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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you everyone who replied to my request for info on Countries of the World books. Here are the responses below for anyone else who is interested:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#4472C4'>I just went through the 900s in the youth area, and we were really outdated too. We still get some Enchantment of the World from Scholastic, but I think they issue one or two a year. We have some updated country books from Lerner, the Visual Geography series: <a href="https://lernerbooks.com/shop/search_results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=visual+geopgraphy"><span style='color:#4472C4'>https://lernerbooks.com/shop/search_results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=visual+geopgraphy</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#4472C4'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#4472C4'>We also have a series from ABDO, we updated the countries and US states from them: <a href="https://abdobooks.com/series/711-countries-of-the-world-set-2"><span style='color:#4472C4'>https://abdobooks.com/series/711-countries-of-the-world-set-2</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050'>I like the Cultures of the World series by Cavendish Square. They publish a new set quarterly, rotating through and updating in sequence (or at least that's how they used to do it). I haven't purchased any recently, because there doesn't appear to be much local interest. But they're much more comprehensive than the other books on countries I typically see and for just a fraction more in price.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C00000'>I was in the same predicament last year as I was working through our reference materials. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything that equaled the quality of the series like the one you had. I ended up getting the 2020 World Book encyclopedias at a discounted price and it has A LOT of info on each of the countries as well as the US states that I was replacing. I hope this helps you in your search.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#7030A0'>I recently have been doing the same for our J-NF collection. I've found the Cultures of the World series (published by Cavendish) to be a great replacement. However, they're published on a rolling basis, meaning that while many would fall in that 3 year range, others are older. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks again for the responses! Our plan moving forward is to look into these recommended series and also supplement our physical collection with online resources such as the Britannica School eResource available through MeL.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script";color:#ED7D31'>Audrey Glass<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Youth Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#3D5E38'>Rauchholz Memorial Library<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#3D5E38'>1140 N Hemlock Rd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#3D5E38'>Hemlock MI 48626<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#3D5E38'>989-642-8621<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#538135'><img border=0 width=182 height=63 style='width:1.8958in;height:.6562in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D80EB0.86317210" alt=RML-logo-smaller><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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