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It's easy to relegate geography to elective status, or to think one or two semesters is enough to cover the world and the United States. What we seldom remember is that the study of the land and people of Earth is necessary for a proper understanding of many other subjects, and that any hope of current events knowledge is pretty much a pipe dream without a good knowledge of (at least) countries and regions.

In the old days, geography was considered one of the most important topics. It was studied seriously along with history, geometry, music and rhetoric, and a person proficient in it was considered valuable in an advisory capacity to politicians and rulers. These days, it seems like most politicians don't know the difference between Georgia the state and Georgia the country.

Why is geography so important to know, especially when we have Wikipedia to tell us everything? For one thing, Wikipedia could black out at any second and leave us fact-less. For another, trying to learn history without any sense of its geographical settings is like learning to read without knowing what any of the letters represent.

For Christians, there's a more compelling reason. Of course, we need a sense of the terrain of the Near East to understand a lot of the events and imagery of Scripture, but more immediately we need to understand the physical and cultural characteristics of the world as it is now in order to develop efficient and plausible strategies for evangelism and outreach.

History is an integral part of this equation. The cultures of today were shaped by their past forms, and both ancient and modern societies are largely the product of the land and climate in which they exist. We can't hope to properly understand the present without first understanding what has gone before, and we can't really understand the past unless we have a feel for its geographical context.

Geography study isn't simply cyclical, however. Knowing more about God's world is one of the ways we can glorify and worship Him, and geography helps us do just that. Whether we're appreciating the diversity among cultures,learning to connect capitals with their countries, or absorbing the beauty of Mongolian deserts and Brazilian jungle, it isn't God's creation we're celebrating, it's God Himself.

We're doing our best to carry a wide range of products, from atlases and maps, to country-specific guidebooks and coloring books, to manipulatives and games. Whether you want to study the Bible, history, science, culture, or literature, you need to study geography as well. What we offer is designed to help make doing so fun and relatively painless.

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50 States in Every Vehicle
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Beginner's United States Atlas
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by Brett Harvey; illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray
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Children of Foreign Lands
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Children's Illustrated Jewish Bible
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by Selected and Edited by Robert Wyndham, Illustrated by Ed Young
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1972 Printing from Viking Press
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All in a Day's Work
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Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales
by Jacqueline Onassis, illustrated by Boris Zvorykin
from Viking Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
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Food and Recipes of Westward Expansion
Cooking Throughout American History
by George Erdosh
1st edition from PowerKids Press
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Four Feet, Two Sandals
by Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed, illustrated by Doug Chayka
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Golden City
by Neil Waldman
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Hands-On History Romans
by Fiona Macdonald
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How Grace Got Her Name
by Alice Elshoff, illustrated by Jennifer Curtis
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Ice Is Nice!
The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library
by Bonnie Worth, Illustrated by Aristides Ruiz and Joe Mathieu
1st edition from Random House Books for Young Readers
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Last Princess
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Picture Book Biographies for Kindergarten-3rd grade
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by Jeanette Winter
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Listen to the Wind
by Greg Mortenson
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Little Humpbacked Horse
by Adapted by Elizabeth Winthrop, Illustrated by Alexander Koshkin
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Long Meg
by Rosemary Minard, illustrated by Philip Smith
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Magic Brush
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Me on the Map
by Joan Sweeney, Illustrated by Qin Leng
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
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Mei Li
by Thomas Handforth
from Doubleday & Company
1939 Caldecott Medal winner
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Memory Coat
by Elvira Woodruff, illustrated by Michael Dooling
from Scholastic Press
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Mike and Dick on a Washington Apple Farm
The Farm Life Series
by Joan Liffring
from Follett Publishing Co.
for 2nd-5th grade
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$16.00 (1 in stock)
Misoso
by Verna Aardema
illustrated edition from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
by John Steptoe
1st edition from Amistad Press
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1988 Caldecott Honor Book
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My Librarian Is a Camel
by Margriet Ruurs
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Mystery of Stonehenge
by Nancy Lyon
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New Shoes
from First Second
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Not Regina
by Christmas Carol Kauffman
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October 45
by Jean-Louis Besson, translated by Carol Volk
from Harcourt Brace Jovanich
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in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E)
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People in Costume: The Romans
by Jennifer Ruby
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for 2nd-6th grade
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Peter the Great
by Diane Stanley
from William Morrow & Company
Biography for Preschool-3rd grade
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Philippines
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by Sharon Gordon
from Benchmark Books
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$2.50 (1 in stock)
Pia's Journey to the Holy Land
by Sven Gillsater, translated by Annabelle Macmillan
from Harcourt, Brace & World
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Picture Book of Oregon
by Bernadine Bailey, illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Revised Edition from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-5th grade
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Portrait of a Farm Family
by Raymond Bial
from Houghton Mifflin
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Rare Treasure
by Don Brown
from Houghton Mifflin
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S is for Salmon
by Hannah Viano
from Sasquatch Books
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South Africa
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by Patricia J. Murphy
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$2.50 (1 in stock)
Spiders, Crabs, and Creepy Crawlies
by Kathleen Arnott, illustrated by Bette Davis
from Garrard Publishing Company
for Preschool-2nd grade
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Spirit of Canada
1st edition
for 2nd-8th grade
in Canada (Location: HISMC-CAN)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
Spoon for Every Bite
by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Rebecca Leer
from Orchard Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
State Captials
from Kane Miller
for 2nd-5th grade
in United States Geography (Location: GEO-REFUS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Sunny Australia
by Leila & Kilroy Harris, drawings by Margery Aspen
from David McKay Company
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Tale of Two Rice Birds
by Adapted by Clare Hodgson Meeker, Illustrated by Christine Lamb
from Sasquatch Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Tales from Indian Classics Book III
by Savitri (reteller), illustrated by Sukumar Chatterjee
from Children's Book Press
for 2nd-6th grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Tales Told in Holland
by Olive Beaupre Miller, Illustrated by Maud & Miska Petersham
from Book House for Children
for 1st-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$18.00 (2 in stock)
Talking Bird
by Idella Purnell and John M. Weatherwax, illustrated by Frances Purnell Dehlsen
1944 Printing from Macmillan
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
This is London
by Miroslav Sasek
from Universe Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$17.95 $10.00 (1 in stock)
This Is New York
by Miroslav Sasek
from Universe Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$12.00 (3 in stock)
UNICEF's Festival Book
by Judith Spiegelman, illustrated by Audrey Preissler
from UNICEF
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!
by Jody Nyasha Warner, Richard Rudnicki
from Groundwood Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) (Location: HISA-20CIV)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
We Live in China
by Elisabeth Thomas, Pascal Pilon
from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
for 2nd-5th grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?
by Jean Fritz
childrens book from Putnam Juvenile
for 2nd-4th grade
in Age of Exploration (1450-1700) (Location: HISA-16EXP)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Where?
by William D. Pattison, illustrated by William Neebe
from Rand McNally
for 1st-3rd grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
William the Conqueror
by Robert Green
from Franklin Watts
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in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Willow Pattern Story
by Allan Drummond
from North-South Books
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$6.00 (2 in stock)
Yasmin's Hammer
by Ann Malaspina; illustrated by Doug Ghayka
from Lee & Low Books
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$8.00 (1 in stock)