I love ABC books and I love kids' science books so I was really excited when I saw this. Geography Alphabet is a well thought out book that explains important geographic features one letter at a time, and I actually learned something. I would recommend this for home and classroom so kids can learn more about the world they live in.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

This is a well-thought-out book that covers various geologic features. It would be a good resource in an elementary classroom or library as well as a public library non-fiction section. The illustrations are clear and child-centric and the descriptions are geared toward mid-level readers.

Review to come January 17th on my blog/other places.

I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

I just LOVE books featuring ABCs and then especially the original/creative ones. Like with animals. Or with fantasy creatures. So when I saw this one up on Netgalley well I had to read it. Combining two things I love (ABC and Geography)? Sign me up!

My initial thoughts were that this one would be a simple ABC book featuring geography with multiple letters per page and maybe some explanations, but it is much more than that. Each letter has its own page, and not just that there is a delightful big illustration for each letter featuring that place/area with a fun scene or something that encapsulates what it is along with words showing what the sights we see are. I think I would have liked it see more balanced because now some places have 1 or 2 and others have 4+. Like Glacier just mentions the Arctic Stern, but Jungle has Sloth, Monkey, Toucan, Tree Frog, Jaguar. Still, I am happy that the author decided to add words to the sights!

Plus, something I didn't expect but was delighted to get was that each letter has a description of that geographic location/terms with key words highlighted. For instance for Antarctica words highlighted are coldest, windiest, driest, snow, ice, South Pole. Thus kids now instantly know what kind of words to use to describe that place with and instantly get an easy short way to remember this location/term. Handy, fun, and smart! 

I definitely was looking forward to what terms/locations we would get for each letter and I especially was curious for the harder letters, Q, X, Y, Z. While Q and X and Z had no surprises just fun and creativity, Y was a surprise, as I didn't know what Yandang was! So thank you author for learning this adult a new term! 

The letters are mentioned in both capital and lowercase so kids can easy see how each is written. 

The illustrations were really fun and I love the style. 

All in all, this is one heck of a fun book and I would 100% recommend this one! It will be fun for kids to learn not just the alphabet but also geography and animals/nature. I think they will really enjoy it!

Geography Alphabet by R. M. Smith is an appealingly illustrated picture book going A to Z with Earth’s geographical features.. Each word has several sentences defining the geography term. It is a book which children could read to themselves and view illustrations for the geography terms that are included. I found the terms listed to be diverse, the definitions to simple and clear, and the illustrations to be interesting. This could definitely be used as material during an Earth unit or read with a child with an interest in different ecosystems and land formations. I would have read this book with my child to help him understand the terms that were included. I am voluntarily submitting this honest review after reading an advanced complementary copy of this book thanks to Netgalley and BooksGoSocial.

Thanks netgalley for the auto arc in exchange for feedback

My 2 nephews
6 and 8 and I loved this book! We love to travel, and we love geography. Many of the key words are highlighted and many of the pictures have word labels so this is a great one for early readers too.

A cute alphabet book for kids that ties each letter to a different geographical features across the globe, I thought this was sweet and liked the illustrations!

This book was a perfect fit for our Social Studies/Geography curriculum in our homeschool. The pictures were concise and illustrated the terms very well. We also learned new vocabulary and discussed where in the world we might see it. The words under the picture, allowed us some sight word reading. After reading this book, we wanted more examples, and that led us on a research mission. Thank you to NetGalley and Clarence-Henry Books for an advanced copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own!

Geography Alphabet was a wonderful, beautiful and educational book that would be great for any curious children who always want to learn more.

Thanks to Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for the ARC of this!

I read this with my first grader and thought it was a good introduction to geography terms. I liked the illustrations.

I loved the illustrations in Geography Alphabet so much -- there are so many details to pore over! I enjoyed each of the words chosen, and I feel like this book could work well in a primary grade classroom to cover basic (and not-so-basic) geography concepts.

Side note: I thought the use of "slow" instead of "slowly" on the glacier page was an error, but apparently that's an example of a FLAT adverb. So I learned about geography AND grammar from this book! ;)

Thanks to Netgalley & the publishers for the ARC! I recently had the pleasure of reading "Geography Alphabet" with my 4 children, and we all enjoyed reading it, especially my 8 year old. It was a great introduction to kids on different geographical homes and the animals that live there. I recommend this book to parents with both young and older children. It's educational & engaging for everyone! Fun read!

Geography Alphabet is a wonderful introduction into the world around us. My children enjoyed learning about different geographical terms as well as some of the animals that inhabit these areas. I would highly recommend this book to people with young children!

This children's book follows in the footsteps of introducing grand concepts to young children through simple definitions and illustrations. This book's definitions are perfect for a young audience, and make it easy to understand the geography concepts included. The selection of terms was a mix of more abstract concepts such as a map key and other very concrete terms such as volcano or swamp. Although the definitions for each term were concise and clear, I do wish the terms had fit more neatly into one type of concept rather than mixing them, or that there had been more abstract concepts portrayed.

Thank you for the advanced copy of Geography Alphabet.
I think this is a wonderful picture book to help either introduce or review geography vocabulary with children in preschool and elementary school. Geography can be confusing for younger kids and this book is helpful and the illustrations with labels that accompany each word are very helpful. I even learned a new word..yardang! I can't wait to use this in the classroom and with my toddler son at home.

A very good alphabet book, this one focusing on geography, as the title clearly states. The writing and the illustrations are crisp and it is a good primer. A good addition to learn the alphabet books, I enjoyed it.

Since I've been lulled into expecting lyrical picture books with a story, I was a bit disappointed with this book initially but that quickly changed. Like many children's books, it's deceptively simple yet packs quite a bit of info into its pages. This one offers up both words and illustrations by RM Smith. They're realistic without being detailed, if that makes sense, capturing the general looks of earth's many features without striving to make them look like photographs. My favorite, I think, was "island". The colors are appropriate for the feature/place focused on, with a wider variety. All have additional things/items with labels. Those were a nice touch and ranged from things like boats and waves, to cars and trucks, to a mama bear and cubs, plus more. Smith nicely captured the colder climates, too, with blues and white/blue ice features.

I have to admit, I was curious to see what the author would use for some of the less obvious letters such as U, X, and Z. In my mind, being in Alaska, I was distracted briefly at each page as I tried to imagine how I'd illustrate a book on Alaska's features. Given some of the interesting Native Alaskan names common here, that wasn't that much of a reach, I must admit. In any case, after giving Smith a silent round of applause for using K for Key, as in map key/legend, I liked the choices. Again, all were strengthened by the use of other words/things added to the illustration, then further used in the written description of what you're seeing.

All in all, a fun book. Not necessarily a bed time story but one that can be used to supplement learning and discussion. And, hey, since Alaska has active volcanic activity, loved the moose running away from the lava in the V illustration. Thanks #NetGalley and #BooksGoSocial for sharing this one with me early. It was fun and stimulated my own imagination.

Great book to teach early geography! There are plenty of geographical terms introduced and defined to give kids of all levels good understanding of what they are talking about. There are also examples of animals that inhabit those locations or things that happen there, which give further context to the geographical terms. Perfect for older toddlers to young children.

Compared to other alphabet books, I wnjoyed that this one focused on geography and did a job well done with finding words for each letter of the alphabet. I enjoyed the bright and colorful illustrations throughout the book. However, the text for the book was distracting and I was not a fan of the color choices, as well as the font choice, for the text. While the picturebook as a whole was well done, I really was put back by the font, and therefore do not plan to recommend.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book provided by the publisher via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This alphabet book talks about different structures and places across the globe. I expected it to be about geography more than terrain or climate, so perhaps the title is a bit misleading. It is done in cartoon style with illustrations and colorful text. Each page is a different letter of the alphabet. I could do without the multi-colored text, especially with my younger reader.

This is a great starting point for talking about types of places with children.

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC!

My son and I loved this book! We love to travel, and we love geography. Many of the key words are highlighted and many of the pictures have word labels so this is a great one for early readers, too.

A cute alphabet book for kids that ties each letter to a different geographical feature around the world! I thought this was cute and liked the illustrations!