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Maps (2012)

by Aleksandra Mizielinska(Favorite Author)

4.63 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0763668966 (ISBN13: 9780763668969)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Big Picture Press

review 1: What a beautiful book! If you're going to get an interesting book about maps you can pour over, this just might be the one. I'd say this book is a combination of cultural, political, and nature maps of various countries throughout the world. What impressed me about this book, besides the artwork, is that each country featured has the title of the country, the flag, the language spoken, its population, area size, and the country's name in the country's native language! That last one is something you rarely see, and growing up speaking English, we always just call countries by their English name. I think it's wonderful educating children (and adults) on what the natives call their own country! My son also loved seeing all the countries' flags at the back. All the maps are ha... morend-drawn and illustrated and while there is a lot to look at, the clean style of drawing keeps it from feeling overwhelming. The color palette is also soothing and quite lovely with an old-world feel. I fell in love with this book the instant I opened it up. A word of warning though - Belgium has a famous fountain statue of a peeing boy which is illustrated in this book. Just thought I'd mention it!I'd highly recommend this book simply because it's so wonderful to look at and it's such a delightfully visual way to learn about geography and cultures around the world.
review 2: Review by Cyrus S., age 8, Greater New York Mensa The book presents maps of many different countries from around the world. It is an informative book filled with fascinating facts and amazing illustrations. The reader will learn about the culture of each featured country and that maps aren't just only about places. The individual maps will also show the capital, major cities, native languages, population, area, landmarks, favorite food dishes, animals, famous residents and many more important traditions and historical facts. I enjoyed discovering and learning about interesting factual details about each county. My favorite country was Russia. It's the largest country in the world and also has the world's largest railroad line called The Trans-Siberian Railroad. The railroad line is 5,780 miles long and runs from the capital of Moscow to Vladivostok. I recommend this entertaining book for readers of all ages to explore and happily give MAPS a rating of five stars. less

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