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responses below for anyone else who is interested: I just went through the 900s in the youth area, and we were really outdated too.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: <https://lernerbooks.com/shop/search_results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=visual+geopgra phy> https://lernerbooks.com/shop/search_results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=visual+geopgrap hy We also have a series from ABDO, we updated the countries and US states from them: <https://abdobooks.com/series/711-countries-of-the-world-set-2> https://abdobooks.com/series/711-countries-of-the-world-set-2 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. 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. 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. 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. Thank you! Audrey Glass Youth Librarian Rauchholz Memorial Library 1140 N Hemlock Rd Hemlock MI 48626 989-642-8621 -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
