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Talking walls / Knight, Margy Burns; O'Brien, Anne Sibley (ill.) 1992  Book
O'Brien, Anne Sibley (ill.) Book
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Publication Gardiner, Tilbury House Publishers, 1992.
Description 38pBrown Spine
Summary/Abstract Talking walls is a unique addition to a library collection. It introduces young readers to different cultures by exploring walls around the world, showing the impact of walls on the people who build and are divided or unified by these man-made partitions. This title allows students to explore the stories behind some of the world's most fascinating walls and learn how these structures have influenced cultures and societies.
Contents The Great Wall of China Aborigine Wall art (Australia) The Lascaux Cave (France) The Western Wall (Israell) Mahabalipuram's animal walls (India) Muslim walls (Saudi Arabia) Great Zimbabwe Cuzco, Peru The Taos Pueblo (Mexico) Mexican murals (Diego Rivera) The Canadian museum of civilization (Canada) The Vietnam Veterans memorial (Washington, United States of America) Neslosn Mandela's prison walls (South Africa) The Berlin wall (Germany)
Standard Number 9780884481546 Pb.
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Talking walls: the stories continue / Knight, Margy Burns; O'Brien, Anne Sibley (ill.) 1996  Book
O'Brien, Anne Sibley (ill.) Book
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Publication Gardiner, Tilbury House Publishers, 1996.
Description 36pGreen Spine
Summary/Abstract This sequel to Talking Walss allows students to explore more stories behind some of the world's most fascinating walls and learn how these structures have influenced cultures and societies.
Contents Peace Wall, Moscow,Russia Walled city, Fez, Morocco Prayer wheel walls, Tibet and India Wat Po Temple, Bangkok, Thailand Divali wall paintings, India Dog Wall, Tokyo, Japan Peace Lines, Belfast, Northern Ireland Pablo Neruda's fence, Isla Negra, Chile Friendship Wall, Union, Maine Maya murals, Bonampak, Mexico Hadrian's Wall, England Holocaust Memorial, Kazimierz, Poland Ndebele wall designs, South Africa Dikes, The Netherlands Chinese poems at Angel Island, California Anti-Graffiti Network, Philadelphia
Standard Number 9780884481652 Pb.
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What is a wall after all? / Allen, Judy; Baron, Alan (ill.) 2010  Book
Allen, Judy Book
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Publication London, Walker Books, 2010.
Description 40pGreen spine
Series Read and discover
Summary/Abstract One of a new series of books, Read and Discover, designed to encourage children to learn about the world as they learn to read. Everywhere you look, there are walls. Straight and round walls, high and low walls, hot and cold walls. But how are they built? What are they for? And when you come down to it - what is a wall, after all? 5-7 yrs..
Standard Number 9781406318562 Pb.
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