Map Mania: Discovering Where You Are and Getting to Where You Aren't

by Michael Anthony DiSpezio, Dave Garbot (Illustrations)

Learning geography will always be fun with the special tricks you'll learn here. Starting from familiar territory (home, backyard, schoolyard) and moving outwards, this amusing, delightfully illustrated introduction to maps and more teaches street smarts to kids. Filled to the brim with fun games, cool activities, humorous quizzes, and wacky facts, every page turns basic geography into an adventure. Build a model of an early compass to understand navigation--then head out to test your skills. Use the sun, moon, and the stars to get your bearings. Look at a map similar to the one Columbus might have used when he set out to prove the world was round. Hit the road with "a key to the highway" that provides information on tolls, the number of lanes, and other details. Figure out which route goes where. All in all, you'll have a delightful trip--and end up just where you want to be!

Genres: Childrens

80 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2002

Reviews

[Nancy]

I came across this book (for children ages 8-12) and started to page through it & before I knew it I read the whole thing! It's a great book that teaches kids everything from how to not get lost in a new school, finding landmarks in a parking lot so you remember where your car is parked, to reading shadows and compasses, all the way to stories about the Bermuda Triangle and buried treasure on Oak Island. It's a wonderful, practical book that is also quite interesting and fun to read.