How I Learned Geography
Author/illustrator: Uri Shulevitz
How I learned Geography
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’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.
Country of Origin: Poland
Published by: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Year of publication: 2008
Book Awards:
American Library Association Notable Children's Books
Caldecott Honor Book
An Indie Next Kids' List Great Read
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI)
NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing
Parents' Choice Honor Books
Charlotte Zolotow Award / Honor Book
NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
Booklinks Lasting Connection
Booklist Editors' Choice
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award Master List
Other books by this author:
The Moon in my Room (1963)
One Monday Morning (1967)
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1969)
Rain Rain Rivers (1969)
Soldier and Tsar in the Forest (1972)
The Fools of Chelm and Their History (1973)
Dawn (1974)
The Treasure (1978)
The Golden Goose (1995)
Snow (1998)
The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela (2005)
So Sleepy Story (2006)