Australia

by Wendy Vierow

Australia is the smallest continent on Earth. It is also part of a system of 2,000 islands in the Pacific islands called Oceania. This continent-country is also an island because it is surrounded by water. Australia boasts three great deserts and the largest monolith on Earth, Ayers rock, a place that to the Aboriginal people of Australia is the center of Earth. Off the northeastern coast of Australia is the Great Barrier Reef, a collection of coral...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823966909
• ISBN13: 9780823966905
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: PowerKids Press
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.3" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grade 3