China (Visit To. . .)

Roop, Peter; Roop, Connie

ISBN 10: 1575721236 ISBN 13: 9781575721231

Publisher: Rigby Interactive Library, 1998

Synopsis

Describes many aspects of the third largest country in the world including its land, landmarks, homes, food, clothes, sports, schools, celebrations, and art

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Roop is a Heinemann-Raintree author.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 1-3--Average introductions to each country. Each book opens with a world map on the title page, pinpointing the location of the area under discussion. The first page of text features a simple physical map that includes the places mentioned. Double-page spreads treat the land, landmarks, homes, food, clothes, work, transportation, language, school, free time, celebrations, and the arts. A generally attractive, informative, full-color photograph covers the top half or more of each page with three-to-five lines of large-type text below. The material is necessarily abbreviated and does not take regional differences into account. The Chinese New Year is identified as the Spring Festival; and the Vietnamese Trung Thu festival, misspelled as Tung Tu, occurs in mid-September, not August. Pictures do not always mesh with the text: a Vietnamese house of wood is shown, while the accompanying wording states "many...are made of stone or bamboo." Vietnamese "landmarks" are hardly what one might expect--a river delta picture and a nondescript Hanoi street scene. Fact files, foreign "Words You Can Learn," and well-done glossaries round out these offerings.

Diane S. Marton, Arlington County Library, VA

Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rigby Interactive Library
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1575721236
• ISBN 13: 9781575721231
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32