12 BOOKS FOR KIDS ABOUT MAPS

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It probably won’t surprise you, given I’m the author of a series called The Mapmaker Chronicles, but I love maps – in particular, old maps.

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Mapping

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By Joan Sweeney Gives kids an idea of the size of the world, as it begins with a map of a bedroom and then pans out from there to the narrator’s house, street, town and so on.

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Follow That Map: A First Book of Mapping Skill

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If you want to see art at it’s very best, however, ask a child to draw a map – either of their neighbourhood, which shows you how they see the world, or of a made-up world

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SWIPE UP!

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12 BOOKS FOR KIDS ABOUT MAPS

It probably won’t surprise you, given I’m the author of a series called The Mapmaker Chronicles, but I love maps – in particular, old maps.

Mapping

Penny’s World

By Loreen Leedy Combines information about maps with a lovely story in which a girl named Lisa makes maps of the various places her dog, Penny, hangs out.

By Joan Sweeney Gives kids an idea of the size of the world, as it begins with a map of a bedroom and then pans out from there to the narrator’s house, street, town and so on.

Me On The Map

Follow That Map: A First Book of Mapping Skill

By Scot Ritchie A fun picture book that shows kids not only how to read a map to get from A to B, but how to recognise certain map features

If you want to see art at it’s very best, however, ask a child to draw a map – either of their neighbourhood, which shows you how they see the world, or of a made-up world

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