Children's Activity Atlas

by NeilMorris (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $11.71

  This atlas encourages children to learn map-reading skills, such as interpreting symbols, reading latitude and longitude and finding compass directions. It has 12 spreads covering each continent, containing accurate maps and informative text, with photographs of the land and peoples of the region. It also has a complete map of the world, fact boxes on a variety of countries and questions for children to answer.

• Used

  Paperback
  1989

  $11.70

  Introducing children to the skills and pleasures of finding out about the world through maps and symbols, this atlas explains, through text and supporting illustrations, the concepts of projection, latitude, longitude, symbols and scale. Each double-page spread is concerned with a different region of the world and the cartography uses proper symbols to identify main points of interest. For each region there is a world locator map, text giving information about the lives and cultures of the people of that region, a colour illustration and an activity section. The use of these activities encourages the reader to reinforce the skills learned in the introductory section. This atlas is designed to give children an awareness of other children's lives in other countries. It celebrates many cultures as well as supplying facts and figures on matters such as population, capital cities, longest rivers and highest mountains.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $111.61

  Introducing children to the skills and pleasures of finding out about the world through maps and symbols, this atlas explains, through text and supporting illustrations, the concepts of projection, latitude, longitude, symbols and scale. Each double-page spread is concerned with a different region of the world and the cartography uses proper symbols to identify main points of interest. For each region there is a world locator map, text giving information about the lives and cultures of the people of that region, a colour illustration and an activity section. The use of these activities encourages the reader to reinforce the skills learned in the introductory section. This atlas is designed to give children an awareness of other children's lives in other countries. It celebrates many cultures as well as supplying facts and figures on matters such as population, capital cities, longest rivers and highest mountains.