Homeschooling BooksGeographyHome >> Homeschooling Books >> Geography Books When you are homeschooling, books are a great way to inform and educate in a natural way. This page lists my favourite books for introducing geography.
Around the World with Phineas FrogBy Paul Adshead, this is a fantastic rhyming geographical puzzle story book. We enjoyed this very much. Phineas goes around the world with his daughter - and you have to guess which country he is in.The pair get into quite a few scrapes (although the daughter is more interested in shopping!). There is a page of puzzles at the back of the book, and a map for you to plan out the route that Phineas followed. Although a picture book, this would actually suit older children. It is quite difficult to guess Phineas's location and the rhyming seems to make it less childish. "Knees knocking, they travel a treacherous track, on top on an ox-cart pulled by a yak. Over the high Himalayas they go, heading towards the Tibetan Plateau." This is one of our favourite homeschool books!
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World During a recent conversation, the children lifted this book down from the bookshelf to re-examine it. And so I remembered to tell you about ‘How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World’ by Marjorie Priceman.
This is a short picture book about travelling around the globe to buy ingredients to make an apple pie (the market was closed!). The illustrations are lovely. But the wonderful thing about this book is how much discussion it can spark. There is a map at the back of the book to help with the geography. And there is so much science! After reading this book we began to try to make an apple pie like the character. Not by going around the world(!) but by evaporating salt from sea-water, grinding flour (we went to a mill) and churning milk to make butter. There is even an apple pie recipe in the book! With imagination, this little homeschooling book can be a starting point for a lot fun learning - and I thoroughly recommend it. More to come.. For more homeschool geography ideas, see Geography for kids - a mapped treasure hunt. Kids Geography Resources - for more books, games and resources. Return from Geography Homeschooling Books to Homeschooling-ideas Home Return to Homeschool Books
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Probably the most comprehensive book in this list is Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne. read my 
