Using both traditional and digital techniques, Benoit Tardif highlights the amazing differences that we see in many of the metropolises around the world. With 34 different cities in this non-fiction picture book, readers will take a trip around the world exploring sights, smells, and sounds as they flip through the pages. The cities are from every continent except Antarctica and show a fantastic variety of cultures. Beautiful world-map end papers show the location of all of the cities. With a table of contents and legend in the front of the book, as well as a glossary of foreign words at the end, readers will be highly informed after completing this book. amo |
Title: Metropolis
Author: Benoit Tardif
Illustrator: Benoit Tardif
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Copyright: 2016
Original Language: French
Translator:
Original Title: Metropolis
Original Publisher: Comme des geants inc.
Original Copyright: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-7713-8721-7
Hardcover pages: 72
Age range: 4-8
Genre: Non-Fiction, Picture Book
Book setting: Around the World
Author’s ethnicity: Canadian
Author’s residence: Montreal, Canada
Illustrator’s ethnicity: Canadian
Illustrator’s residence: Montreal, Canada
Subjects: Food, Landmarks, Metropolises, Sports |