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Primary Geography Resources - Books for pupils

The books below are just a selection of storybooks available for primary-aged children that can be used to develop knowledge and themes in geography. Whilst it might be possible that from time to time some of the books may be out of print or reprinting, they are all familiar books which already exist in school or local libraries an so should be readily available.

Landscape and the environment

Title Author Publisher
Window
Bella’s Big Adventure
The Runaway train
Mr Gumpy’s Outing
Postman Pat (various)
Rosie’s Walk
The Magic Bus: Inside the Earth
The Big Katie Morag Storybook
One Farm
The Mousehole Cat

The Wreck of the Zanzibar
River Story
Jeannie Baker
Benedict Blathwayt
Benedict Blathwayt
Michael Burningham
John Cuncliffe
Pat Hutchins
Joanna Cole

Mairi Hedderwick

Benedict Blathwayt
Antonia Barber/Nicola Bayley
Michael Morpurgo
Meridith Hooper
Red Fox
Red Fox
Red Fox
Puffin Books
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Puffin Books
Kingfisher Books
Red Fox

Red Fox
Walker Books

Egmont Books
Walker Books

Weather and climate

Title Author Publisher
Dr Xargle’s Book of Earth Weather
A Flying Day
Jeanne Willis/Tony Ross
Ann Turnball
Red Fox

Andersen Press

Distant places

Title Author Publisher
Where the Forest Meets the Sea (Australia)
The Wonderful Journey (Africa)
At the Cross Roads (Africa)
The Day of Ahmed's Secret (Eygpt)
Stories from Overseas (Africa)
Stories from Overseas (Peru/El Salvador)
Handa's Surprise (Kenya)
The Hunter (Africa)
Not So Fast Songololo
(South Africa)
Gregory Cool (Tobago)
Grace and Family (Ghana)
Footprints in the Forest
(Southern India)
The Village of Round and Square
Houses (Cameroon)
Jazeera's Journey (India)
Jeannie Baker
Paul Geraghty
Rachel Isadora
F. Parry Heide
Various
Various
Eileen Browne
Paul Geraghty
Niki Daly

Caroline Binch
Mary Hoffman
Eileen Browne

Ann Grifalconi

Lisa Bruce
Walker Books
Hutchinson
Red Fox
Gollanz
Oxfam Malvern
Oxfam Malvern
Walker Books
Red Fox
Picture Puffin

Frances Lincoln
Frances Lincoln
Action Aid

Macmillan

Mammoth



(Updated 12.07.05)
 
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