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All About North America for Kids

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Digital illustration of a globe with North America highlighted and labeled. Text reads, “All About North America For Kids.”

Learn about the history, geography, and culture of North America. This continent is in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean.

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