10 essential (illustrated) atlases to go around the world
1.**HELLO ATLAS , written by Ben Handicott and illustrated by Kenard Pak (Editorial Quarto) **
Ayuwi tañi puike means nice to meet you in Mapundungún, a language spoken by the Mapuche people who live between Chile and Argentina. Johm Riab Sua it's the way Khmer speakers, one of the major Austroasiatic languages, say "hello." If we want to say "I'm fine" we will do it with m'ona na'ntaw.
But these are just some of the things we learn with hello atlas , where phrases from more than 130 languages from around the world are collected. There are English, Spanish and German, but also much less well-known languages.
In addition, the book includes a free app for both iOS and Android that will allow you to listen to phrases from the book recorded by native speakers of each language.
'Hello Atlas'
2.**HOME, by Carson Ellis (Walker Books Publisher)**
A house can be an apartment in the city or a mansion in the middle of the country. Also a castle or even a ship.
With this idea, Carson Ellis makes in home a illustrated tour by some of the places where people live around the world. Not just places we might get to know – like the home of a Japanese businessman – but places more difficult to imagine like a house under the sea or even on the moon.
'Home'
3.**ME AND THE WORLD, by Mireia Trius and Joana Casals (Zahorí Books)**
This is a book that perfectly combines statistics, data and children . And, in addition, for all audiences. A book that, through the story of little Lucia, reveals to us, for example, In which country do schoolchildren have the most homework? (We already warned that Spain is among the first positions), what books their teachers tell them to read and even what their uniforms are like.
all through a very neat infographics that also teach us what they eat for breakfast in other parts of the world, what games are the most popular or even the 10 most common dog breeds... guess which one is the first? In me and the world is the answer.
'me and the world'
4.**ATLAS OF CURIOSITIES, by Clive Gifford and Tracy Worrall (SM Editions)**
Another atlas, yes, but this one full of curiosities that sometimes seem untrue, but they are all true. An atlas that tells us, among other things, that there is a prison in Brazil where they have geese instead of guards , that in the desert of Namibia there is a plant with only two leaves that can live up to 1,000 years or that the flag of Mozambique is the only one in the world that represents a modern rifle: an AK-47.
In another order of things, we learn that a few years ago a public bathroom for dogs was opened in El Vendrell and that in Lisbon, since 1830, the Hospital de Bonecas repairs dolls that have been damaged. A good copy to learn things in the midst of fake news.
'Atlas of curiosities'
5.**ATLAS DE ADVENTURAS, by Rachel Williams and Lucy Letherland (Editorial Flamboyant)**
Every year, at the beginning of November, 35 million Monarch butterflies arrive in Mexico from Canada after traveling almost 5,000 kilometers and looking for shelter for the winter. Being able to witness this phenomenon live is undoubtedly a unique adventure.
And this is what this Atlas of adventures is about . Of experiences that can only be lived in some - few - places on the planet. Going on a canoe safari on the Zambezi River, riding a hot air balloon in Canada, riding with cowboys in northern Patagonia, learning to drive a gondola in Venice or even discovering a masterpiece in the Moscow metro are just some of the proposals.
All accompanied by information and details to always learn a little more. And gathered in this volume that got – by the way – the award for "best educational book" of the British Author's Licensing and Colleting Society (ALCS).
'Atlas of Adventures'
6.** MONUMENTAL ATLAS, by Sarah Tavernier and Alexandre Verhille (Editorial Maeva) **
If you like big constructions, this is your atlas. A compilation of the most spectacular and enormous bridges, buildings and monuments on the planet, also loaded with curiosities about their construction.
Did you know, for example, that the paint that covers the Eiffel Tower weighs 60 tons ? Or that in Brazil there is a building so big - Copan - that it has 5,000 inhabitants and its own postal code? These are just some of the things that Sarah Tavernier and Alexandre Verhille say in Monumental Atlas , but there are many more.
They explain that the longest bridge in Europe, the Vasco de Gama, rests on pillars that sink 95 meters below sea level. Or what in Bucharest is the largest administrative building in the world, after the Pentagon… If you want to know everything about the world's largest houses, hotels, stadiums and buildings, you'll find it here.
'Monumental Atlas' by Editorial Maeva
7.**ATLAS OF MINIATURE ADVENTURES, by Emily Hawkins and Lucy Letherland. (Publisher Quarto Kids) **
Do you know where the shortest escalator in the world is? Where do you think the smallest bird on the planet lives? And the smallest trees? Do you dare to locate the smallest post office?
This book collects miniature attractions from around the world to discover curiosities from all corners. It is written by Emily Hawkins and illustrated by Lucy Letherland.
8.**ATLAS OF THE WORLD, by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinsk (Editorial Maeva)**
More than 3 million copies sold , this book has already become an essential for anyone who is passionate about discovering corners of the world. 55 double-page maps with 4,000 miniatures of animals, typical dishes, monuments, regional dresses and even tiny personalities that do not leave a single blank space.
In Mexico, among many other things, tacos, wrestling or whale watching. In the Arctic reindeer, polar bears, but also snowmobiles. And in Switzerland the Matterhorn, cheese, cows, the Red Cross and Le Corbusier. And to all that... what stands out in Spain? Well, Picasso, the Prado Museum, the Altamira Caves, the Iberian wolf, the Sagrada Familia or the Bear and the Strawberry Tree. And, of course, there is no shortage of sangria and paella.
The Illustrated Atlas of Norway from 'Atlas of the World'
9.**CITY GUIDE, by Georgia Cherry and Martin Haake (SM Publisher)**
Are you good at finding animals, people or objects in a crowd? Well, this is one of the challenges city guide , a book that takes us on a journey through places like Lisbon, Rome, Toronto, Budapest, Bombay, Helsinki or Sydney , discovering tips to enjoy these places even more and proposing a challenge in each of them: Could you find 5 taxis among the pages dedicated to New York? And 5 teapots in Japan? This book, illustrated by Martin Haak, can easily become a game for the whole family.
'City Guide'
10. MY FIRST BOOK OF LONDON, by Ingela P Arrhenius. Publisher Walker Books
This Swedish illustrator and designer is passionate about retro style, typography and color . She has published many children's books and has now debuted with a series for the most traveling.
My first book of London comes loaded with red buses, black taxis, and all the icons of this city, including the English breakfast or afternoon tea . Nor is the queen of England missing accompanied by one of her corgi dogs.
'My First Book of London'
Coming soon (in October), a new volume of the collection will be released: My first book of New York.