Each title looks at each country through a variety of themes such as location, landscape and climate, population and health, settlements, family life, religion and beliefs, education and learning, employment and economy, industry and trade, farming and food, transport and communications, leisure and tourism and environment and wildlife. Includes maps, statistics panels and simple graphs and charts; and a topic web showing links with this series to other subject areas.

Australia is the sixth largest country in the world, with its size being only slightly less than the mainland of the United States. It got its start as a colony for prisoners, and it has some of the most poisonous and unique fauna in the world. Education, geography, climate, and culture are just a few areas into which readers will delve in this book as they journey though the Land Down Under.

Your readers can take a trip around the world with this wonderful series, which offers up-to-date information on countries that may be unfamiliar to most students. From the rainforests of Brazil to the diamond mines of South Africa, your readers will learn about the location, landscape, and economy of each country, along with the rich cultural background that makes each land unique. Maps, fact boxes, and simple graphs and charts make these books fun to read or to use as resources for study projects.

China is as interesting as its national flag—where the color red represents revolution and four small stars represent the the working class, peasantry, urban bourgeoisies, and capitalists. China has more people than any other country in the world and it’s still growing. Its economy is the fastest growing in the world as well. Explorers visit the beauty, culture, and the past and present of spellbinding China.

Each title looks at each country through a variety of themes such as location, landscape and climate, population and health, settlements, family life, religion and beliefs, education and learning, employment and economy, industry and trade, farming and food, transport and communications, leisure and tourism and environment and wildlife.

This book describes each country in the EU, looking at the country's landscape, society, economy and industry and culture with a statistics panel listing population, language, ethnic composition, life expectancy, GDP and natural resources. A topic web shows links with the EU to other subject areas.

France is lauded for its beauty and culture. It's also the largest country in the European Union by area. People who live in the French Republic enjoy a high standard of living, tend to go to public schools, and have some of the longest-lived people in the world. Graphic organizers, fact boxes, maps, and brilliant photographs transport readers to the land of enlightenment.

Germany is the largest economy and second most populous nation in Europe. This forested land of Weiner Schnitzel and the Autobahn produced some of the greatest scientists and philosophers from Nietzsche to Einstein. This book journeys from the Black Forest to the streets of Berlin uncovering all the history, industry, and diversity of this culturally rich nation.

Each title looks at each country through a variety of themes such as location, landscape and climate, population and health, settlements, family life, religion and beliefs, education and learning, employment and economy, industry and trade, farming and food, transport and communications, leisure and tourism and environment and wildlife.Includes maps, statistics panels and simple graphs and charts; and a topic web showing links with this series to other subject areas.

Home to some 1.2 billion people, India is the second most populous nation in the world. Rich in cultural interplay and heritage, it has more than ten official languages. Readers will find out about the Republic of India's long history, its culture, and current standing through an engaging narrative, fact boxes, maps, graphic organizers, and colorful images.