Where were the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Dede Putra.

By:

McDonough, Yona Zeldis

Contributor(s):

Putra, Dede (Illustrator)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Who HQ series | Who HQPublisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, [2020]Copyright date: 2020Description: 108 pages : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0593093305 (pbk.)
9780593093306 (pbk.)

Other title:

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.01 23

LOC classification:

N5333 .M43 2020

Contents:

Where were the seven wonders of the ancient world? -- The great pyramid at Giza -- The hanging gardens of Babylon -- The temple of Artemis at Ephesus -- The statue of Zeus at Olympia -- The mausoleum at Halicarnassus -- The colossus of Rhodes -- The lighthouse of Alexandria -- The wonders through the ages -- Timelines.

Summary: "More than 2,000 years ago, travelers wrote about the incredible sights they saw while on their journeys. They told tales of hanging gardens that were built for a Babylonian queen, and a colossal statue that guided ships through the harbor of Rhodes in Greece. These writers compiled a list of the very best of these sights that are now known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Author Yona Zeldis McDonough takes the readers on a trip to the Great Pyramids in Egypt (the only Wonder still standing), the Statue of Zeus at Olympia in ancient Greece, and the other spectacles, detailing the creativity and skill that these early civilizations possessed"--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
J Non-Fiction 700-799	West Grey Neustadt Branch Shelves	Fiction	J 709.01 MCD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003210979

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Includes a foldout color map.

Includes bibliographical references.

"More than 2,000 years ago, travelers wrote about the incredible sights they saw while on their journeys. They told tales of hanging gardens that were built for a Babylonian queen, and a colossal statue that guided ships through the harbor of Rhodes in Greece. These writers compiled a list of the very best of these sights that are now known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Author Yona Zeldis McDonough takes the readers on a trip to the Great Pyramids in Egypt (the only Wonder still standing), the Statue of Zeus at Olympia in ancient Greece, and the other spectacles, detailing the creativity and skill that these early civilizations possessed"--Provided by publisher.

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