Every child needs an atlas and the "Usborne First Atlas" introduces the basics of geography and mapping while giving them an understanding of the relationship between countries and continents. Colourful maps, diagrams and photographs introduce the continents and countries of the world, their people, physical geography and other characteristics.
We left this one on the coffee table and our ("I don't like reading") preteen picked it up several times. She would flip through it. She said it was too close to school reading, but did say "hey, did you know ..." a number of times. Fascinating and fun to explore.