Overview
Kids around the world live in all sorts of different places, from an apartment building in New York City to a village in Africa. Can they all be showed on a map? Absolutely! Learn all about how maps can represent different places in the world, and how technology is changing the way we use maps.Synopsis
Kids around the world live in all sorts of different places, from an apartment building in New York City to a village in Africa. Can they all be showed on a map? Absolutely! Learn all about how maps can represent different places in the world, and how technology is changing the way we use maps.
School Library Journal
Gr 2-3
Resembling the cookie-cutter series of yore, these volumes use boilerplate extensively-from four variations on a scene featuring a child and a weather map to, in all but Resources, an identical and confusing spread on "scale" with statements like "This map uses a scale of 25 feet." In each book, the author explains the uses of maps; provides examples; converts a photo of a three-dimensional space, such as a classroom or a candy store, into a two-dimensional diagram; and closes with instructions for creating a homemade schematic of, for instance, a playground (Where We Live ). There are no leads to further ways to enhance map-related skills. Ian F. Mahaney's "Map It!" series (PowerKids, 2006) will better serve curriculum needs.
Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 2-3
Resembling the cookie-cutter series of yore, these volumes use boilerplate extensively-from four variations on a scene featuring a child and a weather map to, in all but Resources, an identical and confusing spread on "scale" with statements like "This map uses a scale of 25 feet." In each book, the author explains the uses of maps; provides examples; converts a photo of a three-dimensional space, such as a classroom or a candy store, into a two-dimensional diagram; and closes with instructions for creating a homemade schematic of, for instance, a playground (Where We Live ). There are no leads to further ways to enhance map-related skills. Ian F. Mahaney's "Map It!" series (PowerKids, 2006) will better serve curriculum needs.