description and travel

Takes young readers on a tour of Las Vegas, exploring its geography, history, and people that gives the city its distinctive flair.

Takes young readers on a tour of New Orleans, exploring its geography, history, and people that gives the city its distinctive flair.

"Explore Antarctica--the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth--in this adventure-filled title in the Who HQ series. Antarctica, the earth's southernmost continent, was virtually untouched by humans until the nineteenth century. Many famous explorers journeyed (and often died) there in the hope of discovering a land that always seemed out of reach. This book introduces readers to this desert--yes, desert!--continent that holds about 90 percent of the world's ice; showcases some of the 200 species that call Antarctica home, including the emperor penguin; and discusses environmental dangers to the continent, underscoring how what happens to Antarctica affects the entire world"--.

Follows host Ian Wright as he attends an authentic Hula ceremony, explores a silver mine, rides the road of death, visits the highest city in the world, and has other adventures while traveling in Bolivia.

Presents alphabetized profiles of more than forty European countries, describing their peoples, histories, occupations and industries, daily lifestyles, popular foods, sports and leisure activities, holidays and festivals, and arts, and includes color photos, maps, time lines, and sidebars.

Contains episodes of "Globe Trekker" which explore the cities and landscape of South America.

Text and illustrations introduce the experiences of European explorers in Africa during the second half of the nineteenth century, particularly Richard Burton and John Speke, Stanley and Livingston, and Mary Kingsley.

"Jason Edwards, wildlife photographer, traveled 7,200 miles through Africa. His journey took him through thick jungles, barren deserts, wild grasslands, and muddy swamps. He slept high in trees to avoid lions, and narrowly escaped an angry hippopotamus. You can share in Jason's adventures in 'African Safari'"--OCLC.

Explore the geography and wildlife of the second largest continent of the world, Africa.