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20 fun facts about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon / by Emily Mahoney.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Fun fact file. World wonders!Publisher: New York : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538237786
  • 1538237784
  • 9781538237809
  • 1538237806
  • 9781538237793
  • 1538237792
Other title:
  • Twenty fun facts about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Gorgeous gardens -- Babylon facts -- A world wonder -- Garden gurus -- Plants in the gardens -- Sizing up the gardens -- The builder -- Proof of the gardens? -- A mysterious creation -- Glossary -- For more information.
Summary: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may not actually contain hanging plants, but they do contain mysteries all their own, including speculation that they never even existed. Readers travel back in time to learn about this fascinating world wonder through interesting facts, historical images, and helpful graphic organizers. Accessible text emphasizes the history of this fascinating wonder as well as the civilization that created it. This book's fun fact format appeals to reluctant readers as well.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 935.5 M216 Available 33111009648235
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may not actually contain hanging plants, but they do contain mysteries all their own, including speculation that they never even existed. Readers travel back in time to learn about this fascinating world wonder through interesting facts, historical images, and helpful graphic organizers. Accessible text emphasizes the history of this fascinating wonder as well as the civilization that created it. This book's fun fact format appeals to struggling readers as well.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Gorgeous gardens -- Babylon facts -- A world wonder -- Garden gurus -- Plants in the gardens -- Sizing up the gardens -- The builder -- Proof of the gardens? -- A mysterious creation -- Glossary -- For more information.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may not actually contain hanging plants, but they do contain mysteries all their own, including speculation that they never even existed. Readers travel back in time to learn about this fascinating world wonder through interesting facts, historical images, and helpful graphic organizers. Accessible text emphasizes the history of this fascinating wonder as well as the civilization that created it. This book's fun fact format appeals to reluctant readers as well.

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