Shulevitz, Uri, 1935-

How I learned geography / Uri Shulevitz. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008. - [32] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.

Wilson's Children, January 2009 School Library Journal starred, May 2008 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009 Booklist starred, May 2008 Book Links-starred, July 2008 Pub Weekly, March 2008 New York Times, May 2008 Horn Book, October 2008 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2008

As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.

2.7 K-3 Follett Library Resources

Caldecott Medal/Honor, 2009

0374334994

2007011889


Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- --Fiction.


Refugees--Fiction.
Maps--Fiction.
Geography--Fiction.

PZ7.S5594 / Ho 2008

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