DK First Atlas (DK First Reference Series) [Hardcover]

Anita Ganeri (Author), Chris Oxlade (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: DK First Reference Series

The DK First Atlas brings each continent and country to life, making geographic concepts easy to understand. Packed with detailed pictorial maps specially designed for young readers, this First Reference title is an invaluable learning tool for home and elementary school.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN (May 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756602319
• ISBN-13: 978-0756602314
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #14 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Atlases

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Photgraphic Journey to Introduce Children to Geography, January 10, 2007

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Bookhound (NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DK First Atlas (DK First Reference Series) (Hardcover)

This is an excellent and inviting book for children who want to learn about world geography. It gives an overview of the different types of maps and atlases, topography, climates, and oceans. Also contained are illustrations of flags of the world. Each region contains several beautiful photographs and illustrations. These, along with charts, and the large, easy-to-read text, provide information about wildlife, food, natural resources, agriculture, architecture, monuments, landscape and terrain, sports, music, typical clothing, and interesting facts. The globe is on the introductory page of each region. This is particularly helpful because the region being explored is colored red, making it easy for kids to visualize where in the world they are looking. There is also a compass on the introductory pages for each region.

An earlier reviewer suggested that people were half-naked. There are no photos of anyone that exposes what would normally be covered by a bathing suit. The one exception to this is the photo of sumo wrestler. He is wearing his mawashi, the thick belt that doesn't cover much of his behind.

I would not hesitate to use this book with children. Even young teens enjoy looking at this visual feast for the eyes and picking up tidbits of information.

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very British!, July 1, 2005

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Joseph Frank "political scientist in training" (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DK First Atlas (DK First Reference Series) (Hardcover)

I'm generally impressed by this book as a resource for teaching young children about the world, but even the US edition I have strikes me as very much oriented toward the British world view. The main thing that bothers me is that the main thing they consider interesting about Ireland is... Guinness beer! Also, the "Southern Ocean" is included, which I didn't think was recognized by US schools. Unless something changed recently, I always thought there were four oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars All right...could be better, August 24, 2008

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Lawrence M. Sanger (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DK First Atlas (DK First Reference Series) (Hardcover)

Has plenty of good pictures and does introduce kids to various places, but it does not really serve well as an atlas. For purposes of teaching the shapes of countries, where mountain ranges are, what the big cities are, and such things one learns from an atlas, this is very poor. The pages are a bit too busy. Less would have been more.