A colourful and lively exploration of the Caribbean island of St Lucia, looking at landscape, people, settlements and wildlife. With specially commissioned photography that captures the colour and vibrancy of St Lucia, this title will become a welcome source of information for this highly popular key stage 2 classroom topic.

 

This book is part of a book series called St Lucia .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Hachette Children's Group .

Daniel Gilpin studied geology and zoology at university, and is a well-established author of non-fiction for children and adults, writing on a wide range of subjects.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Where in the world?
• 2: St Lucia close up
• 3: Weather and climate
• 4: A volcanic land
• 5: In the wild
• 6: The sea and its shore
• 7: Towns and cities
• 8: Life on the land
• 9: In the home
• 10: Family life
• 11: Fresh food to eat
• 12: Cook the St Lucian way!
• 13: Shopping on the island
• 14: Religion and church
• 15: Festival time!
• 16: School and play
• 17: Getting around
• 18: Making a living
• 19: Trade with other countries
• 20: Visiting St Lucia
• 21: How has St Lucia changed?
• 22: Things to make and do
• 23: Glossary
• 24: Finding out more
• 25: Index