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How I Learned Geography

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Having fled from war in their troubled fatherland, a boy and his circle of relatives are living in poverty in a extraordinary country. Food is scarce, so when the boy’s father brings home a map as a substitute of bread for supper, in the beginning the boy is furious. But when the map is hung on the wall, it floods their cheerless room with color. As the boy studies its each detail, he’s transported to exotic places without ever leaving the room, and he in the end comes to realize that the map feeds him in a way that bread never could.

The award-winning artist’s most personal work so far is based on his childhood memories of World War II and features stunning illustrations that celebrate the power of imagination. An writer’s note includes a brief description of his circle of relatives’s experience, two of his early drawings, and the only surviving photograph of himself from that time.
How I Learned Geography is a 2009 Caldecott Honor Book and a 2009 Bank Street – Best Children’s Book of the Year.

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