Geography of the World [Hardcover]

DK Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up

An ideal reference for both home and school, Geography of the World has been updated and expanded to include all the new countries and shifting borders in our diverse and ever-changing world. Much more than just an atlas, this essential geographical guide gives details about each country's physical geography, people, climate, culture, and landscape, as well as important sociopolitical statistics concerning literacy, life expectancy, and health care. Geography of the World presents the countries of the world in a fact packed book with full color photographs, which will delight and educate young readers and their whole families!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN; Revised edition (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078948594X
• ISBN-13: 978-0789485946
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #650,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #72 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Atlases

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrains, nations, and cultures all around the globe, September 12, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Geography of the World (Hardcover)

Recently revised and superbly illustrated with full-color photographs and art on every page, Geography Of The World: The Essential Family Guide To Geography And Culture is an informed and informative, country-by-country, "user friendly" reference for home and school. Geography Of The World offers a straightforward survey of terrains, nations, and cultures all around the globe. Enhanced with full-color, detailed maps referencing the latest border changes between nations, and up-to-date information concerning climate, literacy, life expectancy, health care, ethnic groups, agriculture and industry, recent history and more, Geography Of The World is superb and highly recommended school and community library resource suitable for all ages.

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, June 9, 2006

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D. Pemberton (Londonderry, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Geography of the World (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book for all ages.

My only complaints about the book are that maps of individual countries are not included on the country's pages, but on pages for the regions. The book also needs to be updated in some regions. For example, it still list Saddam Hussein as the ruler of Iraq. I'm also not sure why it includes the number of televisions per 1,000 people as a statistic. I would have thought that income or infant mortality would have been more important.

Other than those issues, I truly love this book, and found it to be easy to read. It addresses native people of each country, rulers, currencies, food, and countless other aspects of life in every country in the world. There are sections on religion as well as on the oceans and both the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

I highly recommend this book.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, July 8, 2006

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This review is from: Geography of the World (Hardcover)

This reference is organized, attractive and complete. I recommend this for anyone wanting to learn more about the world. It is great for teachers and students. I teach social studies and have many resources. This is one of my favorites.