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Where is the colosseum?
Describes the construction and history of the Colosseum, the largest oval amphitheater in the center of Rome, Italy
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- 9780399541902
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- 108 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
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- EL 937.06 OCO w
Where are the constellations?
Ancient people from many different cultures all looked up and imagined pictures in the sky by drawing" a line from one star to another, like a connect-the-dots puzzle. These star pictures--constellations--represented myths and legends from the various cultures that still fascinate us today. Author Stephanie Sabol relates many of the most popular constellation stories and explains what stars act…
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- 9780593223734
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- 108 p. : ill., ; 19 cm.
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- EL 523.8 SAB w
Where is the parthenon?
Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds of cannon balls at the Acropolis,…
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- 9780448488899
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- 108 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
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- EL 726.12 EDW w
Where are the great pyramids?
In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza and offer a fascinating look at the culture of the afterlife in ancient Egypt, explaining exactly how mummies were made
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- 9780448484099
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- 108 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
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- EL 932 HOO w
Where is the amazon?
Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is ...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated …
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- 9780448488264
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- 108 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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- EL 981.1 FAB w
Where is the great barrier reef?
In this Where Is? title, kids can explore the Great Barrier Reef--big enough to be seen from space but made up of billions of tiny living organisms. The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system. Stretching more than 1,400 miles, it provides a home to a wide diversity of creatures. Designated a World Heritage Site, the reef is suffering from the ef…
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- 9780448486994
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- 108 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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- EL 578.778 MED w
Where is the great wall?
More than two thousand years ago, with his land under constant attack from nomads, the First Emperor of China came up with a simple solution: build a wall to keep out enemies. It was a wall that kept growing and growing. But its construction came at a huge cost: it is believed that more than a million Chinese died building it, earning the wall its nickname--the longest cemetery on earth. Throug…
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- 9780448483580
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- 106 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
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- EL 931 DEM w
Where is mount everest?
Introduces Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world, describing its ancient beginnings, the first human settlers, and historic climbs
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- 9780448484082
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- 105 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
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- EL 954.96 MED w
What is climate change?
Learn more about what climate change means and how it's affecting our planet. The earth is definitely getting warmer. There's no argument about that, but who or what is the cause? And why has climate change become a political issue? Are humans at fault? Is this just a natural development? While the vast majority of scientists who study the environment agree that humans play a large part in clim…
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- 9781524786151
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- 108 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
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- What do we know about
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- EL 363.738 HER w
What was the ice age?
A mesmerizing overview of the world as it was when glaciers covered the earth and long-extinct creatures like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive. Go back 20,000 years ago to a time of much colder global temperatures when glaciers and extensive sheets of ice covered much of our planet. As these sheets traveled, they caused enormous changes in the Earth's landscape and …
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- 9780399543890
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- 108 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
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- EL 551.792 MED w
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