Geography is covered with any book you read. As you read about different places and landforms, take time to find them on a map or look up a picture. However, the books listed below lend themselves especially well to geography.
Early Years
Me On The Map by Joan Sweeney
Me and My Place in Space by Joan Sweeney
Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills by Scot Ritchie
As the Crow Flies by Gail Hartman
Elementary
Living Geography for the Primary Grades by Marjorie Lang
Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years by David Sobel
Maps and Globes (Reading Rainbow Book)
The Whole World in Your Hands: Looking at Maps by Melvin and Gilda Berger
Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Nature and Survival for Children
Paddle-to-the-Sea (Sandpiper Books) by Holling C. Holling
Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling
Seabird by Holling C. Holling
Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling
Pagoo by Holling C. Holling
Middle Grades
Take Me to the Holy Land: A Youngster’s Tour of Eretz Yisrael by Tsivia Yanofsky
Take Me to Europe: Jewish Life in England, Spain, France and Italy by Tsivia Yanofsky
Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass by Charles Gatty (trained Charles Lindbergh and knew Amelia Earhart)
Books on Famous Explorers: Marco Polo, Juan Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus, Lewis and Clark, Ernest Shackleton, Richard Halliburton, Neil Armstrong, etc.
High School
A Book of Discovery by M.B. Synge
SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere by John Wiseman
***Living books connected to specific time periods will be included on that time period’s page.