Kazakhstan:
How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz (set in Turkestan, modern-day Kazakhstan)
This is such a touching story of a boy whose father brings home a map one day instead of food, and who gradually learns to love and appreciate this colorful wall hanging as it transports his thoughts away from hunger and struggle to places all over the world. He realizes that this map feeds his mind and heart which in some ways is more valuable than feeding one's stomach. End notes talk about the author's experience as a child, which form the inspiration for this story, and include several photographs.
This is such a touching story of a boy whose father brings home a map one day instead of food, and who gradually learns to love and appreciate this colorful wall hanging as it transports his thoughts away from hunger and struggle to places all over the world. He realizes that this map feeds his mind and heart which in some ways is more valuable than feeding one's stomach. End notes talk about the author's experience as a child, which form the inspiration for this story, and include several photographs.
