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Shulevitz, Uri, 1935-

How I learned geography / Uri Shulevitz. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008. - [32] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.

Caldecott Medal/Honor. School Library Journal starred. Wilson's Children. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Book Links-starred, July 2008. Booklist starred, May 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. New York Times, May 2008. Pub Weekly, March 2008. School Library Journal starred, May 2008. Wilson's Children, January 2009.

As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. 'Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.

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Caldecott Medal/Honor, 2009.

ISBN: 0329708872 (Follett bdg.) 0374334994 (trade) 9780329708870 (Follett bdg.) 9780374334994 (trade)

LCCN: 2007011889

Subjects--Personal Names:
Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- --Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction.
Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- --Fiction.
Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Geography--Juvenile fiction.
Maps--Juvenile fiction.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Geography--Fiction.
Maps--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Geography--Fiction.
Maps--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.S5594 / Ho 2008

Dewey Class. No.: [E]