Review of Victoria Goes to Brazil

Victoria lives in London with her Mum and Dad. Her Mum is Brazilian. Victoria goes to Brazil with her Mom to visit her family. 

Mum and Victoria  fly into San Paulo and travel to the Parana State where all Mum's relatives live. 

Victoria travels from place to place meeting cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles, a great-grandmother, and old friends of her Mum. There is great variety in the places she visits from a coffee farm to Itu where everything is REALLY BIG! Victoria sees micro monkeys, parakeets, fishing boats, churches, capybara (giant guinea pigs), casava flour, fruit trees, flowers, and watermelon juice. 

The book uses bright, cheery photographs to illustrate Victoria's story of visiting her family in Brazil. I love the photos. They are amazing! They give a realistic picture to readers of family life in Brazil, but they also appeal to children with the bright colors, children, family love, and cute little animals. It really is like looking at someone's scrapbook. 

I love to use picture books to teach geography to little ones. Victoria goes to Brazil would be enjoyed by children from ages 4 to 8, but it would also be a fun family read to kick off your geography studies in South America. Children will be introduced to a specific region in Brazil and you can see where it is on the map page. In addition, they will learn about industries, animals, plants, landforms, food, and culture.  

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Victoria Goes to Brazil is one of the picture books suggested in Travel God's World Geography and is also one of the books in the geography curriculum,  Travel God's World: Read, Learn, Play.

Travel God's World Geography is a hands-on unit study/conversational textbook that will take you on an adventure around the world. Start the year by setting up a plane, gate, and security checkpoint, show your passport, and travel to Heathrow and Tel Aviv while you map the world from memory and learn about the 10/40 Windows. Each month you will explore a continent and visit landforms around the world. For example in the one month you explore Europe, including natural resources and European businesses. That same month you travel to the Alps, Andes, and Himalayas. Meet a little girl visiting Switzerland with her Daddy, a boy who sells handcrafts at Manchu Picchu, and a family that goes mountain climbing all over the world before hitting Mt. Everest. Each month students enjoy mapping, geography games, crafts, and hands-on fun. 

Your family will make friends all over the world, meet missionaries, visit Bible folks who travel, and learn geography at the same time. 

God created a beautiful world. Come explore it with us in Travel God's World Geography. You will have the adventure of a lifetime! 

Travel God's World Geography is available at Amazon. The E-book is available at PayHip, Currclick, and TeachersPayTeachers.  

Be sure to check out Victoria Goes to Brazil and remember to teach Geography the fun way! 

Be blessed in every way! 
​Meredith Curtis

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