How I Learned Geography

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How I Learned Geography
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illustrated and written by Uri Shulevitz, and published by Farrar Straus Giroux
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Recounting memories of his family's flight from the Warsaw Blitz and his years as a refugee during World War II, Shulevitz employs watercolor and ink to depict a boy liberated from his dreary existence through flights of fancy inspired by the map his father buys in the village market.

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How I Learned Geography
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