Sonderbooks Book Review of

How I Learned Geography

by Uri Shulevitz

How I Learned Geography

by Uri Shulevitz

Review posted October 13, 2008.
Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 2008. 32 pages.
Starred review.
2009 Caldecott Honor Book.

When Uri Shulevitz was a boy, he and his family were refugees from Poland. This vibrant picture book tells a simple story. One night, when they were hungry but had little money, Uri's father went to the market. Instead of buying bread, he came home with a large map of the world that brightened up one wall of their little room.

Although Uri was angry, and hungry, at first, eventually he pored over the map and was caught under its spell.

This lovely book presents a simple idea in a beautiful way.