This large, beautiful, and informational book provides material for hours of engagement. The atlas includes a map of each continent followed by intricate illustrations of what makes the continent unique.

From School Library Journal
Gr 2–5—Divided into seven sections that each focus on a different continent, this busy, oversize atlas has an inviting and fun tone. Facts are dispensed on the spreads, and there is no hard and fast organization. While there is an extensive index, this work is aimed at browsers, not report writers. The cartoon artwork is colorful, but the illustrations falter when it comes to people. Limbs are sometimes out of proportion, and people occasionally seem awkward. Animals are better rendered. The endpapers are a delight: the front sheets are covered with monarch butterflies, while the back pages depict penguins, swimming off at the bottom right corner of the spread. There's a "Can You Find?" page toward the end that invites children to look for specific pictures throughout. VERDICT While this isn't an essential addition, it's a fun, lighthearted introductory world atlas.—Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI