Got Geography!
Grade 2-4 Sixteen selections from a variety of poets explore the curiosity piqued by maps, globes, the land we live on, and places far away. The gentle, often-moving verses cover a wide spectrum of ways to explore the Earth from mapping the world to examining its surface to finding one's place within it. Poems such as Karen O'Donnell Taylor's A Map and a Dream or Maria Fleming's Compass celebrate our study of our planet, while others, such as Joan Bransfield Graham's Awesome Forces, highlight our planet's power over us. Marilyn Singer touts the animals that were our Early Explorers, and Jane Yolen's concluding poem fittingly ponders the horizon. The bright acrylic-and-watercolor illustrations bring energy to the pages and set the mood for each poem. This collection provides a special way to kick off geography studies and to support them throughout the year.Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.