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Our view of the world is shaped by what we see in front of us, and what we see in front of us depends largely on how we've been taught to look. By calling geography a science, experts give the impression that it's also objective, as though we can investigate foreign regions apart from our own perspective and presuppositions.

While the world would be much more peaceful if this was true, the divisions caused by man's selfishness and rebellion preclude such a possibility. This doesn't mean by any stretch that studying geography is therefore useless, however. Far from it: the only way to reach across the walls of suspicion, fear, and prejudice is to truly understand other cultures, societies, and peoples.

Geography is, of course, more than the study of people and cultures. It involves the study of the earth itself, weather patterns and climate, habitability, etc. Yet, without an understanding of the human factor such information, while interesting, hardly constitutes a discipline of much interest to anyone but specialists and professionals.

As our world gets smaller and bold lines are blurred, the need for average citizens to be educated about geography increases. Not only are we confronted with intercultural relationships on a personal level, our jobs, education, and religious life now depend on our ability and willingness to interact sympathetically with those from backgrounds different from our own.

Studying geography by its various regions gives us the opportunity to see behind our neighbors' and coworkers' behavior, to look into their context and respond to them accordingly. As we look at regions and the peoples who inhabit them, we see more clearly the interplay of the land itself and the cultures of which it is the home.

Looking into other regions of the globe—whether by continent, country, or ecosystem—is also fun, and a bit like traveling. Books and maps are no substitute for getting the dust of Morocco on your boots or standing on a frozen fjord, but they will broaden your borders far more substantially than watching TV or playing video games.

The books you'll find here are of the resource variety; geography curriculum is found elsewhere. This is probably one of the most important but most overlooked areas of study for many homeschool families, and we'd like to encourage you with the availability and affordability of materials. Plus, this is one subject a lot of kids are drawn into by sheer curiosity, so simply providing the books for them may be all you need to do.

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B is for Beaver
by Marie & Roland Smith, illustrated by Michael Roydon
from Sleeping Bear Press
for nursery-3rd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$16.14 $6.80 (1 in stock)
B is for Bluegrass
Discover America State-by-State
by Mary Ann McCabe Riehle, illustrated by Wes Burgiss
from Sleeping Bear Press
for nursery-3rd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$6.80 (1 in stock)
Big Red Kangaroo
by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Graham Byrne
from Candlewick Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Mammals (Location: SCI-MAM)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Biography of a Rhino
by Alice L. Hopf; illustrated by Kiyo Komoda
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$35.20 (1 in stock)
Boy Who Loved Math
by Deborah Heiligman, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
from Roaring Brook Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Beatriz Vidal
from Dial Books for Young Readers
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Calico Bush
by Rachel Field, illustrated by Allen Lewis
from Macmillan
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
Canada
Discovering Cultures
by Patricia J. Murphy
from Benchmark Books
for 2nd-4th grade
in Canada (Location: HISMC-CAN)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Cassie's Journey
by Brett Harvey; illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray
from Holiday House
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Oregon Trail (Location: HISA-19OR)
$3.20 (2 in stock)
Children from Australia to Zimbabwe
by Anna Rhesa Versola, Maya Ajmera
Revised ed. from Charlesbridge
for 1st-3rd grade
in Diversity & Multicultural Books (Location: HISMC-MUL)
$9.60 (1 in stock)
Children Just Like Me
by Anabel Kindersley, Barnabas Kindersley
from DK Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in Diversity & Multicultural Books (Location: HISMC-MUL)
$18.69 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Children Just Like Me: Our Favorite Stories
by Jamila Gavin, illustrated by Amanda Hall, photographs by Barnabas Kindersley
from DK Children
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Diversity & Multicultural Books (Location: HISMC-MUL)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Children of Foreign Lands
by Elizabeth F. McCrady, verses by Kate Cox Goddard, illustrated by Ninon Macknight
from Platt and Munk Publishers
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
$16.00 (1 in stock)
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes
by Selected and Edited by Robert Wyndham, Illustrated by Ed Young
from Philomel Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes (Location: PIC-MG)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Coast Mappers
by Taylor Morrison
from Walter Lorraine Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
Crow Boy
by Taro Yashima
1972 Printing from Viking Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas
by Lynne Cox
from Schwartz & Wade
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Emmanuel's Dream
by Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls
from Schwartz & Wade
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.14 $7.20 (1 in stock)
Emperors and Gladiators
All in a Day's Work
by Anita Ganeri
from Peter Bedrick Books
for 2nd-5th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring Central America
by Elle Staples & Shannen Yauger
from The Good and the Beautiful
in Latin American & Hispanic Culture (Location: HISMC-LAT)
$7.60 (1 in stock)
Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales
by Jacqueline Onassis, illustrated by Boris Zvorykin
from Viking Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Food and Recipes of Westward Expansion
Cooking Throughout American History
by George Erdosh
1st edition from PowerKids Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Western Expansion (1800-1898) (Location: HISA-19WES)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Four Feet, Two Sandals
by Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed, illustrated by Doug Chayka
1st edition from Eerdmans
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Gift from the Mikado
by Elizabeth P. Fleming
from Westminster John Knox Press
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Grandfather's Journey
by Allen Say
Reprint from Sandpiper Books
Realistic Fiction for Kindergarten-2nd grade
1994 Caldecott Medal winner
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$8.49 $4.80 (2 in stock)
Hands-On History Romans
by Fiona Macdonald
from QEB Publishing
for 2nd-5th grade
in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Hat For a Hero
by Laura Bannon
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
If the World Were a Village
by David J. Smith
1st edition from Kids Can Press
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Diversity & Multicultural Books (Location: HISMC-MUL)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
India
Discovering Cultures
by Patricia J. Murphy
from Benchmark Books
for 2nd-4th grade
in India (Location: HISMC-IND)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Inside-Outside Book of London
by Roxie Munro
from E.P. Dutton & Co.
for Preschool-4th grade
in Great Britain / England (Location: HISMC-BRIT)
$4.80 (2 in stock)
Joan of Arc
by Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Robert Rayevsky
1st edition from Holiday House
Picture Book Biography for 2nd-5th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Kids Book of Canada
by Barbara Greenwood
from Kids Can Press
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Canada (Location: HISMC-CAN)
$2.80 (2 in stock)
Klondike Gold
by Alice Provensen
from Simon and Schuster
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Kolea: The Story of the Pacific Golden Plover
by Marion Coste, illustrated by Fred E. Salmon, Jr.
from University of Hawaii Press
for 2nd-5th grade
in Birds (Location: SCI-BIRD)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything
by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Robert Byrd
from Viking Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Middle Ages (Location: HISW-MID)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Last Princess
by Fay Stanley; illustrated by Diane Stanley
from HarperCollins
Picture Book Biographies for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Legend of El Dorado
by Written & Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal, Adapted by Nancy Van Laan
for 1st-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
Letter on the Tree
by Natalie Savage Carlson, illustrated by John Kaufmann
from Harper & Row
for 2nd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$6.40 (2 in stock)
Librarian of Basra
by Jeanette Winter
1st edition from HMH Books for Young Readers
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Lion Family Book
by Angelika Hofer, Gunter Ziesler, Translated by Patricia Crampton
from Picture Book Studio
for 2nd-4th grade
in Cat Books (Location: SCI-MAMCAT)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Listen to the Wind
by Greg Mortenson
Fir from Dial Books for Young Readers
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Little Dragonfly's Quilt
by D. Katharine Adams, illustrated by Beth Pennington Taylor
from Publication Consultants
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Little Humpbacked Horse
by Adapted by Elizabeth Winthrop, Illustrated by Alexander Koshkin
from Clarion Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Long Meg
by Rosemary Minard, illustrated by Philip Smith
from Pantheon Books
for 1st-4th grade
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Lotus Seed
by Sherry Garland
from HMH Books for Young Readers
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Magic Brush
by Robert B. Goodman & Robert A. Spicer (adapters), illustrated by Y. T. Mui, edited by Ruth Tabrah
from Island Heritage Publishing
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Market Square Dog
by James Herriot
from St. Martin's Press
for Kindergarten-5th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Mei Li
by Thomas Handforth
from Doubleday & Company
1939 Caldecott Medal winner
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Mike and Dick on a Washington Apple Farm
The Farm Life Series
by Joan Liffring
from Follett Publishing Co.
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
$12.80 (1 in stock)
Mirror
by Jeannie Baker
Bilingual from Candlewick Press
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$18.69 $9.60 (2 in stock)
Misoso
by Verna Aardema
illustrated edition from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Monsoon
by Uma Krishnaswami
First Edition from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Imperial China
by Joanna Cole, illustrated by Bruce Degen
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
by John Steptoe
1st edition from Amistad Press
for 2nd-5th grade
1988 Caldecott Honor Book
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
My Librarian Is a Camel
by Margriet Ruurs
from Boyds Mill Press
for 1st-3rd grade
in Diversity & Multicultural Books (Location: HISMC-MUL)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
My Rows and Piles of Coins
by Tololwa M. Mollel
1st edition from Clarion Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Mystery of Stonehenge
by Nancy Lyon
from Raintree
for 2nd-4th grade
in International Landmarks & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANINT)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
New Shoes
from First Second
for Preschool-4th grade
in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC)
$16.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Not Regina
by Christmas Carol Kauffman
Fourth Printing from Pathway Publishers
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
October 45
by Jean-Louis Besson, translated by Carol Volk
from Harcourt Brace Jovanich
for 2nd-6th grade
in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Old Billy's Enchanted Valley
by Bruce Peardon, author & illustrator
from Mouth and Foot Painting Artists
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Penguins and Polar Bears
from National Geographic
for 2nd-4th grade
in Zoology (Location: SCI-ZOOL)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
People in Costume: The Romans
by Jennifer Ruby
from B.T. Batsford Ltd.
for 2nd-6th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Pet Dragon
by Christoph Niemann
from Greenwillow Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Peter the Great
by Diane Stanley
from William Morrow & Company
Biography for Preschool-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$9.60 (1 in stock)
Philippines
Discovering Cultures
by Sharon Gordon
from Benchmark Books
for 2nd-4th grade
in Asia (Location: HISMC-ASIA)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Pia's Journey to the Holy Land
by Sven Gillsater, translated by Annabelle Macmillan
from Harcourt, Brace & World
for 2nd-4th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Pocahontas: A Little Indian Girl of Jamestown
Tip Top Elf Books
by Frances Cavanah, illustrated by Manning de V. Lee
from Rand McNally
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Pop's Bridge
by Eve Bunting, illustrated by C. F. Payne
from Clarion Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in U.S. Monuments & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANUS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Rare Treasure
by Don Brown
from Houghton Mifflin
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$12.80 (1 in stock)
Romans
Usborne Beginners
by Katie Daynes, illustrated by Adam Larkum
from Usborne
for 1st-2nd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Safari, So Good!
Cat in the Hat's Learning Library
by Bonnie Worth, illustrated by Aristides Ruiz and Joe Mathieu
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Cat in the Hat's Learning Library (Location: EAR-CAT)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Slip of a Girl
by Patricia Reilly Giff
First Printing from Holiday House
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
South Africa
Discovering Cultures
by Patricia J. Murphy
from Benchmark Books
for 2nd-4th grade
in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Spiders, Crabs, and Creepy Crawlies
by Kathleen Arnott, illustrated by Bette Davis
from Garrard Publishing Company
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Spirit of Canada
by Barbara Hehner, editor
1st edition from Malcolm Lester Books
for 2nd-8th grade
in Canada (Location: HISMC-CAN)
$9.00 (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)
$4.00 (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)
$9.60 (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)
$7.20 (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)
$6.40 (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)
$14.40 (2 in stock)
Tali's Jerusalem Scrapbook
by Sylvia Rouss, illustrated by Nancy Oppenheimer
from Pitspopany Press
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Near & Middle East (Location: HISMC-NME)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
This is How We Do It
by Matt Lamothe
from Chronicle Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
This is London
by Miroslav Sasek
from Universe Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$15.26 $8.00 (1 in stock)
This is Munich
by Miroslav Sasek
1962 printing from Macmillan
for 1st-3rd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$25.60 (1 in stock)
This Is New York
by Miroslav Sasek
from Universe Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$9.60 (3 in stock)
This is Paris
by Miroslav Sasek
from Universe Publishing
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$6.80 (1 in stock)
Tuki and Moka
by Judy Young
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$14.44 $8.00 (2 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)
$3.20 (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)
$4.00 (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)
$5.60 (1 in stock)
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
by Verna Aardema, Leo & Diane Dillon
from Dial Books for Young Readers
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
1976 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Willow Pattern Story
by Allan Drummond
from North-South Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (2 in stock)
World of Composers: Bach
by Greta Cencetti
from Peter Bedrick Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Yasmin's Hammer
by Ann Malaspina; illustrated by Doug Ghayka
from Lee & Low Books
for 2nd-5th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
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