Four Oceans (Rookie Read-About Geography)

Colorful, glossy, and centered around photographs and illustrations, these short, easy-to-read books for young readers offer a good introduction to different aspects of geography. Some focus on geographic locations, countries, or states; while some explore different habitats; and others teach about using and reading maps of different kinds. There is a lot of topical variety within this series, but each one is pretty similar as far as layout and coverage of topics goes - things are explained using very simple language (including pronunciation guides for new words), and pretty much only the highlights are touched upon (these simple children's books are certainly not in-depth). These 32-pg books finish up with a Words You Know section. ~ Zach