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Books

Bickman, Connie. 1996. Children of Nepal. Abdo & Daughters, Minneapolis, MN.

Bruchac, Joseph. 1995. Native Plants Stories. Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, CO.

Burbank, Jon. 1991. Cultures of the World: Nepal. Marshall Cavendish, New York, NY.

Falconer, Kieran. 1995. Cultures of the World: Peru. Marshall Cavendish, New York, NY.

Foster, Steven. Forest Pharmacy: Medicinal Plants in American Forests. (ISBN: 0-89030-151-8)

Kalman, Bobbie and Everts, Tammy. 1994. Peru: The People and Culture. Crabtree Publishing, New York, NY.

Morris, Neil. 1996. Mountains. Crabtree Publishing, New York, NY.

Reynolds, Jan. 1991. Himalaya: Vanishing Culture. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers, New York, NY.

Sauvain, P. 1996. Geography Detective: Mountains. Carolrhoda Books, Inc. Minneapolis, MN. (ISBN: 0-87614-999-9)

Stronach, N. 1996. Endangered People & Places: Mountains. Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis, MN. (ISBN: 0-8225-2777-4)

Web sites

The Banff Centre Current news stories on mountain culture.

Center for International Ethnomedical Education and Research Information on the use of plants as medicine.

Cultures of the Andes Information on the many different cultures of the Andes. (In English and Spanish)

EnchantedLearning.com Labeled diagram of a plant.

Himalayas: Where the Earth Meets the Sky Information on the geological, cultural, ecological, and socio-economic issues in the Himalayas.

International Organization for Plant Information Linked databases of international plant taxonomic information.

International Union for the Conservation of Nature Useful information on native plants in Nepal.

International Year of the Mountains Home page for the IYM celebration.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Guide Searchable native plant database (with photos).

Learning About Mountains An online guide to resources for teachers and kids.

Map Adventures from the United States Geological Society Series of lessons on reading and using maps.

Mountain Explorer Database of images, text, maps, and tables about the mountains of the world.

National Geographic's Map Machine World map showing lines of latitude and longitude.

National Geographic Society Extensive information about different cultures around the world.

Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of information about the world's mountains.

People and Plants Online Ethnobotanical information from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Plants Database Information about plants in the U.S. from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Society for Economic Botany Links to back issues of their Plants & People newsletters.

U.S. Non Timber Forest Product Database Plant usage information searchable by common name, scientific name, product use, parts used, state range, and distribution.

Virginia Tech Department of Wood Science and Forest Products Fact sheets on non-timber forest products in the United States.

World Atlas of Biodiversity (United Nations Environment Program) Comprehensive map based on global diversity that allows students to create plant biodiversity maps of a particular region, country, or the world.

WorldNews Network News from around the globe. "School Information Database"

Participating Schools Information