How to Build Your Own Country

How to Build Your Own Country is an interactive and totally original learning experience that shows kids how to build their very own country from scratch. This book, the only one of its kind, offers children the expertise and advice they'll need to plant their flag in the backyard, in the bedroom or online. Kids will be amazed to discover that anyone can do it. Nation-building advice is peppered with examples of events that have shaped countries throughout history, teaching young readers about government, elections, geography and global issues. Backed up with lots of amazing examples of real micronations - some established or ruled by kids - How to Build Your Own Country promises to inspire, entertain and inform young nation-builders.Want to build your very own country from scratch? It's easy: Step 1: Stake Out Your Identity ... with a flag, money and a national anthem. Learn how to put your country's name on the map.Step 2: Run the Country ... with a government, constitution, laws and an economy. Step 3: Meet the Neighbors ... and join other nations on the big issues that face the whole world, such as poverty, global warming, security and international aid.How To Build Your Own Country is part of CitizenKid: A collection of books that inform children about the world and inspire them to be better global citizens

Author: Valerie Wyatt
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Published: 08/01/2009
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.16h x 7.22w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9781554533107
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.7
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 133353 / How to Build Your Own Country


Review Citation(s):
Quill & Quire 09/01/2009 pg. 61
School Library Journal 11/01/2009 pg. 137
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Valerie Wyatt is an award-winning author more than 14 nonfiction books, many of them about science. She also writes on historical topics and, from time to time, picture books.

Karen Fredericks' illustrations have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times and Scientific American. She works from her home in the Hamptons.