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An engaging and visually exciting look at some of South America’s major cities.

This series offers readers of 9 and up an engaging and visually exciting look at some of the world’s major cities.

Cityscapes draw in the reader with facts about the iconic buildings that help to shape each city’s unique identity. Data-packed pages give the essential details about each featured city, including where to go, what to do and things to eat on a visit, as well as information about the city’s history.

The cities of South America covered in the book are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bogota, Columbia; Santiago, Chile; Caracas, Venezuela; Quito, Ecuador; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cuzco, Peru; Montevideo, Uruguay; Georgetown, Guyana; La Paz, Bolivia; Paramaribo, Suriname; Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Lima, Peru; Manaus, Brazil; Cuenca, Ecuador; Potosi, Bolivia; Cartagena, Columbia and Asuncion, Paraguay.

Titles in the 6-book series feature the cities of Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America.

This series offers readers an engaging and visually exciting look at some of the world’s major cities. Cityscapes draw in the reader with facts about the iconic buildings that help to shape each city’s unique identity. Data-packed pages give the essential details about each featured city, including where to go, what to do and things to eat on a visit, as well as information about the city’s history. The cities of Africa covered in the book include Lagos, Cairo, Kampala, Nairobi, Algiers, Yamoussoukro, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Marakesh, Maputo, Tripoli, Harare, Monrovia, Las Palmas, Tunis, Windhoek, Antananarivo, and Johannesburg.

Weather is awesome and exciting – it’s part of our everyday lives but what is it?

This funkily illustrated title explores all types of weather with four children Anjali, Lulu, Mason and Noah. Their teacher, Mr Sangar, explains that weather is about what’s happening in the atmosphere. And, there are six major things going on up there that are constantly changing and making our weather. Mason’s dad explains the water cycle to them. They experience all types of weather, such as rain, snow, sleet and hail and see some fantastic rainbows too. They learn about extreme weather , such as floods, hurricanes and typhoons and find out how to identify different types of clouds and lightning . They discover the different climate zones, learn about jet streams and get serious about climate change and global warming .

This non-fiction book was written especially for KS1 and is a good way of introducing the conventions of information texts, including a full glossary, captions and an index. The accessible text of The Great Fire Of London is accompanied by detailed illustrations and photographs of artefacts.

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