In this multicultural travelogue through each of the 24 time zones, young readers are invited to travel the world and experience all the people, places, and things that exist on our planet right now. In every minute of every hour of every day, something wonderful is happening around our world. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, an artist sits behind his easel working on a painting. While at the same time…
Looks at men and women whose discoveries and achievements have changed the world Charts, diagrams and archival photographs provide detailed historical facts
An interesting take on exploring global issues through maps, figures, images, statistics and extensive lists of facts.
Introduces key geography concepts in an accessible way, combining facts with fun activities.
The object of this book is to present a popular narrative of the Asiatic Zoological Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History to China in 1916-17. Details of a purely scientific nature have been condensed, or eliminated, and emphasis has been placed upon our experiences with the strange natives and animals of a remote and little known region in the hope that the book will be interest…