QuirkyKidAcademy Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 10yo/4th grader Do I want Usborne Children's World Atlas or Atlas of the World by Discovery Kids? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 We have a Kingfisher atlas and I hate it. So I do really need to invest in a better one. I would go with Usborne---we have quite a few Discovery Kids stuff (my MIL likes to buy them) and I'm not impressed with quality or content. They just seem cheap and not very well thought out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 We have a big green National Geographic one that isn't perfect, but we like it. What do you want out of an atlas? Some are more overviews, some have more political maps, some are more focused on the physical world, some have photos... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Blessings Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I haven't seen the other one, but the Usborne Atlas is good. But check it out at the library first if you are able. I see that you have a 10 year old. My 8 year old son has loved it for about a year. It might be too "young" for yours if he has a good knowledge of geography. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKidAcademy Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Mine has NO knowledge of geography, so we are dropping Ancients and picking up Geography in anticipation of his attending a B&M school next year. Farrarwilliams, thanks for asking that. I hadn't considered what exactly I wanted from an atlas, just that I wanted one. Does any atlas have real paragraphs of information or are they all bullet-point type info? I think I'm looking for something that could be a jumping-off point for our study of world geography. Is that a spine? I've never used that term. Neither of these is available at our library. (I am knee-deep and wading thru the many geography posts here at WTM. Thank goodness for the search function.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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