Presents a day in the life of a child living in Johannesburg, discussing the social life, customs, religion, history, and language of South Africa.
A Child’s Day: In a South African City
Nonfiction
Nonfiction genre
Tierra Del Fuego: A Journey to the End of the Earth
Lourie’s smooth, first-person narrative mixes history, adventure, and personal insights, while glorious photographs of the remarkable land at the southernmost point of the world enhance his travelogue. Readers accompany the Lourie as he rides his mountain bike and uncovers wonder and tragedy in this land. Additional archival photos tell the sad tale of the native Y mana, a people who “did not survive long after continued contact with- outsiders.” Maps, both modern and historical, are well integrated. Highly informative for reports, this fascinating account will also appeal to young readers with wanderlust.
A Child’s Day in an Egyptian City
This book presents a day in the life of a child living in Cairo, discussing the social life, customs, religion, history, and language of Egypt.
Dictatorship
This book discusses dictatorships as a political system, and details the history of dictatorships throughout the world.
Harvest Festivals Around The World (Messner Multicultural Library)
Since ancient times, people around the world have created special harvest festivals or rituals to celebrate their crops. With this book, you’ll experience the harvesting ceremonies of the ancient Incas. You’ll discover the customs and traditions that are still practiced in Canada England. You’ll learn the legends and planting rituals of people in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Caribbean.
Chad
Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Chad.
Haiti (Discovering Cultures)
Geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Haiti.
Creatures: Yesterday and Today
This book transports the reader to prehistoric times, when many creatures existed that have since disappeared. From the worlds of insects, fish, mammals, sea jellies, reptiles, amphibians, birds, crustaceans, arachnids, and mollusks, she presents living animals and their prehistoric ancestors. Meet Diplodocus and Skylark; Cameroceras and Blue-Ringed Octopus; Brontoscorpio and Fat-Tailed Scorpio; and learn what links them across the ages. Scientists obtain clues from fossils about how these prehistoric creatures looked and lived.
Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Maya
Gives the history of the principal gods and goddesses of the ancient Mayans, including Hunab Ku, Itzamna, Ix Tab, and Ah Puch.
Journey for Peace: The Story of Rigoberta Menchu
The winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, Rigoberta Menchu is a poor, uneducated Mayan woman who has helped her native people fight oppression in Guatemala and who has told the world about their suffering. Part of the Rainbow Biography series, the account is quiet, but it tells of violence and poverty and amazing courage. Beginning with Menchu’s childhood as a field laborer, her personal story is woven together with that of her Indian people and their harsh dislocation at the hands of the landowners and the brutal army. Her father was imprisoned, tortured, and finally murdered for his leadership role in the resistance; so were her mother and her brothers and sisters. Yet, like her father, she has led her people in nonviolent resistance and has given them a voice.