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How I Learned Geography (English)ISBN: 9780374334994As low as $11.87 from DeepDiscount.com Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Format: Hardcover Published Date: April 2008 MSRP: $16.95 Synopsis: Based on his own childhood experience leaving Poland in 1939 and going to Turkestan, author and illustrator Uri Shulevitz tells the bittersweet story of a displaced family that leaves a wartorn country for an unfamiliar hot and sunny land. The little boy and his parents are ... read more Based on his own childhood experience leaving Poland in 1939 and going to Turkestan, author and illustrator Uri Shulevitz tells the bittersweet story of a displaced family that leaves a wartorn country for an unfamiliar hot and sunny land. The little boy and his parents are so poor that they can't afford bread. But when his father brings home a map, the boy discovers a connection to the world that he didn't know was possible. With Shulevitz's fabulous illustrations. A 2009 Caldecott Honor Book, as well as a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2008. minimize
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