Australia

by Heather C Hudak

Overview

Australia is nicknamed the "land down under" because the entire landmass is located below the equator. Most of its population lives along the southeastern coast of the continent. Learn more about this continent's natural resources, tourism, and culture in Australia, an Exploring Our Seven Continents book. In this series, readers are invited to explore the cultures, geography, and other interesting facts about each of the world's seven continents. Each book pairs brilliant photography with easy-to-read text. Exploring Our Seven Continents is a series of AV² media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781489630544
Publisher:	Av2 by Weigl
Publication date:	07/28/2015
Series:	Exploring Countries
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	940L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

Table of Contents

AV² Book Code 2

Introduction 4

Australia 6

Geography of Australia Map 6

Land and Climate 8

Plants and Animals 10

Natural Resources 11

Tourism 12

Industry 14

Goods and Services 15

Indigenous Peoples 16

The Age of Exploration 17

Early Settlers 18

Population 20

Politics and Government 21

Cultural Groups 22

Arts and Entertainment 24

Sports and Recreation 26

Mapping Australia 28

States and Territories of Australia 28

Quiz Time 30

Key Words 31

Index 31

Log on to av2books.com 32

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2022

Gr 6–8—A series about summarizing each of the seven continents. A table of contents shows each section is one-to-two pages in length with vocabulary words in bold. Colorful photos, sometimes with captions surround a few long paragraphs of text along with infographics. A broad overview of the continent is covered quickly: geography, land and climate, plants and animals, natural resources, tourism, industry, goods and services, Indigenous Peoples, exploration, settlers, population, politics and government, cultural groups, arts and entertainment, and sports and recreation. There is also a mapping activity and quiz for readers that connects to the text. The back matter includes a glossary and index. Although the content covers a lot of information in a short amount of time and does have sections devoted to cultural groups and Indigenous Peoples, it fails to mention much of the atrocities of colonization both past and present while also highlighting figures of early settlers and explorers. Brief sentences, like "Aboriginal Australians were pushed off their traditional lands," are not inaccurate, but are also not better explained for readers. VERDICT A broad overview about each continent for middle grade readers.

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