The Atlas Obscura explorer's guide for the world's most adventurous kid
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Published
New York : Workman Publishing, [2018].
ISBN
9781523503544, 1523503548
Physical Desc
110 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Status
Junior - Nonfiction (2nd floor Children's Area)
JNF 910.4 THU
1 available
JNF 910.4 THU
1 available
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Published
New York : Workman Publishing, [2018].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781523503544, 1523503548
Lexile measure
910
Notes
General Note
"47 countries, 100 extraordinary places to visit"--Front cover.
General Note
Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 110) and index.
Description
Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wondersthe dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils literally vault over rows of squirming infants. Not to mention the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, Turkmenistan's 40-year hole of fire called the Gates of Hell, a graveyard for decommissioned ships on the coast of Bangladesh, eccentric bone museums in Italy, or a weather-forecasting invention that was powered by leeches, still on display in Devon, England. Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, ATLAS OBSCURA revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer.
Target Audience
009 and up.
Target Audience
910L,Lexile
Action
cc,2018-09-27,JD
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Thuras, D., Mosco, R., & Ang, J. (2018). The Atlas Obscura explorer's guide for the world's most adventurous kid . Workman Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thuras, Dylan, Rosemary Mosco and Joy, Ang. 2018. The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid. Workman Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thuras, Dylan, Rosemary Mosco and Joy, Ang. The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid Workman Publishing, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Thuras, Dylan,, Rosemary Mosco, and Joy Ang. The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid Workman Publishing, 2018.
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