As Tom Welton famously said, "I like geography. I like to know where places are." Lucas likes geography too and in this book Lucas shares some basics to help young children know about different places around the world. It was Joan Sutherland who said, "Some young people don't even study geography and they don't know where one place is from another." This book highlights some well known and little known countries and states to help children begin to understand the many differences in climates, sizes and populations of various countries. Lucas shares locations where volcanoes bring hot lava into the freezing cold air, places with giant rivers and high mountains. He shares places that are on the other side of the world from his home state of Michigan. Lucas highlights large countries and small countries. Countries with a population over 1 billion people and countries with populations less than Michigan.