Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #81797 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-01
• Released on: 2005-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780792279815
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5 Up–Alphabetically organized fast facts about each of the world's 192 independent nations are listed here. Most of the information presented, with the exception of the black-and-white maps, could just as easily be found in an encyclopedia or almanac. However, for maps, flags, and a few fast facts, a good world atlas, such as The World Almanac World Atlas (Hammond, 2005) would suffice. What Afghanistan does, and does nicely, is bring most of the information together in a no-frills package. After listing the name of the country, area, population, capital, and so on, each entry provides additional facts grouped under three headings–Physical, Political, and Environmental/Economic. At the end of the book, Geographic Extremes–the biggest, longest, etc., for each continent are noted. Visually the volume is unremarkable. The introductory section, Things You Need to Know, directs readers to the National Geographic Web site for printable versions of the maps in the book. This is an additional purchase, particularly useful for schools in which students participate in the National Geographic Bee or for whom geographical facts are a passion.–Linda Greengrass, Bank Street College Library, New York City
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Customer Reviews

OK but...
Thought it was interesting that all of the other reviews are by kids who know Andrew personally...

This book was bought for my school library and I quickly realized that all of the information given is available in almost any encyclopedia or website. Token details on each country and while the information is there and in one place, it really isn't worth the purchase price.

I showed it to our geography teacher and he basically said that it was OK, but certainly not something he would use a lot.

Somewhat useful, but I could have written this....
I purchased Afghanistan to Zimbabwe last year along with other study resources before the bee season. I use it often, now that I'm preparing for the State bee, but as I look through it I realize that everything in the book is from an almanac or World Factbook. There is no information in the book that takes more than a tiny bit of researching, it seems like the author copied it right out of the almanac. Come to think of it, I could write something like this, and I've never won the National Geographic Bee. Afganistan to Zimbabwe has limited information, although I must say it is still useful and I can't say putting this book together was easy. It is a somewhat helpful but very unessential study guide.

AWESOME!!!
This book is crazy awesome! It has all the information that one would ever need about geography. Everything from basic facts to unique details about an assortment of countries is neatly compiled into an easy to use guide. Anyone remotely intersted in geography should buy this book. Also anyone that needs to know anything about geopgraphy for a class or report should buy this book. It is worth much more than it costs!