materials conservation, historica preservation). Since growing up in San Francisco, he has lived across the US, Italy, Morocco and Jordan, and has lived in Arkansas' Ozark Mountains since 2000.

Paradise comes from a diverse background in the environmental sciences (geology, climatology, physical geography), architecture and architectural history, Middle East and North Africa geography, and cartography - specializing in cartography and visualization and architectural deterioration research and teaching. Having researched the unique, decaying architecture of Petra, Jordan since the 1980s, he has published more than forty articles, maps, and chapters on the subject and continues to advise foreign agencies on cultural heritage management, stone architectural deterioration, cartography, and Middle Eastern and North African geography.

In the world of cartography, Professor Paradise has published more than 2000 maps for agencies, authors, and companies in the US and abroad. These cartographic projects have included thematic and reference maps for Jordan, Yemen, Arkansas, Hawai'i, Arizona, and various US agencies. He was the cartographer, author and designer for the award-winning Atlas of Hawai'i, and the author and cartographer of the popular Student Atlases of Hawai'i, and the new Arkansas: an Illustrated Atlas. Tom Paradise has said, "I am fortunate to love my writing, teaching, mapping, and research. As a geographer, author, and cartographer, my life is filled with teaching, writing, travelling, and learning."

Paradise has taught abroad at Universities in Rome, Venice, Amman, as well as in the US in Georgia, Hawai'i, Arizona, California and Arkansas.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very simple maps cover all the islands and ecosystems, August 16, 2001

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This review is from: Student Atlas of Hawaii (Paperback)

Student Atlas Of Hawaii is an outstanding student atlas of Hawaii which will hold particular interest for any interested in Hawaiian history and geography: its very simple maps cover all the islands, ecosystems, and peoples of the islands and use very simple drawings and explanations for education and embellishment.