A trip across the United Kingdom touches on British history, from Stonehenge to modern London, and from Shakespeareas theater to the Beatlesa concerts. Titles in Barronas growing " Find Out About " series take young readers on delightful tours through countries around the world with vivid descriptions of the land, its history, and its people. A simplified but geographically accurate map of the title country opens up on a gatefold page flap, showing major cities and geographical features. Accompanying the map are facts about the countryas area, population, important rivers, and its location on the globe. Each bookas four separate sections have different color page tabs to mark the divisions. The four parts area LI An introductionafacts and figures, highlights of major cities, favorite pastimes of the people LI Life in the title countryachildren at home, at school, and at play, and the grown-upsa major occupations and industries LI Facts about the countryaits history, its famous people, and its landmarks LI Have a nice daya exciting things to see and do when touring the country Countries are described from a young readeras point of view, and pages are filled with color illustrations. Each book presents an appealing introduction to its title country, offering interesting facts that describe its people and their culture. Books in this series are as entertaining as they are informative, and make fine supplements to textbooks in elementary social studies classes.