Polette (education, Lindenwood U.) presents a large collection of booktalks for use with picture books that are set in the major countries of each continent. For use with elementary students, books are organized by continent then country, with basic information about the continent, talks, high-level thinking activities for beginners to more advanced researchers/writers, and grade levels. Activities are linked to National Standards in Language Arts and Social Studies. Libraries Unlimited is an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)