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First reference for young readers and writers Encyclopedia First Children’s ...

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First Children’s Encyclopedia A DORLING KINDERSLEY BOOK ...

2 Contents Our world 6–7 Our world 8–9 The Arctic 10–11 Canada and Alaska 12–13 United States of America 14–15 Mexico and Centra ...

3 History of people 80–81 World of history 82–83 Early people 84–85 Ancient Egypt 86–87 Ancient Greece 88–89 The Romans 90–91 Th ...

In these pages you can find a country and discover its major features, look at culture and history, and observe wildlife and eco ...

Check here for the answer. Using this book 5 Buttons contain mini facts: quick information at your fingertips. Weird or what? ar ...

How long would a trip around the Equator take at walking speed? Our world 6 Land covers a third of planet Earth, and water and i ...

Our world About a year (without stopping for a rest).^7 Seven continents North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Aus ...

Who was the first person to reach the North Pole? The Arctic 8 Arctic people Arctic people live in the icy lands around the Arct ...

The Arctic An American called Robert Peary, in 1909.^9 Keeping warm Arctic animals have to endure bitterly cold weather. Walruse ...

Canada and Alaska What is the tallest mountain in North America, at 6,194 m (20,320 ft) high? The Americas 10 Vancouver Island T ...

Canada and Alaska Mount McKinley (Denali).^11 Nunavut Québec Manitoba Baffin Island and Labrador Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova ...

Which is the only US state not shown on this map? The Americas 12 United States of America The United States of America is an en ...

United States of America Alaska (see page 10-11).^13 Iowa Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Mis ...

The Americas 14 Mexico and Central America form a natural bridge linking the USA to South America. The north of Mexico is dry an ...

Mexico and Central America As hooks to hang from branches.^15 Coral reef P an ama Co sta^ Ric a SAN JOSÉ Cuba Haiti C a ri b b e ...

What is the highest mountain in the Andes? The Americas 16 South America Ecuador Colombia R vi re A m az o n Bolivia Tit ica ca ...

South America Aconcagua, which is 6,960 m (22,834 ft) high.^17 Argentina Chile Uruguay A t l a n t i c O c e a n Llama Sheep far ...

Africa How long is Africa from north to south? Africa 18 Africa is a vast, sun-baked continent, famous for its amazing wildlife. ...