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Geography Genre
Books in the Geography genre:
London Bridge is Falling Down (1967)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Hurrah, We’re Outward Bound! (1968)
A collection of sea chanteys and salt-water rhymes accompanies the story of the first voyage of La Jeune Francaise from Honfleur, France to New York, Dartmouth and home again.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (1968)
Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson
Ole Risom
Patricia Scarry
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
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
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
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
Anno’s Spain (2004)
Journey through the enchanting cities and eras of Spain. Wander through the historic moments and find the hidden literary and artistic details of this intriguing country.
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno