Description

Spark our littlest explorers' curiosity about the planet we call home with this fully updated preschool atlas from the map experts at National Geographic.

This updated picture atlas ensures that even the youngest explorers have the most current information to help them understand the world. Simple, colorful maps teach kids about Earth's land, water, and countries. Bright, bold pictures and lively, accessible text showcase the world's people, places, and animals. Readers will learn elementary mapping skills and concepts such as the difference between a globe and a map, along with answers to such questions as "What is a continent?" and "Where is the ocean?"

Features include:

• Instructions for how to read and understand a map
• 4 world maps 
• 7 continent maps 
• United States map 
• Canada map 
• Mexico and Central America map 
• Glossary and pronunciation guide 
• Fun facts sprinkled throughout

About the Author

With more than 600 titles—including the popular Weird But True franchise and the New York Times Best Selling National Geographic Kids Almanac—National Geographic Kids Books is the recognized leader in nonfiction for kids. Published in 28 languages, NGK Books reaches approximately 85 million kids every year.Offering K-12 educators resources that align to and support the Common Core State Standards, National Geographic has a long history of providing high-quality informational texts suitable for primary, upper elementary, and middle school English language arts, social studies, and science classrooms.