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A better title would be "Arab Israel"
In this picture book about Israel, a Jewish state is almost nowhere to be seen.The front cover picture is of an Arab girl.The back cover picture is Koranic tile decoration from a mosque.The first page of the book is another full page of Koranic decoration from a mosque.In this 30 page book there are seven more pictures of mosques or churches, a picture of a woman covered head to toe in a burka with the strange title "the traditional Israeli dress for women includes a veil over the head and face," some ancient ruins, a lot of nature pictures, and one picture of an Israeli boy.Modern Israeli cities and institutions are absent.Far better books are A Ticket to Israel, by Marcia Gresko, and Enchantment of the World: Israel, by Martin and Stephen Hintz. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Sociology    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. History - Middle East    5. Israel    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. People & Places - Middle East    9. Social Studies - General    10. Asian / Middle Eastern history    11. Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - History - General    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. History - Middle East    4. Juvenile Nonfiction   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - History - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. History - Middle East    5. Juvenile Geography    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Middle East - General    9. People & Places - Middle East    10. Syria   

Subjects:  1. 1917-1948    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Government policy    5. Great Britain    6. History    7. History - Middle East    8. Jewish-Arab relations    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Middle East - General    11. Palestine    12. Politics and government    13. Zionism    14. Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -    15. Humanities    16. Israel    17. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. History - Middle East    4. Jordan    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature   

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Too quick to judge
Abdo has hurried out a series of books entitled War in Iraq and I have read the volumes entitled War Protesters, Coalition Leaders and Rebuilding Iraq.These books are largely propaganda for the Republican position that the war is over and that it went splendidly.These books ignore the many good reasons not to have gone to war in Iraq, they ignore the many problems that have ensued and are still happening in Iraq and in effect put the best gloss on an ongoing war that is not settled. Students will be better served using newspaper and periodical databases for reports on Iraq. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. History - Middle East    5. History - Military & Wars    6. Iraq War, 2003    7. Iraq War, 2003-    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. People & Places - Middle East    11. Protest movements   

Subjects:  1. Arab-Israeli conflict    2. Children's 9-12 - History - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. General    6. History - Middle East    7. Israel-Arab conflicts    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Reference - Atlases   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. History - Middle East    4. History - Military & Wars    5. Iraq War, 2003    6. Iraq War, 2003-    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. People & Places - Middle East   

Subjects:  1. Bismarck (Battleship)    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. History - Middle East    6. History - Military & Wars    7. Hood (Battle cruiser)    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Naval operations    11. Naval operations, British    12. Naval operations, German    13. Transportation - Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft    14. World War, 1939-1945    15. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Sociology    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. History - Middle East    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Saudi Arabia   

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Saudi Royal Family Book
The Saudi Royal Family was well presented for younger children. Reed wrote this in a way that enables young kids to understand not only the Saudi Royal Family but the religion of Islam. She remains objective throughout but as an American questions whether or not the Sauds are our friends. She raises this question in a way that would allow kids to think it through and come to their own conlcusion. The photos are wonderful and I liked the color, layout and presentation of the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography - Political    3. Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography    4. Children's Books/Young Adult Biography    5. Children: Grades 2-3    6. History    7. History - Middle East    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Kings and rulers    11. Saudi Arabia   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - History - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. General    5. History - Middle East    6. Iraq    7. Iraq War, 2003    8. Iraq War, 2003-    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Juvenile. literature    12. Middle East - General    13. People & Places - Middle East    14. Weapons of mass destruction   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Young Adult People & Places    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Foreign relations    4. History    5. History - Middle East    6. India    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Pakistan    10. Partition, 1947    11. People & Places - Asia    12. People & Places - Middle East    13. Social Science - Politics & Government   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures    2. Children's 4-8 - Nature    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Dinosaurs    6. Fossils    7. History - Middle East    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Non-Classifiable   

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Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 3-4    2. History - Ancient    3. History - Middle East    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. ASIA    6. African history: BCE to c 500 CE    7. Ancient Egypt    8. Asian / Middle Eastern history    9. EGYPT_CIVILIZATION    10. EGYPT_HISTORY    11. EGYPT_JUVENILE LITERATURE    12. Historical figures    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Middle East   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - History - Military / War    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. History - Middle East    5. History - Military & Wars    6. History - United States/20th Century    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Persian Gulf War, 1991    10. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Egypt    4. History - Africa    5. History - Ancient    6. History - Middle East    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Social life and customs    10. To 332 B.C.   

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An excellent political biography for young readers.
By 1990 Hussein had ruled Iraq for ten years and was leading forces to invade Kuwait, bringing popular attention to his regime. This surveys his life and times, examining his rise to power, the course of Arab politics during his lifetime, and his meaning to the Iraqis people. Over a hundredpages of detail will educate readers in grades 5-7. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1937-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    4. Biography & Autobiography - Political    5. Children's 12-Up - History - General    6. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    7. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    8. History - General    9. History - Middle East    10. Hussein, Saddam,    11. Iraq    12. Juvenile Nonfiction    13. Juvenile literature    14. Presidents    15. Hussein, Saddam    16. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. 21st century    2. Business & Economics    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. History - Middle East    6. Juvenile Economics And Business    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile Political Science    9. Juvenile literature    10. Middle East    11. Petroleum industry and trade    12. Political aspects    13. Social Science - Politics & Government    14. World politics   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - History - Military / War    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. History - Middle East    5. History - Military & Wars    6. Iraq War, 2003    7. Iraq War, 2003-    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. People & Places - Middle East