By Colorado Kids Advisory Board member Ashley Caston

Title: The Children's World Atlas
Author: Simon Adams, Mary Atkinson, and Sarah Phillips
Illustrator: -NA-
Publisher: DK Publishing
Number of Pages: 136

Have you ever wondered what the world is like and what it looks like? If you have The Children's World Atlas you don't have to wonder anymore!!! Do you think it has just maps without any pictures? It's not just maps - you know how boring that sounds! At least that's what I thought B-E-F-O-R-E I read the book!!! This book has all kinds of pictures, stories about real-life situations, and lots of other cool facts!!! Like, did you know Canada produces 75% of the world's maple syrup?

The Children's World Atlas has the flags from each country in the world in the very back of the book. It also has a gazetteer. A gazetteer is like an index, except it is specifically for maps. It is so detailed, in fact, that you could even look up Aurora, Colorado in this world atlas! Also, on each map page there is a little globe and it shows you what part of the world you are looking at.

What I love about The Children's World Atlas is that it is so interesting. It has satellite pictures of the continents and stories about what life is like for people in different countries. It gives you some facts about each country that kids would find interesting. It has everything you could imagine. It doesn't miss anything. It even shows pictures of things like adobe ovens. Did you know chewing gum is made from chicle, which is from Mexico?

Each map has six numbers on it. They help because they tell you where to find the map that shows the country that's next to it. Sometimes finding the neighboring country gets confusing, but otherwise, this is just a great book for kids.

I think kids seven and up would love this book! And if you are younger, there are so many pictures that you could just look through the book while your parents are reading it and they could tell you some surprising things about the world.

The Children's Atlas .......... ......... Great .......... ..... For kids!!!... (March, 2004)