How I learned geography / Uri Shulevitz.
by Shulevitz, Uri.
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BookPublisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008Edition: 1st ed.Description: [32] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0374334994.Subject(s): Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction | Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- -- Fiction | Refugees -- Juvenile fiction | Maps -- Juvenile fiction | Geography -- Juvenile fiction | Refugees -- Fiction | Maps -- Fiction | Geography -- FictionDDC classification: [E] Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description Awards: Caldecott Medal/Honor, 2009Summary: 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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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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Caldecott Medal/Honor, 2009
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