Book Reviews
Stories can offer brilliant inspiration for geographical learning and we've asked primary teachers to send in reviews of their favourites. Keep checking back - we're adding new reviews to this page on a regular basis.
If you'd like to submit a book review for inclusion on this page, simply fill in this template (or follow your own format!) and email it to Marcia Foley.
A Year in the City
Kathy Henderson, Illustrated by Paul Howard
Walker Books (1998)
0-7445-6042-X
Download: A Year in the City Review
Reviewed by Rose Marchant, Marie Day and Julia Davey.
After the Storm
Nick Butterworth
Harper Collins (1992)
000-664252-7
Download: After the Storm Review
Reviewed by Emily Conner and Mary Tang
Antarctica
Helen Cowcher
Picture Corgi Books (1991)
0-552-52661-4
Download: Antarctica Review
Reviewed by Lorraine Betsy
Bears in the Night
Stan and Jan Berenstain
Bright & Early Books (1971)
0 00 171271 3 (paperback)
0 00 171210 1 (hardback)
Download: Bears in the Night Review
Reviewed by Ellie Dalton
Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish
Michael Foreman
Puffin (1993)
014055260X
Download: Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish Review
Reviewed by Sue Parsons
Earthways, Earthwise
Selected by Judith Nicholls
OUP (1998)
0-19-272248-4
Download: Earthways, Earthwise Review
Reviewed by Sue Parsons
Follow My Leader
Emma Chichester Clark
Harper Collins (2001)
978-0-00-664760-7
Download: Follow My Leader Review
Reviewed by Emily Richardson
Green Light for the Little Red Train
Benedict Blathwayt
Red Fox 2003
0-09-926502-8
Download: Green Light for the Little Red Train Review
Reviewed by Group A, Roehampton University
Handa's Surprise
Eileen Brown
Walker Books (1994)
0-7445-3634-0
Download: Handa's Surprise Review
Reviewed by Grace Davey
Lost and Found
Oliver Jeffers
Harper Collins (2005)
0-00-715036-9
Download: Lost and Found Review
Reviewed by Estelle Portway, Jane Beckley and Philippa Human
Out and About
Shirley Hughes
Walker Books Ltd (1990)
0-7445-1422-3
Download: Out and About Review
Reviewed by Joanna Edwards
Refugee Boy
Benjamin Zephaniah
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (2001)
978-0747550860
Download: Refugee Boy Review
Reviewed by Tessa Willy
Shaker Lane
Alice and Martin Provensen
Walker Books (1992)
0-7445-2234-X
Download: Shaker Lane Review
Reviewed by Kirsty Dance
Small Bear Lost
Martin Wadell
Walker Books Ltd (1997)
0-7445-5263-x
Download: Small Bear Lost Review
Reviewed by Kelly Andrew
The Great Snake
Sean Taylor, Illustrated by Fernando Vilela
Frances Lincoln (2008)
978-1845075293
Download: The Great Snake Review
Reviewed by Ann Hamblen
The Hunter Paul Geraghty
Red Fox Books (1994)
009-966631-6
Download: The Hunter Review
Reviewed by Lauren Sims, Amy Francis and Kate Sharpe
The Water Hole
By Graeme Base
Abrams (2001)
0 8109 4568 1
Download: The Water Hole Review
Reviewed by Sue Parsons
The World Came To My Place Today
By Jo Readman & Ley Honor Roberts
Eden Project Books (2002)
1-90-391902-9
Download: The World Came to My Place Today Review
Reviewed by Sue Parsons
The World That Jack Built
Ruth Brown
Andersen Press (1990)
0-86264-269-8
Download: The World That Jack Built Review
Reviewed by Paula Richardson
What If? A Book About Recycling
Mick Manning & Brita Grandström.
Wonderwise, Franklin Watts Ltd (1999)
0-7496-3292-5
Download: What If? A Book About Recycling Review
Reviewed by Wendy North, Geographical Association
Wonderful Earth
By Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen
Hunt & Thorpe (1991)
1 85608 005 6
Download: Wonderful Earth! Review
Reviewed by Sue Parsons
You Can't Catch Me
John Prater
Red Fox (1995)
0-09-913821-2
Download: You Can't Catch Me Review
Reviewed by Allyson Davis
If you'd like to find out more about using stories for geography lessons, visit our Geography and Literacy page.
(Updated 16.07.09)
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