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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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Ancient Romans
People of the Ancient World
by Allison Lassieur
from Franklin Watts
for 4th-8th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Asian Crafts
by Judith Hoffman Corwin
from Franklin Watts
for 4th-6th grade
in Asia (Location: HISMC-ASIA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Assyrians
by Elaine Landau
from Millbrook Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Ancient Mesopotamia & Persia (Location: HISW-ANME)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Bad News for Outlaws
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
from Carolrhoda Books, Inc.
for 5th-7th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$19.99
Bears, Pirates and Silver Lace
by Anne B. Fisher; illustrated by Phil Nesbitt
from Binford & Mort Publishing
for 2nd-4th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Berry Book
by Gail Gibbons
from Holiday House
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Botany & Mycology (Location: SCI-BOT)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Big Wave
by Pearl S. Buck
from HarperCollins
for 3rd-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Biography of Tea
by Carrie Gleason
from Crabtree Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Food & Farming Around the World (Location: HISMC-FOOD)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Bonnie Prince Charlie
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
$20.00
California Plant & Animal Communities
by Barbara J. Collins
from California State Department of Education
for 2nd-4th grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Chokra and Tags
by John Michael
from Macmillan
for 6th-9th grade
in Clearance: Fiction (Location: ZCLE-FIC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Countries of the World: Sweden
by Janet Riehecky
from Bridgestone Books
for 2nd-4th grade
in Diversity & Multicultural Books (Location: HISMC-MUL)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Country Boy
by Homer Davenport
from M. A. Donohue & Company
for 7th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$18.00 (1 in stock)
Cuba
Countries of the World
by William P. Mara
from Bridgestone Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Latin American & Hispanic Culture (Location: HISMC-LAT)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Dear Levi
by Elvira Woodruff
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for 4th-6th grade
in Oregon Trail (Location: HISA-19OR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Fall of Constantinople
by Ruth Tenzer Feldman
from Twenty-first Century Books
for 4th-7th grade
in Middle Ages (Location: HISW-MID)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Festivals of the World: Trinidad
by Royston Ellis, edited by Fiona Conboy
from Gareth Stevens Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Latin American & Hispanic Culture (Location: HISMC-LAT)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
First Book of Ancient Rome
by Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr., Revised by Lorna Greenberg
Revised Edition from Franklin Watts
for 3rd-6th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
For the Temple
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Latinos in American History
by Jim Whiting
from Mitchell Lane Publishers
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Geronimo: Apache Freedom Fighter
Native American Biographies
by Spring Hermann
from Enslow
for 4th-8th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Hans Brinker
Windermere Readers #7
by Mary Mapes Dodge, illustrated by Milo Winter
1954 Edition, 2nd printing from Rand McNally
for 4th-9th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
History Beneath Your Feet: Ancient Rome
by Sean Sheehan
from Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Houses of Parliament
by Nigel Smith
from Steck-Vaughn Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in International Landmarks & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANINT)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Iran
by David Downing
1st edition from Marshall Cavendish Education
for 9th-Adult
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Islam
Opposing Viewpoints Series
by William Dudley, editor
from Greenhaven Press
for 10th-12th grade
in Islam & Sharia Law (Location: XAP-ISL)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
It's My State! Oregon
It's My State!
by Joyce Hart and Jacqueline Laks Gorman
from Marshall Cavendish Education
for 3rd-6th grade
in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Italian Children
by Mabel O'Donnell
from Row, Peterson and Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Jacobite Exile
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
$20.00
Journal of One Davey Wyatt
by Donald Honig, illustrated by Sam Fink
from Franklin Watts
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Junipero Serra
Fact Finders
by Tyler Schumacher
from Capstone Press
for 2nd-4th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Kidnapped
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
by Robert Louis Stevenson
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Action/Adventure for 4th-8th grade
$22.00
Lake Huron
Fact Finders
by Anne Ylvisaker
from Capstone Press
for 2nd-4th grade
in U.S. Monuments & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANUS)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Leprechaun Tales
by Kathleen Green; illustrated by Victoria De Larrea
from J.B. Lippincott Co.
for 4th-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Let's Discover Canada: Prince Edward Island
by Suzanne LeVert
from Chelsea House Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Canada (Location: HISMC-CAN)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Let's Visit Brazil
by John C. Caldwell
Updated from The John Day Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Life and Times of Buddha
by Mona Gedney
from Mitchell Lane Publishers
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Life During the Russian Revolution
by Victoria Sherrow
from Lucent Press
for 6th-12th grade
in Communism & The Cold War (Location: HISA-20CW)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Lion of the North
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
$20.00
Magic Leaf
by Winifred Morris & Ju-Hong Chen
from Atheneum
for Nursery-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Mao Zedong's China
by Kathlyn Gay
from Lerner Publishing Group
for 5th-9th grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Maryland Colony: Lord Baltimore
Building America
by Jim Whiting
from Mitchell Lane Publishers
for 3rd-5th grade
in Colonial America (1690-1765) (Location: HISA-17COL)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Mei Li
by Thomas Handforth
Reissue from Doubleday & Company
1939 Caldecott Medal winner
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$19.00 (1 in stock)
Mexico
by John Howard
Rev Sub from Silver Burdett Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Mongols
Journey Into Civilization
by Robert Nicholson
from Chelsea House Publishing
for 4th-6th grade
in Middle Ages (Location: HISW-MID)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Monkey and the Crab
by Seishi Horio (reteller), illustrated by Tsutomu Murakami
from Heian International, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
National Park Explorers: Grand Canyon
by Sara Gilbert
from Creative Education
for Preschool-1st grade
in U.S. Monuments & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANUS)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Netherlands
by Ronald Seth
from Chelsea House Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
in Europe (Location: HISMC-EUR)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Okolo of Nigeria
by Peter Buckley
from E.M. Hale and Company
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Orcas Around Me
by Debra Page, illustrated by Leslie W. Bowman
from Albert Whitman & Company
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Oregon: The World Around Us
by Dorothy Nafus Morrison and Eric A. Kimmel
from Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Pacific States (Location: HISV-PNW)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Paradox of Jamestown (1585-1700)
The Drama of American History
by Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier
from Benchmark Books
for 5th-8th grade
in Jamestown Colony (Location: HISA-17JA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Persian Empire
Cultures of the Past
by Karen Zeinert
from Benchmark Books
for 4th-6th grade
in Ancient Mesopotamia & Persia (Location: HISW-ANME)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Pet Dragon
by Christoph Niemann
First Edition first Printing from Greenwillow Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Peter Jumping Horse at the Stampede
by Gordon Langley Hall, illustrated by Jennifer Kent
from Holt, Rinehart and Winston
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Puerto Rico
by Kathy Feeney
from Capstone Press
for 2nd-4th grade
in United States Geography (Location: GEO-REFUS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Red Sea
by Leighton Taylor, photography by Norbert Wu
from Blackbirch Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Near & Middle East (Location: HISMC-NME)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Roman Record
by Paul Dowswell
for 4th-8th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Seven Chinese Brothers
by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Jean and Mou-sien Tseng
from Scholastic Inc.
for Nursery-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (2 in stock)
Shropshire Lad
by A. E. Housman, illustrated by Charles Mozley
from Franklin Watts
for 7th-12th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Sir Francis Drake
Library of Explorers and Exploration
by Joy Paige
1st edition from Rosen Central
for 4th-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
South America
from Bridgestone Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Geography Reference (Location: GEO-REF)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Southern and Eastern Asia
by Martyn Bramwell
from Lerner Publishing Group
for 4th-7th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Soviet Union
by Time-Life Books
2nd edition from Time-Life Books
for 10th-Adult
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Spacious Dreams
The Asian American Experience
by Ronald Takaki
from Chelsea House Publishing
for 6th-12th grade
in Immigration & Emigration (Location: HISA-20IM)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Take a Trip to Panama
by John Griffiths
from Franklin Watts
for 1st-3rd grade
in Latin American & Hispanic Culture (Location: HISMC-LAT)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Talking Totem Poles
by Glenn Holder
from Dodd, Mead & Co.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Taller Than Bandai Mountain
by Dan D'Amelio, illustrated by Fred Banbery
from Viking Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
True Book: England
A True Book
by Michael Burgan
from Children's Press
for 1st-3rd grade
in Great Britain / England (Location: HISMC-BRIT)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Trumpeter of Krakow
by Eric Kelly, illustrated by Angela Pruszynska
1965 Printing from Macmillan
for 6th-9th grade
1929 Newbery Medal winner
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Victoria and Her Court
by Virginia Schomp
from Marshall Cavendish Education
for 4th-8th grade
in Great Britain / England (Location: HISMC-BRIT)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Viva Mexico! The Fiestas
by George Ancona
from Marshall Cavendish Education
for 2nd-6th grade
in Latin American & Hispanic Culture (Location: HISMC-LAT)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
War & Peace
by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Louise & Aylmer Maude
Inner Sanctum Edition from Simon and Schuster
Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
We the People: Chief Joseph
We the People - Indians of America
by James R. Rothaus, illustrated by John Keely
from Creative Education
for 2nd-4th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Wildcat Under Glass
by Alki Zei, translated by Edward Fenton
1969 second printing from Holt, Rinehart and Winston
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Witch's Daughter
by Nina Bawden
from J.B. Lippincott Co.
for 6th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
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