Geography from A to Z

by Jack Knowlton

Book Overview

Have you ever wondered what a badland is? What about a gulch? Do you wonder what an isthmus is? Or a seamount? What about the difference between a plateau and a plain, or a knob and a knoll? Well, here are the answers The sixty-three entries from A to Z describe the earth's features -- its physical geography -- from the highest mountain peak to the deepest ocean trench, in clear, concise terms. Each entry is beautifully illustrated in full color. This is a perfect introduction to the dramatic and fascinating face of the vast world around us. The author and artist of the best-selling MAPS & GLOBES team up again, this time to prove that geography can indeed be an adventure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0690046162
• ISBN13: 9780690046168
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Collins
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

good introduction to geography and reference books

Being a glossary, this book is a dictionary of geography terms beginning with "archipelago" and ending with "zone". Definitions are short and incomplete, but enough for the target audience of 7-10 year olds. The illustrations are bold and colorful. See also "Maps and Globes" by the same team for the same age group.

Great Dictionary Type Book!

We are homeschooling our 8yr old son. We wanted to make sure he had a good introduction to geography. As it turns out, He loves it! It's definitions are easy for him to grasp and there are drawings to describe each term. If geography knowledge is important in your home too, I suggest you get this book.

Fun book

Geography is a fun subject because it is so visual. This book has fun, brightly colored pictures that illustrate basic geography words. I found this little gem at a library sale years ago and have used it to help prepare my chldren for our homeschool association geography bees. They love this book too!

Not just for kids! Adults love it too!

This book is really well done. Though it is targeted for children, this 40-plus year old found it very informative. After searching through the adult catalog at the local library for a book that would explain landforms and earth features and finding nothing, I found this book in the young people's collection. It was a Godsend. I found it so useful, that I am now purchasing it for my personal library.If you, like me, have never been clear in your own mind about the difference between a hill and a mountain; a mesa and a butte; a brook, creek, or stream; a river, lake or pond; a sea and an ocean; a canyon and a gorge, and on and on, then this book will painlessly de-mystify these terms for you and many more.Thanks to the authors and publishers of this fine book, I am less dumbfounded by my physical surroundings, and at least know now what I probably should have learned in grade school

Must have book!

I'd like to thank Jack Knowlton and Harriett Barton for writing and illustrating "Geography from A to Z."My daughter and I had a great time reading it together and she became the only first grader to know the basics of geography. A life long lesson.I recommend this book for all children and would definitely give it as a gift."Geography from A to Z" has become part of my permanent library.