Pub Date: January 1, 2024
Dewey: 946.9
LCCN: 2023031075
Lexile Code: 0680
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 11
Physical Info: 0.10" H x 9.17" L x 7.24" W ( 0.54 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Places | Europe | Science and Nature | Earth Sciences Geography | Social Science | Customs Traditions Anthropology
Series: World Passport
Description: "What is it like to live in or visit Portugal? What makes Portugal's culture unique? Explore the geography, traditions, and daily lives of Portuguese people"--
Brief description: Nancy Dickmann has written more than 150 non-fiction books for children, specializing in science and history. Before becoming an author, she worked for many years as an editor and publisher of children's books.
Review Quotes: The latest entries in this reliable series provide useful overviews of individual countries. Topical chapters look at history, current geography, daily life, celebrations, and recreation. Concise text describes each country in clear, direct prose, providing broad surveys of the multiple content areas. Photographs and illustrations offer solid support to the text, mixing images of landscapes and landmarks with views of people from around the country. Currency is a strength: recent events such as Saudi Arabia's 2023 soccer tournament win (Saudi Arabia) are noted in text and photos. Useful features include a map, a historical timeline and a "fact file." Each book also includes a recipe and instructions for a game that is popular in each country. The series is less comprehensive than sets aimed at older readers, such as "Cultures of the World" (Cavendish Square) but provides accessible information for older elementary school students. VERDICT Useful for country updates and subject holes.--Steven Engelfried, formerly at Wilsonville Public Library, OR "School Library Journal"