Travel the world without leaving your living room.
This book of maps is a visual feast for readers of all ages, with lavishly drawn illustrations from the incomparable Mizielinskis. It features not only borders, cities, rivers, and peaks, but also places of historical and cultural interest, eminent personalities, iconic animals and plants, cultural events, and many more fascinating facts associated with every region of our planet.
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
Stunning
By jgdom
This is not your average geography book. It is beautifully illustrated down to the last detail. It does not include every country of the world but does hit on many different countries and includes each continent. Famous people, insects, animals, cultural events, plants and more are included. Don't let your age stop you from buying this book; you don't need to be a kid to appreciate the information and artistry. Would make a fabulous coffee table book or reference manual for any classroom. Young and old alike will enjoy perusing this gem.
124 of 135 people found the following review helpful.
Where are the women?
By freetobeachild
Totally gorgeous book which I spotted immediately, far across the room on the new-books shelf at the library. As soon as I saw it, I knew that as a homeschooling family, we needed it! What an inspiration to pick up and browse again and again. So I ordered it without really looking at it. Then it came, and we eagerly turned to the USA page, where we found lots of famous American men: George Washington, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln,Thomas Edison etc, etc, etc. But women? We've got Marilyn Monroe with her skirt flying up and a nameless "Cheerleader" with lots of cleavage. What a disappointment! Still gorgeous, and I'm sure we'll use it a lot, but we're filling ours with post-it note addendums of the women than should have been in there in the first place.
40 of 43 people found the following review helpful.This is a rare treat!
By midwest mom
There are currently two negative reviews about this book, which after receiving it, I would like to comment on. Both individuals were upset a country they love was left out. Ireland and Israel aren't in this book, but neither are Norway, Portugal, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Turkey and several other European countries, along with every central American country, all nations in the Caribbean, the Philippines, South and North Korea, Indonesia, most of Africa and many others I'm not going to list. Indeed, there are only 52 maps in this book, which was never billed as a COMPLETE atlas. Instead, it's a gorgeous introduction for children (and adults) to pique enough interest to inspire them to learn more about the world. It's funny to me that the absence of both Ireland and Israel were highlighted in the reviews, since both countries have an entire book devoted to them by Sasek. To me, Maps is a great addition to learn more about culture and geography in conjunction with Sasek's amazing This is...series. Furthermore, Israel's capitol in Maps is listed as Jerusalem, which not even the Obama administration recognizes, so I'm still confused as to why one of the reviewers is so angry. Finally, Maps is printed in Poland! I'm getting very tired of Chinese made books, so this means a great deal to me.
