How I Learned Geography

Having traveled a long way from their homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange new country. The boy has no toys and no books, and food is scarce. Instead of bread his father brings home a map and hangs it on the wall. Suddenly, without ever leaving the room, the boy is transported to exotic places. In this 2009 Caldecott Honor book, based on his memories of World War II, Uri Shulevitz tells how a map and his imagination took him far away from his hunger and misery.