Customer Reviews

National Geographic Beginners World Atlas Updated Edition

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This is a pretty good first World Atlas for a young child, but as a fan of geography, it's a little disappointing for a National Geographic production. The good things about the book is that it's very visually appealing, it includes physical as well as political maps for each continent, and it has a great "World At A Glance" section and a Glossary at the end. Two key areas that were disappointing for me were: 1) only three countries get their own pages: Canada, the U.S., and Australia; and 2) the book is divided by continent, and the continent of Australia only includes the country of Australia, not New Zealand or any of the Pacific Islands.

I was hoping for more country descriptions and at least a mention of Australia/Oceania including more than Australia.

I bought this book for my son who is 3 1/2. Yes, there was one for very young children that I could have got, but this book will grow with him, at least through elementary school. He often hears bits of information such as "This dinosaur fossil is from China," then comes running to me asking where China is. Now I can show him on maps that are designed for children, colourful, bold, with pictures of daily human life that he can easily understand. I recommend this book for any parent.
Any parent trying to decide between the one for toddlers and this one, do get this book. It will grow with your child!

This is an excellent Atlas for a child interested in geography age 5-7. The photos are beautiful and the ratio of illustrations to text is just perfect. The text is interesting for that age range. As a moter who has to fit these books on a bookshelf, I only with it were not so darn tall.

This was the perfect gift for our map obsessed five year old. It has great pictures and is very colorful. He enjoys just browsing through it again and again. We've learned a thing or two ourselves.

my seven year old reads this atlas in bed at night. he and his younger brother love the pictures and are picking up all sorts of facts about the world. they are starting to get a better understanding of geography also. the book is hefty, and the pages are nice. we are pleased with the purchase.