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itle: Botswana
Author(s): Sara Louise Kras
Paperback:
144 pages
Published: Children's Press(CT)
Publication date: September 1st 2007
ISBN10:
051624874X
ISBN13: 9780516248745
Language:English
 

Book Description
- A comprehensive series designed to showcase particular features of a country.
- Provides maps, timelines, fast facts, charts, sidebars, and vivid four-color photographs that complement the text.
- Also includes a "To Find Out More" section.
Grades 5-8 Social Studies
Culture: I
- Explain how language, literature, the arts, architecture, traditions, beliefs, values, and behaviors contribute to the development and transmission of culture.
Time, Continuity, & Change: II
- Identify and use key concepts such as chronology, change, and conflict to explain and show connections among patterns of historical change and continuity.
People, Places, & Environments: III
- Elaborate mental maps of locales, regions, and the world that demonstrate understanding of relative location, direction, size, and shape.

 

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itle: Travels with Gannon and Wyatt: Botswana [With DVD]
Author(s): Patti Wheeler, Keith Hemstreet
Paperback:
144 pages
Published: Claim Stake Pub
Publication date:  June 15th 2010 (first published 2010)
ISBN10:
1936284006
ISBN13: 9781936284009
Language:English

Book Summary
When explorers Gannon and Wyatt arrive in Botswana for an African safari, they get much more adventure than they bargained for. After receiving word that a poacher has shot and wounded a lioness, they set off into the wild in the hopes of saving the mother and her cubs before the poacher finishes the job. While on this amazing journey, they encounter all of Africas Big Five elephants, rhinos, cape buffalos, leopards, and lions only to discover that the most dangerous predator in the African bush is not the king of beasts, but man himself.

 

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itle: Culture Smart! Botswana
Author(s): Michael Main
Paperback:
168 pages
Published: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
Publication date: October 1st 2006 (first published 2006)
ISBN10:
1558689931
ISBN13: 9781558689930
Language:English
 

Book Description
Whether your customers are traveling in luxury or with just a pack on their back, it's important that they have a safe, fun, and easy-going trip. Bad etiquette and a misunderstanding about customs can put an otherwise very exciting trip on hold faster than a bad case of food poisoning. Readers are going to want to know about the CULTURE SMART! customs and etiquette series and will find them as indispensable as their passports. The CULTURE SMART! titles are not your basic travel guides: they are consistently updated customs and etiquette references for more than 25 countries, with six new titles available this fall. Now more than ever, travelers are more than just sightseers and tourists; they're ambassadors making impressions of the United States wherever they go. Readers will find these to be invaluable for pointing them on their way to a safe and fun trip abroad.

 

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Title:
Botswana & Namibia
Author(s): Lonely Planet Publications (Manufactured by), Matthew Firestone, Paula Hardy
Paperback: 424 pages
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Publication date: February 1st 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1741047609
ISBN-13:  9781741047608

Book Description
Two dedicated authors, 146 days of in-country research, 84 maps, 41 Windhoek Lagers
Victoria Falls special chapter, colour wildlife section
Incorporating 412 traveller tops and suggestions

 

5. Title: Botswana Time
Author(s): Will Randall
Paperback: 274 pages
Publisher: 2006 by Abacus
Publication date: May 24th 1968
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0349117772
ISBN-13: 9780349117775

Book summary
Will Randall travels with a purpose, as well as an outrageous sense of fortune. In INDIAN SUMMER he found himself, by chance, having the extraordinary experience of helping slum schoolchildren put on a play to help save their school. In Botswana he was taken up by a headmaster to teach a class of six year olds at The River of Life school. They are football crazy and one of Will's jobs is to take them to play neighbouring (sometimes as much as 100 miles away) schools. Camping en-route or staying in farms and rural villages, often travelling by foot or dug-out punts, thousands of antelope, elephant, buffalo and zebra follow their progress. The sound of lions, leopards and hyenas become the soundtrack of their dreams. Against all the odds they find themselves preparing for the Grand Final of the season - the titanic clash with arch rivals, Victoria Falls Primary school.
Both an endearing personal story and a travel book about a little-known but highly successful country, BOTSWANA TIME will win new fans for both Will Randall and the extraordinary country of Botswana.

 

6. Title: Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
Author(s): Peter Allison
Paperback: 346 pages
Publisher: Lyons Press
Publication date: October 1st 2007 (first published 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0762745657
ISBN-13: 9780762745654

Book Description
A hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: “only food runs!”

 

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Title: Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #3)
Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)
Paperback: 346 pages
Publisher: Baen Books
Publication date: September 1st 1990 (first published January 1st 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400031362
ISBN-13: 9781400031368

Book summary
In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important "Government Man," and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the winner of which will almost certainly be a contestant for the title of Miss Botswana. Yet her business is having money problems, and when other difficulties arise at her fiance's Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, she discovers the reliable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni is more complicated then he seems.

 

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itle: Botswana
Author(s): Jason Laure
Paperback: 172 pages

Published: Children's Press(CT) 
Publication date: October 1st 1993
ISBN10:
051602616X
ISBN13: 9780516026169
Language:English

Book Description
This series succeeds dramatically in communicating the unique charm, the allure, and the cultures of other parts of the world. Here also are geography, history, economics, key attractions ... and so much more. The result is a delightful mix of enchantment that is as riveting as it is informative.From the start, readers are caught up in the crisp style of the series. Whether it's a description of bustling London, or an incredibly readable explanation of the decline of ancient Egypt, 5th-grade-and-up students are right there ... visualizing ... understanding ... and remembering!

Best of all, little is overlooked that will contribute to the readers' total appreciation of a culture. Be it sagas of Vikings or folktales of trolls. Or even acknowledgment of modern Vikings like Thor Heyerdahl. There's mystery such as England's Stonehenge and Egypt's Great Pyramids ... plus nature's wonders -- like Australia's egg-laying platypus and China's gentle but rare pandas. Everything is there ... to be enjoyed, relished, and learned from.

Each book also includes a chapter of brief biographies of important people. And each features an 8-10 page reference section of "quick facts", perfect for students' research, about such subjects as population, government, geographical data, currency, and historical chronology. Throughout, all the books are ablaze with a generous amount of beautiful full-color photographs.

"Enchantment of the World" can be of equal importance in the library or social studies classroom. Either way, it's a series that students will go back to again and again.

 

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