Review by Booklist Review
With high-quality color photographs, archival art, and several excellent, full-page maps, this highly readable, detailed overview in the Countries of the World series discusses Iran's geography, landscape, people, cultures, government, and economy as well as its history, from ancient civilizations to contemporary religious revolution. The book's numerous sidebars include Women in Iran, and the concluding At a Glance section offers quick-reference facts in charts, tables, and time lines. Endmatter includes a bibliography and multimedia resource list. This book's chatty narrative, capped by a double-page spread entitled Add a Little Extra to Your Country Report! is clearly geared for middle-graders preparing research projects, but some older readers curious about this country in the headlines will welcome this informative overview, too. Readers beyond this book's target age range may also want to seek out Brendan January's The Iranian Revolution.--Rochman, Hazel Copyright 2008 Booklist
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Review by Horn Book Review
These titles will meet the needs of upper-elementary school report writers. Topics include climate, geography, ecology, culture, and economy, illustrated with plentiful maps and an abundance of photographs that provide local flavor. Given the countries' complex historic and current relations with the United States, the discussions of politics and history are (perhaps deliberately) glossed over. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. [Review includes these Countries of the World titles: Vietnam and Iran.] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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