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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*
This is not a guidebook. And it is definitely 'not-for-parents.'
It is the real, inside story about one of the world's most exciting countries - China . In this book you'll hear fascinating tales about ancient empires, martial arts, the discovery of gunpowder and the first cup of tea. Check out cool stories about ice sculptures, dust storms, bloodthirsty warriors and dragons. You'll find acrobats, fighting crickets, futuristic buildings and some seriously weird snacks.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Klay Lamprell
About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, children's books, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places where they travel.
TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category
'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times
'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)
*#1 in the world market share - source: Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK and USA. March 2012-January 2013
Reviews (1)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-8-Most kids haven't heard of Ferret leggers. And it's unlikely that they know that in China, street vendors sell fast food such as scorpions on a stick or that young koalas eat their mother's poop. Full of unique bits of history, information, oddities, tales, etc., these titles will surely pique the interest of middle-grade readers, especially since this age group tends to enjoy the gross, the far out, and unusual. Each spread focuses on a well-known characteristic of the featured country. The busy page layout splatters a variety of black-and-white snapshots, bright and colorful photos, drawings, cartoons, and amusing text bubbles on slick paper with vibrant background colors, while offering a variety of uncommon historical and cultural facts and events. In Australia, there are facts about sharks, kangaroos, vegemite, snakes, bush living, sailing and yachting, the outback, and more; Great Britain covers unusual contests and traditions, Bobbies, the royals, dogs, etc., while China includes the massive population, dynasties, the emperor's palace, tea, the Chinese zodiac, kites, the Great Wall, and much more. With such a wide variety of information, presented with numerous font styles, colors, and pictures, the pages seem a little chaotic and tough to follow, but they're still fun. Websites and even a few more tidbits of information run along the lower part of the right page. Entertaining resources.-Susan Shaver, Hemingford Public Schools, NE (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
Introduction | p. 4 |
Descendants of the Dragon | p. 6 |
One at a Time, Please! | p. 8 |
Game On! | p. 10 |
Keeping It in the Family | p. 12 |
Looks Good on Paper | p. 14 |
How to Make People Look Small | p. 16 |
All the Tea in China | p. 18 |
Are You a Rat? | p. 20 |
The Terrible Tartars | p. 22 |
Flying High | p. 24 |
Citification! | p. 26 |
Needles and...Cups? | p. 28 |
Now You See It... | p. 30 |
In Character | p. 32 |
The Chairman's Revolution | p. 34 |
Two Wheels to Go | p. 36 |
The Secret of Silk | p. 38 |
Here, Have a Panda! | p. 40 |
If You Can't Stand the Heat... | p. 42 |
A Handsome Return | p. 44 |
Hong's Not-So-Heavenly Kingdom | p. 46 |
Never Mess with a Monk | p. 48 |
He Wrote the Rules | p. 50 |
An Ill Wind | p. 52 |
The Oldest Show in Town | p. 54 |
One Big Buddha | p. 56 |
Made in China | p. 58 |
Going with the Grain | p. 60 |
A Little Corner of...Wherever | p. 62 |
How Cool Is That? | p. 64 |
You Can Take It with You | p. 66 |
A Bird in the Hand | p. 68 |
Taste Test | p. 70 |
When China Went to Sea | p. 72 |
Gods and Monsters | p. 74 |
Long Way to the Top | p. 76 |
Balancing Acts | p. 78 |
A Drowned World | p. 80 |
What I Did on My Vacation | p. 82 |
The Write Stuff | p. 84 |
Cutting a Dash | p. 86 |
Fast Track to the Future | p. 88 |
Going off with a Bang | p. 90 |
Get Lucky! | p. 92 |
Index | p. 94 |