About this title: A 2009 Caldecott Honor Book Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy's father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, at first the boy is furious. But when the map is hung on the wall, it floods their cheerless room with color. As the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780374334994ISBN:0374334994
Description: New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. 28 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780374334994ISBN:0374334994
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S. A
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780374334994ISBN:0374334994
Description: Shulevitz, Uri. New in New jacket. The award-winning artist's most personal work to date is based on his childhood memories of World War II and features stunning illustrations that celebrate the power of imagination. An author's note includes a brief description of his family's experience, two of his early drawings, and the only surviving photograph of himself from that time. Caldecott Honor Book. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780374334994ISBN:0374334994
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. 28 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: New. A 2009 Caldecott Honor Book Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy's father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, at first the boy is... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780374334994ISBN:0374334994
Description: New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. 28 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
"Having traveled a long way from their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange new country. The boy has no toys and no books, and, worst of all, food is scarce. But then istead of bread his father brings home a map and hangs it on the wall. Suddenly, without ever leaving the room, the boy is transported to exotic places. In this story, based on his chilhood memories of World War II, Uri Shulevitz tells how a map and his imagination took him far away from his hunger and misery. A Caldecott honor book, the illustrations are colorful and dizzying and should definitely be added to you "to read" list if it hasn't already."
"How I Learned Geography, by Uri Shulvitz, is the story of a family who flees their homeland during the devastation of World War II. They move to a far away and strange country where they live in poverty. The father goes out to buy some bread for his starving family, but instead he comes home with a map. The boy is so angry that his father did not get any food that he can barely sleep. The next day they hang up the map, and the boy escapes into a dream world where he travels all over the world. He sees temples, tall buildings, fruit groves where he can eat as much as he wants, and much more.
This book beautifully shows how creativity and imagination can get people through the most difficult times. In the end of the story the boy says, "And so I spent enchanted hours far, far from our hunger and misery. I forgave my father. He was right, after all."
In the Author's Note he shows a picture of himself at age 8, and a map that he drew of Africa at age 10. This story could be used with kids when studying geography or World War II. It could also be used in a discussion on imagination."
"I liked that this book was a quick, easy read. Even more so than that, I loved the theme. I believe the author wanted to remind his readers that during the most difficult hardships there is always a way to find something positive to occupy our minds. This book also teaches children about imagination. The main character is a little boy whose family was forced out of their country because of war. He finds himself (along with his parents) in a new country, in the home of a stranger, without any food. Instead of bringing home a piece of bread for dinner, his father brings home a map. The boy forgives his father as he realizes what this map has given him . . . an escape from his hunger."
"How I Learned Geography was intended for children in grades 2-5. In this story a young boy and his family leave Poland and move to Turkestan. Here his family struggles to make money. One day the boy's father was supposed to come home with food, but instead comes home with a map. Although the boy and his mother are upset because they were so hungry, they decide to hang the large map on the wall. In the days and weeks that follow the young boy dreams of places he could go on the map. He even memorized the map and could recreate it at other times on paper.
Uri Shulevitz made the illustrations in the book colorful and lively. They were created with ink and watercolors. The pictures are double page spreads on some pages while other pages have two separate pictures. He also does a wonderful job including light and shadow to emphasize mood and focal points.
In the back of the book Uri even included an author's note with a photograph of himself at the precise time the story took place along with some of his first pictures of maps and of the Russian bazaar."
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