Great book! Love that it combines geography and history and the alphabet. Entertaining for both child and adult alike

Compiled by Mr. Van Loon for his first grand child. Each letter of the alphabet introduces a place on earth, real or imaginary, and one of his wonderful drawings illustrates it. In today's world (early twenty-first century) every parent should still be able to get one of these books and read it to their kids - often - until they learn about the world. Actually, most of Mr. Van Loon's books fit that category. I increasingly find, as an employer, that a large number of today's Americans have very little idea of where places are in the world or who lives there. ( )