Title
How I Learned Geography
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9780374334994
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Lexile Measure
AD660L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Homelessness; Poverty; Immigrants and refugees; living in poverty; starvation; impoverished child; living in someone's home; displaced; refugee family; immigrant family
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Awards
School Library Journal Book Review Stars, 2008
School Library Journal Best Books, 2008 Picture Books Gr 2-5
Publishers Weekly Book Review Stars, 2008
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books, 2008 Children's Picture Book
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009 Geography, People and Places
Notable Children's Books, 2009 Middle Reader
Choices, 2009 Picture Books for School-Age Children
Capitol Choices, 2009 Ages (7-11)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2008 Young Reader
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2008
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 2009, Honor Book
Parents' Choice Award, 2008, Silver, Non Fiction
Cybils Awards, 2008, Finalist, Fiction Picture Book
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 2009, Honor Book
Keywords
maps; imagination; geography
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Shulevitz, Uri, "How I Learned Geography" (2008). Diverse Families. 2134.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2134