Children's illustrated atlas / [writer and consultant, Andrew Brooks].
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2023Edition: Revised and updated edition; This American editionDescription: 128 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780744073881
- 074407388X
- DK Smithsonian children's illustrated atlas
- Smithsonian children's illustrated atlas
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Set off on a thrilling journey around the world in this incredible atlas for kids - packed full of beautiful illustrations and photographs.
Discover the world map-by-map with this exciting world atlas book for children, featuring more than 50 maps! Each page is filled with fascinating information, facts and colorful illustrations of our world.
Children aged 7-9 will love to learn all about the many countries, cultures, people and animals of the world through vibrant maps. Each map is bursting with information, combining colorful icons with photographs representing key points about each country. The atlas also includes a world map poster, with a political map for each continent - and children are shown how to read a map and use a key, compass, and scale!
Inside the pages of this atlas book for children, you'll find:
- Information that supports the curriculum, with colorful icons and photographs that show people and places, animals, food, historical sites, industry, and habitats.
- More than 50 specially commissioned maps of the world featuring countries and continents in full-color detail.
- Bite-sized facts and figures about each country making it easy for children to understand.
- Diagrams that compare climates, population, mountains and rivers, famous sites, and natural wonders of the world.
Children's Illustrated Atlas brings the world to life with vivid maps and fascinating facts about the countries of the world, making it the perfect gift for little geographers. This charming and informative book is a key addition to every child's library.
At head of title: DK Smithsonian.
Includes index.
"Set off on a globe-trotting adventure with this incredible atlas, which is bursting with colorful countries and continents, people and places, deserts and rain forests. From freezing Antarctica to the lush, green rain forests of Brazil and the hot, dry deserts of Africa, there's an amazing world out there just waiting to be discovered!" -- Back cover.
A first atlas for students features over fifty maps of world regions in addition to trivia about different countries and cultures.
How to read the maps -- The world -- North America -- South America -- Africa -- Europe -- Asia -- Australasia and the polar regions -- Atlas picture quiz.