Map of Dreams
by:
Uri Shulevitz (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781842707609 (1842707604)
Publish date: September 4th 2008
Publisher: Andersen
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Genre: Geography, World War II, Biography Year Published: 2008 Year Read: 2011 When I have heard of Uri Shulevitz’s most recent children’s book, I was excited at reading this book! “How I Learned Geography” is a Caldecott Honor book by Uri Shulevitz that details author Uri Shulevitz’s experience...
Is it because of Shulevitz' past work that this story reads like a fairy tale? A father who comes home having spent his last bread money on a map? Sounds like magic beans, right? And then the map's power over the boy to take him to new places? Beanstalk? I doubt Shulevitz saw these motifs, but as he...