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Geography Genre
Books in the Geography genre:
Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (1968)
Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson
Ole Risom
Patricia Scarry
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
My Colour Book of Geography (1969)
An illustrated introduction to the world we live in.
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Of Dikes and Windmills (1969)
The story of how the Dutch have built a country by pushing back the sea.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Sarah Somebody (1969)
In Poland, around 1900, a little girl learns to read and write.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Upside Down (1969)
A kangaroo in Australia does not like the thought that she is upside down.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Erie Canal (1970)
I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Eirie canal.
Author(s):
Thomas S. Allen
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Gobble, Growl, Grunt (1971)
A book of animal sounds.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Richard Scarry’s Going Places (1971)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
There and Back Again: A Map of Bilbo’s Journey Through Eriador and Rhovanion (1971)
A large scale map to accompany The Hobbit.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Heirs of the Ancient Maya (1972)
The story of a tribe of Mayan Indians living in the Chiapas region of Mexico.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Gertrude Duby Blom
Anno’s Journey (1978)
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Kodomo No Kisetsu (1978)
A Japanese picture book.
Author(s):
Mitsuo Anno
Mitsuaki Yasuno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Anno’s Medieval World (1980)
An unfortunate example of the tendentious Enlightenment myth of the Middle Ages as a time of ignorance verging on insanity. Saint Augustine was well aware that the world was round. Not recommended.
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
People (1980)
Describes and illustrates the diversity of peoples and their lives.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Anno’s Britain (1982)
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Anno’s U.S.A. (1983)
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
The Earth is a Sundial (1986)
How to tell time by the sun. Includes materials for making your own sundial.
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Barmi (1990)
A finely illustrated history of the development of an Italian city.
Author(s):
Pilar Comes
Xavier Hernández
Illustrator(s):
Jordi Ballonga
A Medieval Castle (1990)
A fully illustrated account of life in medieval times centered on the castle.
Author(s):
Fiona Macdonald
Illustrator(s):
Mark Bergin
Who’s Upside Down? (1990)
A kangaroo in Australia does not like the thought that she is upside down.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson