Mary D. Lankford

Mazes Around The World is mysterious and interesting. This book explores and explains the different mazes and labyrinths of all time throughout Egypt, Greece, France, Sweden, United Kingdom, North America, and South Africa. Each page is dedicated to the different places and shows a picture of the maze or labyrinth that the reader will travel through.

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CHRISTMAS USA is more than just a book of facts. Although the author has broken up the United States into several parts--Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, Plains, Southwest, Mountain, and Pacific--this is a book perfect for children and adults alike, regardless of where in the USA you reside. Filled with such interesting facts as when Christmas trees became part of the US tradition, when Christmas was first declared a legal holiday, and which US show more President instituted an official tree in the White House, CHRISTMAS USA presents these facts in a fun, interesting way.

It's not just a book of facts, though. It's also filled with hands-on activities such as how to make a Christmas Journal, making your own Christmas cards, how to make cranberry or popcorn garland, easy directions for cookie Christmas tree ornaments, and creating a pomander and cascarones. It also includes some tasty, easy-to-follow recipes for aniseed cookies, nut crescents, and scripture cake, to name a few.

This is a great book to share with your children. Not only will they learn about different holiday customs and traditions around the US, but they'll be able to follow the easy instructions for the crafts and activities and, with adult supervision, might even be able to whip up some yummy holiday treats for the whole family! show less

very informational and good pictures it is kind of a boaring read however it has a lot of good information about how birthdays are celebrated in different countries.

This book is presented as a series of riddles. Each page asks a question - is it little, is it hot, is it dark - and is replied in the negative. The illustration shows two things to represent the opposites - a button and a globe for little and big, for example.

The eventual multilingual answer is that it is the moon.

I find the layout of the book to be a little confusing, and also feel that a pronunciation guide would be useful, particularly for those languages that are not written in the show more Roman alphabet.

But the illustrations are well-done, and this is a good example of how to come to an answer by getting the right facts. show less