Overview
What is the longest river in Brazil?
Where in Brazil are there more plant species than anywhere else on Earth?
Who was the "Little Cripple"?
This high-interest, lavishly illustrated series offers comprehensive coverage of countries around the globe. Discover a vibrant and diverse range of landscapes, peoples, and cultures. Explore the landmarks and food of different regions, follow the current affairs and personalities shaping nations, and learn about the wildlife, environmental issues, and work of young people to protect our planet.
Each book contains full coverage of each country, including maps, graphs, recipes, foreign language phrases, flags, a quick reference fact file, timeline, and suggestions for further research.
Examines the landscape, climate, weather, population, culture, and industries of Brazil.
Editorials
Children's Literature
The "Country Files" series provides current information on climate, geography, economy and government of key countries. Almost as large as the United Sates, Brazil is the largest country in South America and most of its people speak Portuguese. Brazil has three time zones and its land included most of the Amazon rain forest. While the population is increasing annually by about three million people, about half are less than 25 years old. Most Brazilians live in urban areas and few have running water in their homes. Long ago Brazil was only known for its coffee; today agribusinesses account for 21 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. Brazil is now an industrialized nation and this has brought many changes to its environment. The illiteracy rate is about twenty percent, and classroom space is so limited at the secondary level that students attend school in shifts. Popular leisure activities include soccer, car racing and outdoor sports such as hiking and sailing. The book contains a fact file, glossary, and vivid maps, pictures, graphs, pie charts. and a list of Internet sites. 2004 (orig.2003), Smart Apple Media, Ages 9 to 12.—Michele Wilbur