New Non-Fiction Book Review: Atlas of Firsts

By Clive Gifford
2009
48 pages
J 031.02 GIF
For grades K-5

When you watch the Olympics do you ever wonder about the countries where the athletes come from? The Atlas of Firsts offers a new way of looking at the world. Maps have fun illustrations and photos with simple one and two sentence captions that give just a brief introduction to the world’s Firsts. Like, did you know that the first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France in 1924? Or that inventors from a rubber company in Canada introduced the first whoopee cushion in 1930?

While this book is more Eurocentric than I would like, it is still a fun way for kids to look at maps, and learn about history and advances in technology throughout our planet, and what people in different countries have contributed to make our world what it is today. It definitely inspires kids and adults a like to learn more about the world’s Firsts, and maybe even participate in a few of their own.
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-JW-