JUNIOR · AGES 6+
Nations: From Land to Wealth
Every country starts with land. Some turn it into wealth.
★ AN OMAHAINDIA ORIGINAL ★
Meadow visits a new country in every book. She looks at the mountains, rivers and weather, and asks one big question: how did this land help people earn a living? Short chapters, big pictures, and a mystery to solve every time.
HOW DID THIS COUNTRY GET RICH?
⛰️ Land → 🌾 what grows → 🛠️ what people make → 🚢 what they sell → 💰 a rich country
The Library
51 countries. One question each. Easy to read. · Books 1 and 2 are free.
Book 1
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Japan
Nothing Turned Into Everything
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Book 2
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United States
The Land of Almost Everything
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Book 3
Singapore
The Island That Sold Its Location
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Book 4
Australia
The Country That Sells Its Ground
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Book 5
Nepal
Mountain Water Into Electricity
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Book 6
Switzerland
Rich With Nothing to Dig
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Book 7
South Korea
From Rubble to Riches
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Book 8
The Netherlands
Holding Back the Sea
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Book 9
Botswana
Diamonds Found, Wisely Spent
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Book 10
Ireland
From Emigrants to Tech Hub
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Book 11
Costa Rica
Soldiers Out, Schools In
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Book 12
Vietnam
From Battlefield to World Workshop
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Book 13
Germany
Machines That Make Everything
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Book 14
Estonia
A Country Built From Code
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Book 15
Bangladesh
The Delta Everyone Gave Up On
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Book 16
Norway
The Oil Fortune It Saved
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Book 17
Chile
Copper From the Driest Desert
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Book 18
Kenya
Banking Without a Bank
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Book 19
Indonesia
Seventeen Thousand Islands, One Language
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Book 20
Iceland
Heated by Volcano Fire
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Book 21
Rwanda
The Thousand Hills That Rebuilt
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Book 22
New Zealand
Selling Far From Everyone
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Book 23
United Arab Emirates
Spending Oil Money on Purpose
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Book 24
Mexico
Next Door to a Giant
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Book 25
India
The Country That Is Many Countries
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Book 26
United Kingdom
The Island That Started the Machines
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Book 27
France
Engineering Taste Into Business
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Book 28
Italy
Workshops That Made Beauty Pay
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Book 29
Portugal
Small Country, Big Map
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Book 30
Sweden
The Cold Corner That Kept Inventing
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Book 31
Finland
Betting Everything on Teachers
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Book 32
Poland
Europe's Longest Growth Streak
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Book 33
Turkey
The Bridge Between Two Continents
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Book 34
Israel
The Desert That Grew Water
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Book 35
Saudi Arabia
Racing Its Own Oil
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Book 36
Egypt
A Country That Is a River
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Book 37
Morocco
The Kingdom That Farms the Sun
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Book 38
Ethiopia
The Mountain Kingdom Never Colonised
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Book 39
Nigeria
Oil That Helped and Hurt
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Book 40
South Africa
The Country With Everything
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Book 41
Mauritius
The Island That Kept Changing Jobs
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Book 42
Brazil
From Farm to Aeroplanes
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Book 43
Argentina
How a Rich Country Slipped
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Book 44
Peru
Riches Stacked in Steps
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Book 45
Panama
Selling a Shortcut
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Book 46
Canada
A Giant Living Along One Line
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Book 47
Thailand
Bending So It Never Broke
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Book 48
Malaysia
Tin Below, Rubber Above
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Book 49
Taiwan
The Island That Draws With Light
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Book 50
China
The Biggest Number in the Book
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Book 51
Spain
Where Did the Silver Go?
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