RECOMMENDED RESOURCE BOOKS AND VIDEO:
**SEE: for extensive lists and annotations**
If The World Were A Village: A Book About The World's People isbn 1550747797
"Mapping The World By Heart" “Lite” Version, isbn 1590093836
"Mapping The World By Heart" Classroom Version isbn 1590093844
VIDEO:
6303182631Animaniacs Sing-Along: Yakko's World – Spielberg's Animaniacs; lots of geography
6302179815Powers of Ten, Films of Charles & Ray Eames Vol. 1
6302179823The Films of Charles & Ray Eames Vol. 2 includes "Atlas"
FOR STUDENTS – ATLASES (recommended ages in parentheses):
0792273419National Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers (9-12)
0792275020National Geographic Beginner's World Atlas (4-8)
0528836919Around the World : An Atlas of Maps and Pictures (4-8)
0528842056Rand McNally Children's Millennium Atlas of the World (9-12)
0753455064Maps and Mapping (For lower elementary)
043909545XSmall Worlds: Maps and Map-Making (for Upper Elementary)
0689717628As the Crow Flies : A First Book of Maps
FOR STUDENTS – READING:
0140546162Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
0140505393Miss Rumphius: Story and Pictures -- Making the world more beautiful
0027448207Over, Under and Through and Other Spatial Concepts
0439416590Where Are You Going? to See My Friend (bilingual Eng/Japanese)
0688088945The Day of Ahmed's Secret A child's daily life in Cairo.
0395559642Sami and the Time of the Troubles Life in war-torn Beirut
0395751861My Rows and Piles of Coins
0789425629House of Wisdom Young Ishaq wanders through 9th-century Baghdad
0761324097World TeamChildren playing & practicing soccer around the world
0789488590A Life Like Mine Daily life for 18 children round the world
1880000709Elizabeti's Doll a Tanzanian girl and her new baby brother. (several other titles)
0689824602Beatrice's Goat Ugandan girl gets a goat from the Heifer Project;
0805062939Wake Up, World!: …the Life of Children Around the World
088106999xChildren from Australia to Zimbabwe, country profiles and more.
0792267230A Cool Drink of Water Water-gathering around the world
0913589659Hands Around the World
0805029605Cactus Hotel The entire life cycle of a single cactus
0789402017Children Just Like Me Children from more than 140 countries.
0789420279Children Just Like Me: Celebrations!
1878257749Earthsearch: A Kids' Geography Museum...
0064432793The Egyptian Cinderella Cinderella, but placed in Ancient Egypt
0876145918Everybody Cooks Rice087614895XEverybody Bakes Bread
0876144555Everybody Brings Noodles1575054221Everybody Serves Soup
0688135781Houses and Homes Around the World
0395442354How My Parents Learned To Eat
0517700956Me on the Map ..my room, house, street, city, state, etc.
0064433196Nine O'Clock Lullaby Time Zones explained for young readers.
0679839305One World, Many Religions : The Ways We Worship
0395292034Paddle-To-The-Sea
0152008705A Ride on Mother's Back : A Day of Baby Carrying
0152005420River Ran Wild : An Environmental History
0688161669Shoes, Shoes, Shoes (Around The World)
0688122744Hats, Hats, Hats (Around the World)
0688122752Bread, Bread, Bread (Around the World)
0140562427Somewhere in Africa A city, not the Africa of "Lion King"
0531360067Welcome to the World : A Celebration of Birth and Babies
0152015043Where to Look for a Dinosaur
ADULT & STUDENT RESOURCE SHELF:
0528843362Goode's World Atlas excellent thematic maps, index
0792275284National Geographic Atlas of the World Expensive, comprehensive
0792270827The National Geographic Desk Reference A standard reference tool
0792270487National Geographic : Atlas of World History
1572625473The National Geographic Road Atlas
0792272161National Geographic's "Satellite Atlas of the World"
081293265X"The Times Atlas of the World" The major, definitive atlas
0812929497"The Times Atlas of the World" Family Edition (abridged)
1929049951The Time Almanac 2004 : With Information Please
1929049978The Time For Kids Almanac 2004
0333980972The Statesman's Yearbook 2004 Expensive, but none better
0142003670"The New York Times Almanac 2004" extensive, authoritative.
0886879108"The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004"
0877795460"Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary"
0192800345"A Dictionary of Geography" Another good resource tool
RECOMMENDED ADULT READING:
047135841X"Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts"
0471116874"Harm De Blij's Geography Book"
0226534219"How To Lie With Maps" by Mark Monmonier
0226534189"Cartographies of Danger: Mapping Hazards in America"
0140258795"Longitude" by Dava Sobel
0140178244"Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water"
0195049837"Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States"
067086627X"Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways…”
0385424345"Edge City: Life on the New Frontier" by Joel Garreau
0309051991"Rediscovering Geography" by The National Research Council
0813523575"Ten Geographic Ideas That Changed the World"