After hunting and hunting, reading through many different series of books about different world countries in the libraries and bookstores, I've decided that this series is the most accessible to my fourth graders. Many are daunted by too much text - I think that is why I still dislike/d reading nonfiction. This series is full of photos and maps (it IS by National Geographic!) and there's not one single page that is only text. It's extremely readable and the information is interesting and seems current and well-researched. I plan to use them in my classroom as literature circles, each group focusing on a different country and becoming an "expert" by reading this nonfiction book along with some fiction.
And in my reading from other sources, I've discovered that Afghanistan's largest income from agriculture is ..... opium!
Afghanistan
Susan Whitfield
2008, 64 pages
Population: almost 32 million
Official languages: Dari (Afghan Persian) and Pashtu
Capital: Kabul
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