KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Dr. Adam Mathews, an accomplished geography professor and researcher at Western Michigan University, is now also a children’s book author. "ABCs of Geography" by Chris Ferrie and Adam ...

Authors Katie Clark and Sarah Wynne pose for a photo on the first day they “met” their first finished children’s book “River Royals Master the Mississippi.” Courtesy A Tyler native’s new book ...

While Google Maps may offer a globe mode, it's really not the same as having a real, tactile globe to use to learn geography. The Orboot Earth combines the best of both worlds, giving you a tangible ...

The Big Brothers, Big Sisters gym is taking people worldwide as kids present their homeschool geography fair research ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - How do children in inner cities perceive the worlds they inhabit? How do they react differently to a peaceful park than they do to an abandoned apartment building? University at ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For many school-age kids, geography consists mostly of maps of faraway places and the capitals of the 50 states. But some inner-city Buffalo children have been studying geography much ...

At a tournament in DC, students compete to identify states from their shapes on a blank US map. They're having fun while acquiring factual knowledge that enables them to think critically. The ...