Australia and Oceania

Children's Literature

Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and many islands scattered across the Pacific Ocean form a region known as Oceania. Although Oceania extends across a vast area it makes up less than 6% of the world's landmass and contains less than 0.5% of the global human population. Dominated by Australia, which encompasses 90% of the region's territory, Oceania is a region of fascinating configurations. The people, climate, wildlife, and history of Oceania are presented in this concise, illustrated regional atlas. This volume of the "Continents in Close-Up" series provides younger readers with a fine introduction to a rather exotic section of the world. Readers will benefit from the informative text and numerous colorful illustrations. All in all, this is a workmanlike glimpse of a part of the world that is sparsely populated but full of interesting features. 2002, Raintree Steck Vaughn, Romaneck