Maps and Mapping

by Deborah Chancellor

Maps and Mapping introduces different types of maps and helps children understand how they work. Young map makers will learn about compass points, map keys and scales, colors and contours, and will discover how reading maps can yield a wealth of information about both the natural and man-made world.

Genres: Geography, Nonfiction, Science, Picture Books

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Deborah Chancellor is a writer of fiction and non-fiction books for children. To date she has written nearly 100 books and worked with many leading publishers. Deborah is a versatile author who has written biographies for teenagers, adapted Bible stories for pre-school children, and teenage fiction for older children with reading difficulties. She is a prolific writer of children's non-fiction on a wide range of subjects.

She has been translated into many languages and is sold all over the world. Her books have been shortlisted for awards, such as the Little Rebels Award (Harriet Tubman, 2014) and Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (Being a Vegetarian, 2010).

Deborah is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, and was RFL Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge University, from 2009-2012. She appears at Literary Festivals and runs writing workshops for young people.

Reviews

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really good book for firstly explaining the range of different maps, then showing the main features and how to create these yourself. The book contains a range of information for example about town maps, country maps, world maps, scale and symbols. This would be useful if looking at or creating maps with a class.

[Deanna Sutter · Rating 2 out of 5]

My kids were bored with this book. They have a lot of neat geography activities to do that I thought would be fun, but my children were not interested at all. My kids have found our other geography resources more enjoyable.

[Shelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a nice additional resource for my daughter when covering the different types of maps and the information each style best represents. There are also some activities in the afterward if educators are looking for a project to reinforce the covered material.

[Lori]

Second I2B book for this school year. Good info hope Sydney does one of the projects in the back.

[Rebecca Dean · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another great maps book. Not only does it tell what ever map should have but it also explains what each concept is. This is another book I used in my reference unit.