Brazil (Destination Detectives) - Hardcover

Which city hosts the biggest carnival in the world? Where can you find hundreds of rare animals and birds? Which sporting trophy has Brazil won a record-breaking five times? This book helps you discover what it is like to live in Brazil. Find out what the countryside looks like and what people do for fun. Discover what Brazilian cities are like and what Brazilian people eat. There are lots of facts, figures, and photos to help you find the information you need.

"Raintree Freestyle" is a new, eye-catching range of colourful non-fiction books for the less able and reluctant reader, aged between 11 and 15 years old. Designed for students with a reading age of 11 and 13 years old, these high interest books will enable readers to encounter curriculum-linked topics at an appropriate reading level. This is a country studies series with a difference! Examining the characteristics of places and the people that live, there in an unfolding sequence of enquiry and discovery. This core curriculum area is explained in an attention-grabbing way, encouraging even the most reluctant reader to pick up the books and find out more about the country they are researching. It uses a survival guide approach that encourages pupils to turn the page to find out more; includes feature boxes with unusual or amusing facts about each country in addition to the key geographical information required; and contains fascinating images, a range of text types, maps and graphs.