Atlas of North America
Starred Review. Grade 5 Up–This exhaustive, authoritative resource presents a dynamic view of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Well organized, with an appropriate balance of written and visual material, the book opens with two pages of statistics that provide information on the population, capital, and area of states, provinces, and largest cities; records pertaining to temperatures, rainfall, and volcanic eruptions; and largest rivers and lakes, etc. Accessible text and accurate, colorful thematic maps with informative captions analyze the region detailing such aspects as climate, weather, population, immigration, and trade and telecommunications. Coverage of the individual states and provinces includes statistical data; lucid, relevant narratives; and color photographs. In addition, there are large-scale maps of the largest cities, regional maps, satellite images, and many charts and graphs. An extensive index with latitude and longitude notations, grid references, place names, and geographic features rounds out the package.Atlas of the World(Oxford, 2004, 12th ed.) will complement this priority purchase.–Hillary Jan Donitz-Goldstein, formerly at New York Public LibraryCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.