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No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Comprehensive text explaining the significant elements of their design, colours, symbols, and insignia. Rob Colson is an author and editor of a wide range of books for children and adults, including many natural history, maths and science titles.
I really liked that it had small maps of each nation (any book that discusses geography simply must have maps. You'll learn to identify the flags of different nations and celebrate their cultural importance and special meanings. My son is not a child who wants to read books but when he gets interested I love it and I like when he wants to learn about other Countries too. More than 400 examples and spans the areas of geography, communications, politics, sport, history, and art in the process.What works so well with this process is that when you are dealing with an older child, which is the time to be learning about flags of the world, they are more likely to take their time with the coloring to get it just right. I’m really taken by this book because J just finished learning all of her United States capitals and so I figure she is ready to get working on learning all of the countries.
Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. She developed a sailing programme for the visually impaired which is now in its 25th year and has herself sailed the Atlantic a number of times. Read how these flags are used as heraldic symbols, cultural and national emblems, and how designs and meanings have evolved. In addition to just learning what the flags look like, you also get a little bit of information as to why the specific colors and images were selected and what they represent.You'll learn to identify the flags of different nations, celebrate their cultural importance and special meanings.