{"product_id":"how-i-learned-geography-caldecott-honor-book-hardcover","title":"How I Learned Geography: (Caldecott Honor Book) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUri Shulevitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eUri Shulevitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy's father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, at first the boy is furious. But when the map is hung on the wall, it floods their cheerless room with color. As the boy studies its every detail, he is transported to exotic places without ever leaving the room, and he eventually comes to realize that the map feeds him in a way that bread never could. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe award-winning artist's most personal work to date is based on his childhood memories of World War II and features stunning illustrations that celebrate the power of imagination. An author's note includes a brief description of his family's experience, two of his early drawings, and the only surviving photograph of himself from that time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow I Learned Geography\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2009 Caldecott Honor Book and a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUri Shulevitz (1935-2025)\u003c\/b\u003e was a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator and author. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, on February 27, 1935. He began drawing at the age of three and, unlike many children, never stopped. The Warsaw blitz occurred when he was four years old, and the Shulevitz family fled, as chronicled in his acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eChance: Escape from the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e. For eight years they were wanderers, arriving, eventually, in Paris in 1947. There Shulevitz developed an enthusiasm for French comic books, and soon he and a friend started making their own. At thirteen, Shulevitz won first prize in an all-elementary-school drawing competition in Paris's 20th district. In 1949, the family moved to Israel, where Shulevitz worked a variety of jobs: an apprentice at a rubber-stamp shop, a carpenter, and a dog-license clerk at Tel Aviv City Hall. He studied at the Teachers' Institute in Tel Aviv, where he took courses in literature, anatomy, and biology, and also studied at the Art Institute of Tel Aviv. At fifteen, he was the youngest to exhibit in a group drawing show at the Tel Aviv Museum. At 24 he moved to New York City, where he studied painting at Brooklyn Museum Art School and drew illustrations for a publisher of Hebrew books. One day while talking on the telephone, he noticed that his doodles had a fresh and spontaneous look--different from his previous illustrations. This discovery was the beginning of Uri's new approach to his illustrations for\u003ci\u003e The Moon in My Room\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book, published in 1963. Since then he has written and illustrated many celebrated children's books. He won the Caldecott Medal for \u003ci\u003eThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Arthur Ransome. He has also earned three Caldecott Honors, for \u003ci\u003eThe Treasure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSnow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow I Learned Geography\u003c\/i\u003e. 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He also wrote the instructional guide \u003ci\u003eWriting with Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books.\u003c\/i\u003e Shulevitz's final book, completed shortly before his death in New York City at age eighty-nine, is \u003ci\u003eThe Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey Across Wartime Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, a narrative nonfiction account of the adventures of his father's brother Yehiel, who ran away from home at age fifteen, journeyed through prewar Europe for a decade, and ended up a member of the Spanish Republican Army and then the Jewish Resistance in Vichy France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 10.43 x 10.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) (2008)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Caldecott Medal (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e How I Learned Geography\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lower Grades, K-3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755618861344,"sku":"9780374334994","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ae23e584d9bfe4aea0175e19f54ea26d.webp?v=1780063766","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-i-learned-geography-caldecott-honor-book-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}