National Geographic Our World, Updated Edition: A Child's First Picture Atlas

by National Geographic Kids

The National Geographic Society's world-renowned cartographers are proud to present a state-of-the-art world atlas for children ages 3 to 6. This updated edition of the award-winning National Geographic Our World: A Child's First Picture Atlas uses a puzzle-piece motif to introduce children to maps and geography and is the result of careful collaboration with experts in early childhood education. This big, boldly illustrated atlas invites young adventurers to explore the world's places, people, and animals. Lively text, pictures, and interactive activities make it easy and fun for kids to learn about and understand their world. In today's interconnected world, kids hear different languages, see different types of clothing, and eat food from different countries every day. Toys, televisions, and clothing all have labels saying where they were made. Children's natural curiosity will demand they know where these places are, who lives there, and what kind of things they do. This bright, beautiful atlas, chock-full of fun facts, ensures that even the youngest kids have the learning tools they need to find the answers to their questions. This updated edition features: 3 world maps, 7 continent maps, United States map, Canada map, 75 full-color illustrations, interactive activities, glossary, and pronunciation guide. There's a great big wonderful world out there for kids to explore with the mapping experts at National Geographic.

Genres: Nonfiction, Geography, Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

With more than 600 titles—including the popular Weird But True franchise and the New York Times Best Selling National Geographic Kids Almanac—National Geographic Kids Books is the recognized leader in nonfiction for kids. Published in 28 languages, NGK Books reaches approximately 85 million kids every year.

Offering K-12 educators resources that align to and support the Common Core State Standards, National Geographic has a long history of providing high-quality informational texts suitable for primary, upper elementary, and middle school English language arts, social studies, and science classrooms.

Reviews

[North Lake County Public Library · Rating 5 out of 5]

This atlas is a phenomenal resource for young ones. I used it in one of our StoryTime Thursday activities to introduce our kids (ages 2 to 5) to the notion that the world is bigger than what they see from the car window on the way to the library. A few of them "got it," and seeing their faces light up was really wonderful. A few did not "get it," but that's okay since we had a rather diverse age range there. The atlas has a great spread of information, from the general shape of the world to what types of landscapes make up the world, to information on the continents and what you can find there. The written material may skew a little bit older, in the 6 to 10ish age bracket, but the images are helpful even to younger kids.

[babyhippoface · Rating 3 out of 5]

Our World is a very basic introduction to maps--what they look like and what they represent. Colorful oversize pages explain elementary features of maps and allow one spread per continent to mention common languages, geographical landmarks and industry or customs (limited to 4 or 5 per contintent). There is a glossary, but the lack of a reference grid and an index combined with the sparse information limits use of this resource to grades K-2.

[Erin Buhr · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a wonderful resource for any project or unit discussing another place. We used just the pages about Asia for this Unit. Our children enjoy finding the landmarks and important information on the map. The additional information provided is brief, interesting to children, and supported with beautiful photographs.

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Jasmine Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

The kids really enjoyed this book. This is a book that I will check out FREQUENTLY. They LOVE to learn about the world and where we live at in the world. :)