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How I learned geography / Uri Shulevitz.

Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374334994
  • ISBN: 0374334994
  • Physical Description: 29 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Caldecott Honor Book 2009
Target Audience Note:
Ages 4-8.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader LG 4.4 0.5 0.5 121531

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Subject: Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Maps > Juvenile fiction.
Imagination > Juvenile fiction.
Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- > Juvenile literature.
Men > Biography > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile literature.
Caldecott Honor Book.
Poland > Juvenile literature.
Kazakhstan > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Potter-Tioga Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Oswayo Valley Memorial Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Oswayo Valley Memorial Library J SHU (Text)
Donated: This book donated by T.R.A.C.K., INC. and The Libri Foundation
30723000300740 Picture Book Available -
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