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Publication: Booklist

Publication Date: 01-JUL-06

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Atlases

Atlas enciclopedico infantil (The Children's Visual World Atlas). Tr. by Alberto Jimenez Rioja. 2005. 176p. Everest, $31.99 (84241-1255-5).

Gr. 3-6. Basic information about Earth and the continents and countries of the world are presented through 100 easy-to-read maps and more than 1,500 color drawings, charts, and photographs. Originally published by Weldon Owen, Australia, this large-format publication includes numerous sidebars with such facts as population, history at a glance, natural resources, and important people and events.

Disney Atlas (Disney Atlas). 2005.96p. Everest, $14.99 (968893-104-7).

Gr. 2-3. With simple and understandable explanations, this basic atlas introduces the young to the universe, the solar system, Earth, and the continents, and it highlights important facts about selected countries--e.g., diamonds in Botsuana (Botswana), bananas in Honduras, oil in Arabia Saudi (Saudi Arabia), the Alps...

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