National Geographic Student Atlas of the World

This is a great book for kids who love maps! There are maps of all the continents covering physical and political maps, climate and precipitation, population and predominant economies, elevation maps and time zones!  There’s even a chapter on types of maps and reading maps! 

National Geographic Maps all on CD-ROM!

Every map that National Geographic has published since 1888 until December 2000 is now online on this set of CDs. The search engine will sort out what you’re looking for quickly.  You can cut and paste results into your own personal documents, or just peruse them at your leisure.

Explorer Globe - by LeapFrog

This toy is a great learning tool for any budding geography nut. The Explorer Globe is easily found in toy stores and can even be found in large discount stores such as BJs. LeapFrog has many great toys for young bright children and is easy enough to use that many kids figure it out themselves.  This globe even has games to test your knowledge.  Children can learn many facts about different countries, such as population, national anthems and capitals.  

Complete Flags of the World

Does your child love flags? Can they tell you what the colors are of the flag of Croatia, or how many provincial flags of the Netherlands there are?  Perhaps they want to know the US state flags or the regional flags of Spain. This book has it all, it even tells you the types of flags, the parts of the flag and flags in world history.

Historical World Atlas - Hammond

After you’ve exhausted US state maps, Country and Continent maps, what do you do next? Historical maps! This books is nothing but historical maps. These maps show you historical civilizations, trends, cultures, states and empires.  Maps are also a nice way to encapsulate historical knowledge into a picture.   How do you know that California became part of the US after 1804?  Because it’s not on the map in 1804.  Where exactly was the Ottoman empire and how big was it? This book has it all.