The Handy Geography Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)

My son started showing an interest in Geography in the 3rd grade so we bough t him a couple books & this was one of them!! He is now a walking text book! watch out!! He has won several Geography bees & this helped!! Plus he just loves reading the information & sponging up the information!! Enjoy!

I'll tell you one thing for sure, this here book is handy. Matthew Rosenberg's "The Handy Geography Answer Book," gets near daily use in our household. Let me tell you why. Some people think "bathroom readers" are socially on the borderline of being trailer park chic. I for one disagree.

We use "The Handy Geography Answer Book," for all sorts of purposes around our house but most of the time it sits on top of the throne de porcelain as an entertaining and engaging piece of text. It comes in handy then as iffin' it wasn't there...one would spend a good deal of one's day just sitting and staring at a gold macrame moonlight gold shimmer bathroom wall (hey...I didn't paint the bathroom mind you...that was the wife's doings). So every time I ups and decides to drop a load off at Uncle Sam's if you know what I mean, I read Rosenberg's Geography book. And boy howdy, it sure makes the time pass fast.

Here's some tasty tidbits from the book de la commode garnishment. What is the smoggiest city in the world? I'll just tell you it sure ain't Boise, Idaho. I ain't provided you the answers here mind you...that'd be considered spoiling the punch line. These here's just teasers. If you want to know the answers...well you'll just have to up and buy it on Amazon your own darn self. I tell you. You won't be sorry you did it neither. You'll find some entertaining moments as you are downloading a file (if you know what I mean). What is the highest point east of the Mississippi? Well who knows and who cares? It's east of the Mississippi for heaven's sake. Who'd want to visit there much less leave in those god forsaken parts? What is the Forbidden City? This answer's kinda surprising to me as I always thunk it was Las Vegas out there in the desert in Nevada ways. Around these parts (or at least my domicile) it's always been called the forbidden city. Well at least by the missus you see. After that infamous 1987 business trip, any future visits to that there neon palace of a place have been strictly forbidden for yours truly.

But don't just take my word for it. What are you waiting for? Go get this here book from Amazon. Place it on top of your shi eittter and go to town. If your guest think it's a little too "trash" if you know what I mean...well screw 'em...they probably shouldn't be visiting your house anywho with that kind of uppity attitude. ...mmw

Easy to read, will keep a student's interest, relevant material. Most of Rosenberg's books are ideal for Geo Bee competitors. I've coached Geo Bee teams for five years now, and I always recommend this book to students and parents. Good as a teacher's resource too.

**Be careful about buying used copies of this book. Two of my students used this option to save a few bucks, thinking they were getting to version pictured (red cover) and ended up with 1998 versions of the book, which has outdated population and other relevant info (yellow cover).

then 4 years of high school, college and graduate school put together in a fun and concise way...

loved it..

I can't say enough good things about this book. I'm not a Geography Bee competitor like some of the reviewers here. I'm just a guy who loves trivia and I had a great time reading this book.

There is a newer Hardcover which was just released by B&N. It's the same content by and large, just a few editorial corrections.

The quality of printing is still somewhat low. But the price point of the book is a lot less. For those who love trivia, this book is priced right! Go looking for it.

That being said, this book is great because it has a lot of information and it's organized well. The question format is great because it helps you digest the info. "What is the Longest River?" is easier to swallow than, "The Nile is over 4100 miles long." All the same info is in there, it's just presented really well.

One other small criticism I have of this book is that unlike many other trivia books this one doesn't list line by line sources for it's info. That can sometimes be important. Granted, the vast majority of Geography trivia is static so this is not too big of an issue.

All in all, this is a great read. Enjoy!