Maps: Aleksandra Mizielinska - Daniel Mizielinski

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Maps es un libro de regalo para curiosos grandes y pequeños que quieran mirar un atlas más allá del dónde estamos

There is no dearth of atlases for children, but Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielinski’s "Maps" is a standout. … [The authors’] enthusiasm and love for facts kids might want to know shine forth in charming little illustrations.A] sumptuous illustrated children’s atlas that combines chic, muted colors with witty and informative drawings on heavy matte paper that whispers under the fingers. … The sort of book you can’t help touching, "Maps" is as likely to engross adults as it is 7- to 10-year-olds. … [I]t gives aesthetic pleasure all the way from the table of contents to the flags of the world at book’s end.

Handsomely detailed illustrations include major industries, regional insects, birds, fish, and other animals, plants, crops and prepared food, and famous people. ... This book supports and encourages geographic literacy. A] sumptuous illustrated children's atlas that combines chic, muted colors with witty and informative drawings on heavy matte paper that whispers under the fingers. ... The sort of book you can't help touching, "Maps" is as likely to engross adults as it is 7- to 10-year-olds. ... [I]t gives aesthetic pleasure all the way from the table of contents to the flags of the world at book's end.A] delight to explore, as the Mizielinskis fill their maps with tiny labeled images of local wildlife, cuisine, activities, and notable citizens... Compelling. A veces los viajes no los hacemos en tren, en barco o en avión, sino desde la tranquilidad de nuestro hogar. Handsomely detailed illustrations include major industries, regional insects, birds, fish, and other animals, plants, crops and prepared food, and famous people. … This book supports and encourages geographic literacy.

The tagline on this gorgeous book promises you can 'Travel the globe without leaving your living room' and, for the armchair traveller this surely is the most fun way of doing so.

I like maps. They are all over my house, on the walls, and in books. Maps outlining trips taken. Thanks to my father’s commitment to travel I have been in all states except Hawaii and Alaska, Now we have googlemaps, and gps, so we don’t technically “need” to have paper maps, but I feel the same way about having kids know their way around physical maps as I do about the importance of their being able to master mathematical calculations when they could more easily use a calculator or computer: It develops the brain in certain ways to read a physical map; you get a different relationship to physical space through knowing how to use it. I know having gps also gives you a different—and in some ways superior--relationship to actual, geographical territory, but my “glove compartment” in my car is still filled with maps. Call me old-fashioned. This is a very well put together lovely looking keepsake book that I think any kid interested in maps, geography and the world around them will love! Along with geographical features and pictures, you’ll find amusing depictions of indigenous animals, native dress and characteristic architecture… Between the buildings, food and history, the maps will awaken a wanderlust for unfamiliar and exotic locale. F]eatures playful line drawings of national and geographical attributes, including famous native folk (Freud, Kandinsky, Count Dracula). ... [A]n entertaining and informative choice for budding geographers or Eurail travelers-to-be. This is a book I coveted as soon as I clapped eyes on it... The illustrations are engrossing with the right amount of detail (avoiding information overkill). It is a book that invites you to brood, browse - and travel. Author: Kate Kellaway Source: The Guardian