Gareth Stevens Atlas Of The World

Provides statistics and political and physiographic maps for the world, each continent, and the United States, with political maps, flags, and statistics for each country, Canadian province, and state of the United States.

Photographs taken from space accompany information about the geography, people, environment, and other facets of various areas of the world.

Each World in Focus volume provides an authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date view of a major country, including its history, geography and resources, peoples, government, economy, foreign policy, role in the world today, and key current issues. A wealth of maps, charts, and graphs support the text. Ideal for research and reports, this series invites students to delve deeper into the past and present significance of the world's largest and most influential nations.

A guide to understanding how and why maps are made and used, focusing on the history of how human beings have looked at the world and represented it on maps.

The South Pole is cold, but there’s more to it than that! This book presents the cartography and earth science of this polar region to young readers in an engaging yet informative way. Several spreads are dedicated to the fascinating history of the brave explorers of this icy landscape, a part of history that is sure to impress all elementary readers! The colorful, easily understood maps and vivid photographs of the South Pole will expand reader’s grasp on the concepts of poles, continents, climate, Earth’s rotation, and so much more!

The Atlas Library provides an up-to-date look at the essential aspects of our world and the universe beyond. Each volume of this colorful, large-format, pictorial reference collection offers detailed text presented in bite-sized blocks for easy access to information. From the physical Earth and its inhabitants to the farthest reaches of space, fact-loaded text is punctuated with superb color photographs, satellite images, maps, diagrams, and drawings for more thorough comprehension. This series is also a valuable reference for both high-school teens and adults.

From familiar neighbors to distant parts of the globe, this engaging series offers readers a close-up look at countries around the world. Vivid color photographs enhance up-to-date information on each country's geography, history, system of government, lifestyle, language, art, food, and more. An intriguing section of special features provides a window into each country's unique customs, as well as its current issues. Each volume details its country's current and historical relations with the United States and Canada, emphasizing the rich sharing of cultures that helps define today's global society. Also included in each volume is a black-and-white classroom map, easy to photocopy for classroom activities.

Why do continents matter? From economics to weather science—and everything in between—knowing the characteristics of the continents expands readers’ perspectives in every school subject. This fundamental information is a building block of many future lessons and an essential part of elementary education. This book presents a focused, clear, age-appropriate look at Earth’s continents that young readers are sure to find both informative and interesting. This volume is also packed with colorful maps that are labeled and explained to foster young readers’ comprehension of this important topic.