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20 geography discoveries · Ages 4–8 with a grown-up

Wonder with
Olivia & Doudou.

Twenty illustrated geography discoveries with Olivia & Doudou. Explore Earth and weather, follow land and water, connect places with maps and bridges, and tell a thoughtful journey through a community.

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Six illustrated views zoom out from a public Paris street to a neighborhood, Paris city, mainland France, Europe and Earth. Labels distinguish city, country, continent and planet. Olivia and Doudou look at an atlas.

Our Wonderful World: an explorer’s notebook

Begin with the original eight-page notebook, then choose picture conversations from ten additional discoveries. Add only the clues, routes and shared places that help your child’s map or spoken journey.

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Ideas that connect

Choose your next little adventure.

Follow a suggested sequence, then choose another discovery when a new question catches your attention.

5 discoveries

Our place on Earth

How can we describe our planet and the weather in its places?

Six illustrated views zoom out from a public Paris street to a neighborhood, Paris city, mainland France, Europe and Earth. Labels distinguish city, country, continent and planet. Olivia and Doudou look at an atlas.Follow this journey

4 discoveries

Follow land and water

How do land, water and growing places connect?

A labeled teaching landscape with mountains and a low valley at left, a broad raised plateau at upper right, a lower plain, a small hill and an island surrounded by sea. Olivia holds plush Doudou and points. Six definitions are integrated into the picture.Follow this journey

8 discoveries

Help people find a way

How can pictures, maps and crossings help us connect places?

Olivia hugs Doudou beside a small park model. Three views show a red-roof pavilion on the left, a tree at the back right and a pond at the front right, ending with a simple symbol map.Follow this journey

3 discoveries

Tell a journey

What makes a destination useful or recognizable, and how can we care for it?

An illustrated travel album compares three separate destinations: the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France; the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco, United States; and canals in Venice, Italy. Each has a short explanation. Olivia holds plush Doudou beside the album.Follow this journey

A small rhythm to share

A conversation can be enough.

  1. 1

    A short visit

    Choose one poster and one question for 5–10 minutes. Stop after one useful observation; return when the child wants to.

  2. 2

    Four chapters

    Use one chapter at a time over several visits. Open the related notebook page only when it helps the conversation.

  3. 3

    A classroom sequence

    Choose from twenty posters. Use 10–15 minutes for a picture conversation; complete classroom activities take the 15 or 20 minutes shown in each guide. The original eight-page notebook supports the first ten discoveries, with ten additional picture conversations to extend a map or spoken journey.

Five minutes at home

Choose one poster detail and one question. Read the answer cue only when it helps. The activity is optional; a child’s question is a good place to stop and return.

A short classroom lesson

Begin with a 10–15 minute picture conversation, or use an optional 20-minute lesson with its activity. Adapt the pace to your learners. Use invented places or the public examples shown. Do not put a child’s home address, school or daily route on a map intended for sharing.

Get the teacher companions

Follow a question of your own

Every poster, ready to explore.

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Six illustrated views zoom out from a public Paris street to a neighborhood, Paris city, mainland France, Europe and Earth. Labels distinguish city, country, continent and planet. Olivia and Doudou look at an atlas.

From Our Street to Our Planet

Which picture shows a larger area: the street or the city?

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Olivia and plush Doudou beside a large labeled world map showing North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica.

Our Seven Continents

Can you find Africa and South America? What is between them?

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A labeled teaching landscape with mountains and a low valley at left, a broad raised plateau at upper right, a lower plain, a small hill and an island surrounded by sea. Olivia holds plush Doudou and points. Six definitions are integrated into the picture.

Mountains, Valleys, Plains & More

Which two landforms look flat? How are they different?

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An illustrated river flows from highland source through a joining tributary and a broad meander to a sea mouth. Labels explain source, tributary, bank, meander and mouth. Arrows show downstream flow. Olivia observes with plush Doudou from a protected viewpoint.

A River's Journey

Which way does the water go? What helps you tell?

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A coastal relief model shows a crescent bay, a peninsula connected to mainland, an island surrounded by water and a narrow strait between the peninsula and island. Olivia and Doudou examine it at a table.

Where Land Meets the Sea

Which land has water all the way around it?

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From a train window Olivia and plush Doudou observe a labeled river, hill and woodland, plus a bridge, road and houses built by people. The road crosses the river on the bridge.

Nature & People Shape Places

Which labeled feature carries the road across the river?

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