Reviews and Testimonials
Meghan, 3rd grader, Taisha, 4th grader
We still remember countries we saw last year: Zambia looks like the Ugly Duckling, and China looks like a Panda.
Mrs. Mc Parland, Crestview Elementary, FL
This GeoTale atlas has changed the way we look at the maps. Children have become so interested in geography.
Bill Painter, Youth Service Director, N. Miami Public Library
Like most people, I never gave it a thought, now I see "Mono the Magnifico" in outline of South America.
| Humpty Dumpty Sat on the Globe is the book that: | 
By the time children finish reading a few pages of this book, they can't wait to show off the new concept to their teachers and parents. Fereydoun Kian has been called the Disney of Geography. The characters he has developed from the map of each country brings out the fairytales from a world atlas.
You will beam with pride when you see your children impress other people with the vast knowledge they have gained from this small volume.
The publisher guarantees that. So order your copy today. There's nothing to lose an a world of knowledge to gain. Your child will appreciate you for life. Do we need to say more?
Card catalog description
For each country presented here, the outline of the country becomes a fairy tale character and presents information about itself.
Internationally known author, collector of global folktales, and award winning storyteller, Fereydoun Kian has been the host of WLRN Public Television, speaker and performer in schools, universities, and libraries nationwide.
Mr. Kian is a nationally recognized contemporary leader in comparative folktales and well respected in Miami, Florida where he lives with his family.
What do you think about the book all together?
A reviewer, a 15 year old who liked the book 
I grew up with Humpty Dumpty Sat on the Globe. Mr. Kian volunteered at the library where I used to watch the puppet shows. Mr. Kian would perform stories from his book while he was writing it, to see how well the idea worked. It worked wonderfully.
When I entered into middle school and took geography, it was a breeze. I knew all about Greece, Thailand, Guyana, and Mali. I could point them out on the map and even tell a few facts about the country. Two years later, the book was published and my parents bought it to help my younger brother. To tell the truth, at the age of 15, I still like to read it. This is a really great book and I think everyone should read it. I think my teachers should make it their textbooks. I like the book. My friends like it and my little brother likes it. Besides, I know more about the world than my parents do. It's a nice feeling, to know something they don't.
A. Zimmerman, Children Song Writers Guild FL,
I was fortunate to see a couple of TV programs that Mr. Kian hosted on public television. That is actually where I learned about this wonderful book. The book tells us the facts about countries we never thought of. Bowling was invented in Egypt! We are using Iraq's invention of clock or alphabet! Chinese printed books 600 years before Gutenberg invented the printing machine! Then the main idea of the book is the shapes. The images of the countries are perfect match for the outline of their maps. The related stories are so whimsical, and at times hillarious, that you recall the maps because of the punchlines.
The most wonderful thing Mr. Kian has taught us is the unspoken unity among the human beings from everywhere. For example a story from Brothers Grimm shows up in South America, and Hans Christian Andersen visits Africa. My favorit story was the Native American tale, 'The Birds, the Cattle and the Dream.' The story tells how we have our heads in the clouds while we are worried about our barbeque sauce. My daughter's favorite is story was about Persia, a poor sailor boy whose kids(or kittens) become the masters of the world! I hope to write a song about it some day.
Such wonderful stories Mr. Kian can tell! Hats off to his imagination.
Michael Donminguez
I think the book is a learning treasure. Some of the stories are really funny, and it's interesting to know how Fereydoun thought about wonderful ideas to match the outline of a country with an image. My favorite is the map of Mexico: A poor sawfish had a couple of extra drinks in the Atlantic Ocean and bumped his head in the Gulf of Mexico. That is why the map of Mexico looks like that. I hope we get the next volume soon, and from everyone in my class, kudos to Fereydoun's imagination! I have one question for him: Why Humpty Dumpty? This, we couldn't figure it out. |
