Bradshaw, Eleanor,

20 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT EASTER ISLAND / Twenty things you didn't know about Easter Island Easter Island ELEANOR BRADSHAW ; Editor: Rachael Morlock ; Book Design: Tanya Dellaccio Keeney - 32 pages : colour photographs ; 21 cm - DID YOU KNOW? WONDERS OF THE WORLD . - Did you know? Wonders of the world .

Includes index.

Island of questions -- Out at sea -- A volcanic island -- Island weather -- Palm tree problems -- Native species -- Who were the Rapanui? -- Mysterious Moai -- Moving the Moai -- Ahus and Moais -- A time of change -- Overcoming challenges -- Wonders and mysteries.

Few sights are more mysterious than the enormous carved heads of Easter Island. These stone sculptures were created by ancient people whose accomplishments still puzzle us today. How did the original islanders reach the island? What do the stone moai signify? How were they constructed? What caused the collapse of this civilization? Readers are invited to consider these questions and possible answers. Full-color photographs and 20 exciting facts bring this remote wonder of the world into focus for young readers

9781499445299 RM 167.58


Sculpture, Prehistoric --Easter Island --Juvenile literature
Easter Island --Juvenile literature


Easter Island --Antiquities --Juvenile literature


Juvenile literature

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