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Aboriginal Art of Australia: Exploring Cultural Traditions
Carol Finley
Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, March 1, 1999)Describes the art of the Australian Aborigines including rock painting and engraving as well as sand and bark painting; also discusses the symbolism found in these works.
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Family in West Africa
Peter Otto Jacobsen, Prebensejer Kristensen
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1985)Daily life in West Africa is dramatized through conversations with Mamat Drammeh, a village chief in Senegal, his three wives, and his twelve children
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Lithuania
Melanie Waldron
Paperback (Heinemann, Aug. 1, 2011)Lithuania offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.
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Homes on the Water
Nicola Barber
Library Binding (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 1, 2007)A waterside home is a home that lies next to, or floats on, a sea, a river, a lake, or a canal. This exciting new book looks at homes built beside, over, or on top of water in cities such as Venice and Hong Kong, and high in the Andes Mountains on Lake Titicaca. Detailed photography shows what these kinds of homes are made from and what they look like inside. Other interesting topics include working, going to school, and getting around on water, and how people living near water are affected by flooding, soil erosion, hurricanes, and water pollution. A world map identifies the cities and countries featured in the book.
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Czech Republic
Charlotte Guillain
Paperback (Heinemann, Aug. 1, 2011)Czech Republic offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.
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A Family from South Africa
Julia Waterlow
Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, June 30, 1997)None
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A Family in Egypt
Olivia Bennett
Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, March 1, 1985)Describes the life of a ten-year-old Egyptian boy who lives in a large village near Cairo with his farmer grandfather, his camel driver father, and the rest of his extended family.
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A Family in Pakistan
Ailsa Scarsbrook, Alan Scarsbrook
Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Aug. 1, 1985)Presents the life of fourteen-year-old Assim in a village in northern Pakistan.
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Transportation
Margaret Hall
Paperback (Heinemann, Aug. 6, 2003)A look at different modes of transportation used throughout the world.
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A Family in Iceland
Peter Otto Jacobsen, Preben Sejer Kristensen
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Feb. 1, 1986)Text and photographs present the home, work, school, recreation, and day-to-day activities of the Finnsson family who lives on a farm near Reykjavik, Iceland.
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