Reviews

From Lerner Publications' outstanding Country Explorers series, 'Peru' is a color photo-illustrated educational geography book about Peru for middle-elementary ages. Peru is filled with magnificent contrasts; coastal mountains, inland rain forests, ancient First Americans' building ruins and sites and modern bustling cities. Beautiful pictures show details about sites such as Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca abound, with color coded maps and sidebars to provide additional fascinating details about the culture, languages (Spanish and Quechua), foods, cultural-religious festivals, and home settings. Traditional music, dance, crafts, styles of dress, and commerce, sports and education are also briefly explored in this attractive text. For additional learning, a list of fast facts, glossary and bibliography with web sites is included at the end of the book. 'Peru' is an excellent educational resource for young geography students or explorers. --Midwest Book Review-- "Website"