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Geography: A Visual Encyclopedia Paperback – Illustrated, 17 June 2013

by DK (Author)

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Created in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, Geography: A Visual Encyclopedia explores every aspect of our world, from the North to the South Pole, and from the outer atmosphere to the fiery core and from natural processes to human impact.

Discover terrifying earthquakes, priceless gemstones, and storms that can destroy buildings. Understand how weather works, what causes the seasons, and the power of water to shape the landscape. Explore life on Earth, and countries and cultures from all around the world. Packed with facts, maps, explanations, illustrations, and photographs, Geography: A Visual Encyclopedia is the ultimate guide to our planet.

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Language : English
Paperback : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1465408851
ISBN-13 : 978-1465408853
Reading age : 8 - 12 years

Best Sellers Rank: 17,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 38 in Children's Books on the Environment & Ecology
- 64 in Children's Encyclopaedias & Subject Guides
- 69 in Children's Books on Diseases

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DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK's extensive children's list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO(R) books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.

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Phil North

Not what I thought I was getting but still good.

19 November 2016 - Published on Amazon.com

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This is more earth science than geography. I wanted to teach my kids where states and countries are. There is one small section in the back that has one page for each continent and names a few countries. This book teaches about geographical features, like rocks and volcanoes, so it was not what I had in mind. My kids still like it though:)

38 people found this helpful

Graham H. Seibert

Supposedly for 8 to 12. My five-year-old loves it.

29 January 2017 - Published on Amazon.com

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Little boys are full of questions about violence in nature. My five-year-old son talks often about the great extinction, when a meteor strike 65 million years ago killed all the dinosaurs. He looks forward with great anticipation to seeing a volcano next year on our trip to Italy. Video of earthquakes fascinates him.

This book does a good job of explaining the history and character of our planet, and why these occasional rather violence events take place. It also does a good job with the peaceful, everyday evolution of our planet. The photography is wonderful.

In this era print must compete with video for a child's attention. Print is richer. A child can absorb more information in a shorter period of time from print than video, and can revisit it easily to make sure of his understanding. Print gives the parent an opportunity to discuss the material as they are reading. Video on the other hand condemns both to be passive observers to whatever the producer has put together. Reading is a more intellectually stimulating activity.

For all those reasons I applaud this book. I'm sure that my five-year-old son will be looking at it for years and that will remain a treasured part of his library. More than that, the English is accessible enough that I expect he will be able to share it with his friends for whom English is a second language. Five stars.

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Ken Saladin

A beautiful invitation to the love of science

17 February 2021 - Published on Amazon.com

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When I was in 3rd or 4th grade, there was a book titled simply "Nature" that I kept perpetually checked out from the school library, renewal after renewal. Chock-full of beautiful photos ranging from butterflies, to minerals and gemstones, to birds and mammals, to volcanoes and glaciers, with simple child-accessible prose, the book fascinated me and I daydreamed about whether it would be possible to make a living studying nature when I grew up, or it would just have to be my hobby. My "nature study" inspired by this book was the earliest memorable experience that led eventually to my getting a PhD in zoology, teaching it for 40 years, and becoming a textbook author myself. I always credit my happy career choice in large part to the esthetic appreciation of nature, and I credit that early esthetic appreciation to this book.

I see "Smithsonian Geography" in the same light. I look forward to presenting it to our grandson for his upcoming 10th birthday. It's beautifully and lavishly illustrated, and spans a wide range of topics about our planet, from insects and dinosaurs to oceans and volcanoes to planets and moons. He already loves this subject matter and has read many books in this area for the pre-10 age group. I'm confident that "Smithsonian Geography" will excite and inspire the next step for him and his younger brothers, deepen his esthetic and informational appreciation of nature, and boost him to the next reading level. Maybe it will even produce the next scientist in my clan.

My only caveat is the title. This book isn't about geography in the sense that a buyer might expect--maps and charts, learning the names of states, countries, rivers, mountain ranges, and the like. There's not much of that map-sense geography. I'm not sure what better title I would give it. It leans more toward earth science or geology, but it's more than that, with biology, astronomy, and other aspects of natural history as well--just as I anticipated and wanted.

Our copy arrived wet and warped, so I had to return it for an exchange. Our mail carrier made the unusual step of coming back into the woods to personally and apologetically hand it to us instead of leaving it at the mailbox by the road, and explained that it was water damaged even when she received it. Only one corner of the box was wet and broken open; other merchandise in the same box, including another, smaller book, was undamaged. It would have spared everyone the cost and delay of a return and exchange if it had been wrapped in biodegradable plastic like some other Amazon orders we've received.

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NYDIA L ORTIZ

GEOGRAPHY REFRESHER COURSE

29 April 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

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I AM 48 YEARS OLD, AND I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A LOT I LEARNED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT I COULD NOT REMEMBER NOW. THAT IS WHY I BOUGHT THIS BOOK. IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED. I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. READ IT IN A WEEK FROM COVER TO COVER. IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE FOR ME. I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND IT FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO REFRESH THEIR MEMORY OR FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT LEARNING GEOGRAPHY IN SCHOOL.

44 people found this helpful

Susan

Georgeous, informative book!

23 April 2020 - Published on Amazon.com

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Don't be misled into thinking this is a book for kids only. I'm a 50s adult and learned a LOT in this book. With all the talk on climate change and our planet, it's important to have some basic knowledge level about our planet. This book is an Outstanding resource to educate yourself about our world. Visually stunning photos on every page, and the text gives you the practical, general information. Covers everything from the atmosphere, magnetic fields, our solar system, oceans, geology, minerals, volcanoes, glaciers, soil, weather, ice Ages, and a lot more. Highly recommend for kids and adults.

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