Cada continente y cada país es un resumen visual, histórico y cultural, de manera que nos explican cuáles son las aficiones de sus habitantes, los platos típicos, los edificios más representativos, las plantas más curiosas o los inventores que han hecho historia. Por ejemplo, tenemos la suerte de que Maps incluye el mapa de España, así que podemos ver cómo se destacan edificios representativos como la Catedral de Santiago o la Aljafería de Zaragoza, bebidas como el vino de la Rioja y artistas como Velázquez o Dalí. A] delight to explore, as the Mizielinskis fill their maps with tiny labeled images of local wildlife, cuisine, activities, and notable citizens… Compelling.

This book, Maps, is a wonderfully illustrated depiction of counties and what the authors see as important and vibrant about them, including drawings of animals, people in native dress, famous buildings, flora/fauna, natural wonders, favorite foods. You don’t get a story, exactly, but you do meet kids from every country.F]eatures playful line drawings of national and geographical attributes, including famous native folk (Freud, Kandinsky, Count Dracula). … [A]n entertaining and informative choice for budding geographers or Eurail travelers-to-be.

A veces los viajes no los hacemos en tren, en barco o en avión, sino desde la tranquilidad de nuestro hogar. I like maps. They are all over my house, on the walls, and in books. Maps outlining trips taken. Thanks to my father’s commitment to travel I have been in all states except Hawaii and Alaska, Now we have googlemaps, and gps, so we don’t technically “need” to have paper maps, but I feel the same way about having kids know their way around physical maps as I do about the importance of their being able to master mathematical calculations when they could more easily use a calculator or computer: It develops the brain in certain ways to read a physical map; you get a different relationship to physical space through knowing how to use it. I know having gps also gives you a different—and in some ways superior--relationship to actual, geographical territory, but my “glove compartment” in my car is still filled with maps. Call me old-fashioned.

Handsomely detailed illustrations include major industries, regional insects, birds, fish, and other animals, plants, crops and prepared food, and famous people. … This book supports and encourages geographic literacy. Not exactly your library’s world atlas. These maps, illustrated in distinctive style by the authors, denote the culture and history of a place rather than its exact coordinates. At once a celebration of diversity and an investigation of the natural and cultural offerings that make each country unique, this expansive and impressive book of maps … is richly detailed with dozens of extraordinary drawings… Hours of fascinating perusal await. Along with geographical features and pictures, you’ll find amusing depictions of indigenous animals, native dress and characteristic architecture… Between the buildings, food and history, the maps will awaken a wanderlust for unfamiliar and exotic locale.