Scholastic Atlas Of The World (Hardcover)

by Miles Kelly Ltd (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
The world is an unfathomably big, amazing, and mysterious place. Sometimes, having a little context provides the ticket to understanding. Scholastic's Atlas of the World for children offers a unique approach to comprehending the world. Land area, time differences, life expectancy, car ownership, travel distances, and many other features of every country are compared to those of the United States. How does the length of the Indus River in Pakistan compare to the Mississippi, for example? Did you know that people in the U.S. live, on average, to be 76--but Australians live to be 80, and citizens of Zambia have a life expectancy of only 37 years? American kids, especially, will benefit from this tremendously helpful tool. The atlas also provides more than 80 easy-to-read topographical maps, hundreds of striking color photographs, thousands of statistics, and essays on culture and geography. In addition to the extensive index at the back of the book, each spread has its own "Search and Find" index with locators to help young readers find important cities on the maps. Color-coded continent tabs run along the top of every page, with the featured continent highlighted. Fascinating world facts are presented in "Discover More" shaded boxes, while the nitty-gritty details of a region are revealed in the "Country facts" box (population, area, language, religion, and currency), "State facts," and "Continent facts." Readers of all ages will become knowledgeable citizens of the world with this bright, up-to-date resource. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter

From Booklist
Although the copyright is 2001, there was a new and updated printing of this atlas in 2003. The almost 30 pages of introductory material has information not found in other atlases, such as a section on how mountains are formed and the different kinds of rocks. There is also a good explanation of the types of maps. The map section is introduced by political and physical world maps. Each continental, country, and regional map is accompanied by fact boxes, a "Search and Find" key for locating geographic locations, time zone information, small color photographs, and more. This atlas is second only to Gareth Stevens Atlas of the World (p.1644) in the number of individual maps representing regions and countries--there are more than 70, including 9 for Africa and 10 for the U.S. Maps are not highly detailed and don't show latitude and longitude, although these are given for some locations. Following the maps is a list of dependencies and disputed territories.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Reference; 1 edition (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439087953
• ISBN-13: 978-0439087957
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,182,860 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Graphics look nice, but maps are a problem, October 9, 2003

By	A. Hartman "avid librarian" (Toledo, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Scholastic Atlas Of The World Updated For 0903 (Paperback)

You can't beat the price for this very colorful atlas with lots of pictures and graphs that kids will like, but it has a major flaw in that almost every map is split by the tight binding. Information is lost by being buried in the gutterless pages, which makes the maps almost usless. Hopefully, future Scholastic (and other publishers') atlases will be designed with a map on one page and the graphs, pictures and info on the other. We had high hopes for acquiring such a reasonably priced atlas for our library patrons to use, and were very disappointed. It's a shame to waste such nice resources on poor layout.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Almost a good atlas, October 2, 2001

By A Customer

Each country (or group of countries) has a 2-page spread, and each map is centered on the spine, making that area of the map virtually unreadable. It was so unworkable, I had to return the book. Quite a disappointment.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Almost a good atlas, October 2, 2001

By A Customer

Each country (or group of countries) has a 2-page spread, and each map is centered on the spine, making that area of the map virtually unreadable. It was so unworkable, I had to return the book. Quite a disappointment.