Where Is Easter Island?
Paperback – Illustrated, September 12, 2017
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · September 12, 2017
Unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote Pacific island.
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- Who it’s for
- Explore Easter Island’s immense statues, the people who made them, and the questions that remain.
- Themes
- Easter Island history, Mysterious stone statues, Ancient engineering
- Genres
- Australia & Oceania, Customs & Traditions, Exploration & Discovery
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Unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote Pacific island. Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How did people first come to live there? How did they build the enormous statues and why? How were they placed around the island without carts or even wheels?
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Scientists have learned many of the answers, although some things still remain a mystery. Megan Stine reveals it all in a gripping narrative. This book, part of the New York Times best-selling series, is enhanced by eighty illustrations and a detachable fold-out map complete with four photographs on the back.
Stone and Sea
Explore Easter Island’s immense statues, the people who made them, and the questions that remain.
Come here for
- How the statues were built and moved without wheels
- The history of a remote Pacific island
Expect
- A narrative account of what scientists have learned—and what remains unknown
- Eighty illustrations and a fold-out map with four photographs
Where it sits
| Australia & Oceania | 45% |
|---|---|
| Exploration & Discovery | 31% |
| Customs & Traditions | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Australia & Oceania History
- Australia & Oceania
- Geography for Kids
- Authors
- Megan Stine
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- September 12, 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Easter Island history · Mysterious stone statues · Ancient engineering
- Reading lane
- Australia & Oceania History