My Big Book of the World

Sixteen maps take young readers continent by continent, country by country, filling each one with pictures of people, places, animals, natural wonders and famous buildings to spot along the way. Alongside the maps themselves, this pictorial atlas explains how maps and keys actually work - what they can tell you and how to read them - turning geography into something to browse and pore over rather than simply learn. With 600 individual pictures scattered across its pages, including a hot-air balloon hidden somewhere for sharp-eyed readers to find, this is a book built for slow exploration and repeat visits.