For some reason my son, now six, began looking thru our atlas at about age 4. I had no idea why a child, let alone an adult would like to go thru each country and study it in detail. I got this atlas for his 6th birthday and he loves to sit down with my husband or I so that we can read the inserts about the animals and such associated with each country. (He even wanted a world atlas/picture shower curtain when we decorated his bathroom! Wonder what his future career will be?)