Everyone knows that the Pacific Ocean is the largest body of water on the Earth, but just how big is it? The precise answer is that the Pacific Ocean’s surface area is 165,250,000 square kilometers (or for readers in Burma, Liberia, and the US, 63,800,000 square miles). That’s just short… Read more“Map Monday, Just how big is the Pacific Ocean?”
Category: History
Map Monday, Antarctica – What’s under all that ice?
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, windiest, and emptiest place on our planet. Over 97% of its surface is covered in ice that at it’s thickest is almost three miles deep and averages one and a third miles. While there’s been a lot of news about the arctic ice sheet or… Read more“Map Monday, Antarctica – What’s under all that ice?”
Why is Seven so prominent in YA Fantasy?
Have you ever noticed how prominent seven is in YA fantasy? Almost everything you read in the genre manages to incorporate it. Here are seven instances in the most popular YA fantasy series ever written, Harry Potter. The number of books in the series, years of study at Hogwarts, horcruxes… Read more“Why is Seven so prominent in YA Fantasy?”