false 2427936 1 <div><div>Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy&#8217;s father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, at first the boy is furious. But when the map is hung on the wall, it floods their cheerless room with color. As the boy studies its every detail, he is transported to exotic places without ever leaving the room, and he eventually comes to realize that the map feeds him in a way that bread never could. <br><br><br><br>The award-winning artist&#8217;s most personal work to date is based on his childhood memories of World War II and features stunning illustrations that celebrate the power of imagination. An author&#8217;s note includes a brief description of his family&#8217;s experience, two of his early drawings, and the only surviving photograph of himself from that time.<br><br></div></div> 2435123 book 1 4 2008 How I Learned Geography total:226|5:89|4:87|3:40|2:9|1:1| 226 932 314 96 5 4 false false Sun Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 20:49:39 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 20:58:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 15:38:55 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 15:39:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 06:18:38 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 06:29:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 17:51:42 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 17:54:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 28 18:30:24 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 19:13:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 29 16:03:54 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 12:08:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 23 17:46:08 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 21:05:01 -0700 2009
Illustrator: Uri Shulevitz

Genre: fictional picture book (some historical aspects included)

Publication Info: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux (2008)

Reading Level: Ages 6-10; late early, transitional

Topic/Theme: geography, wa...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 09:34:51 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:37:03 -0800 2009 1 How I Learned Geography I was torn - several respected peers were blown away by this book while my original response was "meh" - it was just so "good for you" - but as I looked more deeply at the book and its illustrations, my appreciation of them jus...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 09:25:15 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 08:34:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 06:35:42 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 22 13:21:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 09:37:30 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 11:50:20 -0700 2009 The Wall by Peter Sis. But this one is simpler. When Uri is only 4 or 5, his family leaves war-torn Warsaw to move to Turkestan (now Kazakhstan), where they live with very little money or food. In fact, one day his father goes out to buy...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 16:52:13 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:01:46 -0800 2009
At first the boy is disappo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 07 22:55:21 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 23:10:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:01:29 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:02:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 04 21:03:51 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 17:28:16 -0700 2009 As dark and dreary as Snow wa...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 07:34:05 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 07:37:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:45:19 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:55:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 12:13:27 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 12:15:04 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 21:18:30 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 21:18:37 -0700 2009 This has saved me.
This was beautiful, from start to finish.
I think this might be more for the adults than for the children, to be honest, b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:12:35 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:19:45 -0800 2009 How I Learned Geography, is a bleak, stark, realistic portrait of the ravages of war...one which is heartbreaking and devastating, especially to a child. Uri travels from his war-torn homeland to a strange new country. He is lonely, hungry, and frigh...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2427936