An edition of How I Learned Geography (2008)

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An edition of How I Learned Geography (2008)

How I Learned Geography

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  • 5 Have read

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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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Farrar Straus Giroux
Language
English
Pages
32

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Fiction, Maps, Refugees, Childhood and youth, Geography, Imagination, Shulevitz, Uri,, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Refugees, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Juventud, Mapas, Imaginación, Ficción juvenil, Geografía, Refugiados, Picture books for children, Spanish language materials, collectionID:caldecotthonor00

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Uri Shulevitz (1935-)

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Kazakhstan

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Cover of: How I Learned Geography
How I Learned Geography
April 1, 2008, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Farrar Straus Giroux
Hardcover in English
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Cover of: Cómo aprendí geografía
Cómo aprendí geografía
2008, Ediciones SM
in Spanish
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PZ7.S5594Ho 2008, PZ7.S5594 Ho 2008

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Hardcover
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OL10751422M
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2007011889
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123766698
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En esta historia, basada en los recuerdos de su infancia durante la II Guerra Mundial, Uri Shulevitz cuenta cómo un mapa lo llevó, con la ayuda de su imaginación, muy lejos del hambre, la miseria y el sufrimiento.

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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