EA careeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee s CHAPTER O N B EEEEE SEEE WELCOME TO GERMANY r IDS I LL E a Isa in E HE a A I fund 1 C In It so Some of Germany's castles are hundreds of years old Would you like to go to a country where the castles are real and not just in amusement parks Where there are dark and mysterious woods that feel like those in fairy tales Where people celebrate the month of October in September Then you might like to visit
GERMANY In some ways Germany might seem similar to where you live It has four seasons which fall at the same time as seasons do in North America For example summer in Germany is during June July and August Germany also has many of the same animals and plants that are found in North America Deer squirrels and rabbits live in the woods amid the fir oak and beech trees no Germany's forests are home to many of the same plants and animals found in North American
Arctic Ocean ASIA GERMANY Atlantic EUROPE Ocean Indian Ocean AFRICA Atlantic Ocean as This map shows where Germany is located on the continent of Europe Germany covers 137 847 square miles 357 022 square kilometers That is slightly smaller than the state of Montana Travel across Germany and you'll find many different types of landscapes The southern part of the country is home to the Alps a great mountain range that stretches across south central Europe Germany's highest point the Zugspitze rises 9 718 feet 2 962 meters in the
GERMANY In southwestern Germany you'll find the Black Forest This mountainous region is covered in thick forest that stretches more than 2 300 square miles 6 000 sq km It gets its name from the dense dark trees that grow there which make the forest seem a bit scary 500 o The brothers Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm are two of the world's best known storytellers In the 1800s the brothers wrote down the traditional fairy tales of Germany You probably know some of them including Little Red Riding Hood snow White and NYSEC Rumpelstiltskin The versions told by the brothers Grimm were wrier than today's versions Although these stories might not have been set in the Black Forest it would have been a good spooky choice Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf
