Browsers and young students alike will enjoy these lively question and answer books with their unique mix of realistic illustration and engaging cartoons. The enticing questions will amaze, amuse and inspire, while the highly visual format encourages kids to keep reading.
People from around the world travel to Coober Pedy, Australia, with hopes of getting rich. This town is full of valuable stones called 'opals'. Some opals are worth millions, but they are extremely hard to find. What influences the value of an opal? What does it take to find them?
With each spread focusing on one destination, this title features intricate artwork that gives readers a visual flavour of the place, with masses to look at and discover the more you look. In each location you have to find a souvenir to take with you. You will also need to solve a puzzle with the help of Google [trademark] Earth.
Find out how some explorers found their ways without maps, why others always travelled in disguise and read what really happened on the expeditions in their secret diaries.
What map has symbols like this?
Zambia, Africa, is nowhere near an ocean, but it is heavily influenced by water. Three great rivers flow through Zambia, which impact the lives of the people and animals near them. How do the rivers affect life around them? How can humans protect these valuable rivers?