This series offers comprehensive coverage of countries around the world. The emphasis of this series will be on up to date, recent information, current affairs, and newsworthy entries. The design is modern, with contemporary, glossy photographs and clear maps and charts. Each book will offer complete coverage of one country, including sections on society, geography, culture, peoples, history, size, neighbors, economy, government, foreign language vocabulary, recipes, and flags.

 

This book is part of a book series called Countries Around the World .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 1008 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Melanie Waldron worked in children's publishing for many years before becoming a full-time author. She has written many non-fiction books for young people and specializes in science and geography topics. Mary Colson has written and edited books for children and young adults. Nick Hunter is an experienced author of non-fiction books for children. Jilly Hunt has over 15 years experience of educational publishing. Formerly an editor for Pearson, Jilly is now a freelance children's writer and editor. She has written more than 15 non-fiction books for children and young adults. She graduated from Oxford Brookes University with BA Honours in Publishing and History of Art. She now lives in Oxfordshire with her husband two small children. Robin Doak, a former editor of Weekly Reader and U. S. Kids magazine, has 18 years of experience writing for children. She has written more than 35 books for young readers on various subjects including history, geography, and science. Claire Throp loves sea mammals and spent far too long looking at them while supposedly doing research for this book! She has written children's nonfiction on subjects ranging from countries to sports to. She lives just outside Oxford, England.