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China Through Time: A 2,500-Year Journey Along the World's Greatest Canal
By DK
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- 9781465481740
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- DK
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 28, 2020 | NF
Gr 2–4—In this historical overview of China's Grand Canal, Fei's double-page spreads are not ordered by geography, chronology, dynastic lists, or time lines. This could confuse elementary readers. There is a canal start date (486 BCE) but no end date. On one page the Tang Army takes over; on the next page, the Song dynasty is founded 344 years later. Tianjin 2020 is followed by Tongzhou 1450, 1550, and 1600. The sole map of the canal (with barel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
