Maps And Mazes, Trade (Pb)

A hands-on guide that provides essential background information and projects introduces the reader to the principles of maps and the techniques used to make them

Gr. 2-4. Using a format common in children's nonfiction from Britain (where it was first published), this book presents a new subject on each double-page spread. Topics considered include simple mapmaking, latitude and longitude, going from a three-dimensional model to a two-dimensional plan, using a grid, indicating scale and directions, showing contours, and making mazes. Colorful maps and plans, often executed in a crisp collage style, brighten every page of the book. While the information given is somewhat cursory, this attractive survey could serve as an introductory idea book for classroom or individual use. Carolyn Phelan