Small Worlds: Maps And Mapmaking

by Karen Roano-Young

From ancient maps to computer maps, kids learn the language, function, and beauty of maps. Profiles of mapmakers highlight this unusual career. A beautifully designed four-color tour of the topic.

Walking tour maps, brain scans, satellite maps and subway maps show large and small worlds on flat surfaces. Kids learn how maps are put together in layers like sandwiches, how to use a map to get oriented, and the use of hundreds of different maps. They meet mapmakers who personalize the art of cartography.
Karen Romano Young was a PW Flying Start. She is the author of several novels and nonfiction books. Her excitement about maps is contagious.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Esther Jones]

This book was fantastic! I refreshed my memory on so many areas of interest, and learned a whole lot more. Highly recommend to anyone interested in cartography, whatever your age.