{"id":18387,"date":"2020-07-11T14:42:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T18:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/?p=18387"},"modified":"2021-04-17T18:26:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T22:26:19","slug":"geography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With all the stories floating around about the disasters incurred by blindly following GPS \u2013 as in driving into lakes, up to the edge of cliffs, and down stairways into parks \u2013 some education in maps, map-reading, and geography seems like a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s important that we get to know our worldwide neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>See below for fiction and nonfiction books, projects and activities, games, fantasy and treasure maps, and some truly stunning and creative atlases.<\/p>\n<p>From the National Council for Geographic Education, see this list of <a href=\"https:\/\/ncge.org\/resources\/national-geography-standards\/\">National Geography Standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e989a6347a0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/3\/#LATITUDE_LONGITUDE_AND_TIME_ZONES\" >LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, AND TIME ZONES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/4\/#FANTASY_MAPS\" >FANTASY MAPS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/4\/#ADVENTUROUS_MAPS_WITH_TRAINS\" >ADVENTUROUS MAPS WITH TRAINS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/5\/#GEOGRAPHY_IN_PICTURE_AND_CHAPTER_BOOKS\" >GEOGRAPHY IN PICTURE AND CHAPTER BOOKS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/5\/#TREASURE_MAPS\" >TREASURE MAPS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/5\/#QUILTS_AS_MAPS\" >QUILTS AS MAPS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/6\/#AROUND_THE_WORLD\" >AROUND THE WORLD<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/6\/#GEOGRAPHY_AND_ART\" >GEOGRAPHY AND ART<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/6\/#POETRY_AND_GEOGRAPHY\" >POETRY AND GEOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/geography\/7\/#MORE_ON_MAPS\" >MORE ON MAPS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"GENERAL_GEOGRAPHY\"><\/span>GENERAL GEOGRAPHY<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 2310px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/maps-and-globes-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/maps-and-globes-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/maps-and-globes.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<p>Jack Knowlton\u2019s <em>Maps and Globes<\/em> (HarperCollins, 1986) \u2013 a Reading Rainbow book \u2013 is a simple picture-book introduction to geography for ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<p>Also by Knowlton, <em>Geography from A to Z<\/em> (HarperCollins, 1997) is a brightly illustrated geographical glossary from Archipelago to Zone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hottest-coldest-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hottest-coldest-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hottest-coldest.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<p>By Steve Jenkins, <em>Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004) is an exploration of the natural world \u2013 the Earth\u2019s deepest lake, longest river, highest mountain, most active volcano, and more \u2013 illustrated with paper collages and each accompanied by a map. Lots of opportunity for creative extensions here. (What\u2019s the world\u2019s <em>second<\/em> longest river? The third? Make a cool chart.) For ages 5 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/true-books-continents-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/true-books-continents-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/true-books-continents.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<p>From Children\u2019s Press, the True Books: Seven Continents series has a picture book for each of the seven continents, each illustrated with color photos and maps. For ages 6-9.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/librarian-who-measured-earth-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/librarian-who-measured-earth-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/librarian-who-measured-earth-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/librarian-who-measured-earth-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/librarian-who-measured-earth.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<p>Kathryn Lasky\u2019s <em>The Librarian Who Measured the Earth<\/em> (Little, Brown, 1994) is a picture-book biography of Eratosthenes, the Greek philosopher\/geographer who first accurately measured the circumference of the Earth. For ages 6-10.<\/p>\n<p>How many famous geographers can you name? See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/articles\/10-notable-geographers.html\">10 Notable Geographers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 365px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 365px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dont-know-much-about-50-states-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dont-know-much-about-50-states-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dont-know-much-about-50-states.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 365px;\">\n<p>Kenneth C. Davis\u2019s <em>Don\u2019t Know Much About the 50 States<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2004) covers all of them in alphabetical order, with maps, background information, and clever (and memory-sticking) stories about each. Under Alabama, for example, readers learn why Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, get the scoop on Space Camp and Rosa Parks, and find out that the name Alabama comes from a Choctaw word meaning \u201cvegetarian gatherers.\u201d For ages 6-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 367px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 367px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scrambled-states-book-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scrambled-states-book-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scrambled-states-book-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scrambled-states-book.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 367px;\">\n<p>In Laurie Keller\u2019s hilarious and delightful <em>The Scrambled States of America<\/em> (Henry Holt and Company, 2002), the states \u2013 shown as bright-colored state-shaped cartoon characters \u2013 are sick of staying in one place and decide to move around. (It all starts with Kansas, who grumbles to Nebraska, \u201cAll day long we just sit here in the middle of the country. We never GO anywhere.\u201d) For ages 6-10.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/gamewright.com\/product\/The-Scrambled-States-of-America-Game-Deluxe-Edition\">The Scrambled States of America game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/maps-and-geography-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/maps-and-geography-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/maps-and-geography.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<p>By Ken Jennings, <em>Maps and Geography <\/em>(Little Simon, 2014) is a fun and informative interactive read, as presented by Professor Jennings talking directly to his audience. (\u201cPlease rise, put your right index finger to your temple, and face this drawing of Albert Einstein. We will now say the Junior Genius Pledge.\u201d) All the geographical basics, plus challenges and quiz questions, in a thoroughly enjoyable format. For ages 8-10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/if-the-world-were-village-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/if-the-world-were-village-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/if-the-world-were-village.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>In David J. Smith\u2019s <em>If the World Were a Village<\/em> (Kids Can Press, 2011), readers are asked to imagine the world as a village of 100 people. How many are children? How many speak Chinese? Thought-provoking and informative \u2013 with a nice link to math &#8211; for ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<p>Also, in the same format, see <em>If America Were a Village <\/em>(2009).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/childs-introduction-to-world-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/childs-introduction-to-world-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/childs-introduction-to-world-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/childs-introduction-to-world-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/childs-introduction-to-world.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>By Heather Alexander, <em>A Child\u2019s Introduction to the World<\/em> (Black Dog &amp; Leventhal, 2010) is an excellent overview of world geography and cultures. Included are the basics of geography, profiles of continents and countries, capsule biographies, fact boxes, and hands-on projects. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wondrous-workings-of-planet-earth-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wondrous-workings-of-planet-earth-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wondrous-workings-of-planet-earth.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Rachel Ignotofsky\u2019s <em>The Wondrous Workings of Planet<\/em> Earth (Ten Speed Press, 2018) is a gorgeously designed and illustrated overview of the Earth\u2019s diverse ecosystems, including chapters on each continent, with colorful biome maps. A wonderful combination of biology, ecology, and geography. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/geography-of-world-DK-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/geography-of-world-DK-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/geography-of-world-DK.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Dorling Kindersley\u2019s <em>Geography of the World<\/em> (2006) is a gorgeously illustrated guide to world countries and cultures, filled with detailed maps, charts, diagrams, and color photos. Great general reference for ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NatGeoBee_Logo_web-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NatGeoBee_Logo_web-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NatGeoBee_Logo_web-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NatGeoBee_Logo_web-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NatGeoBee_Logo_web.png 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Think you know you maps? Tackle National Geographic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/education\/student-experiences\/geobee\/\">Geography Bee<\/a>! The GeoBee is open to private, public, or homeschooled kids in grades 4-8. The website has helpful resources; Mapmaker Interactive, an online mapping tool; a one-page map generator; and activities and practice quizzes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>From the USGS, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/science-support\/osqi\/yes\/resources-teachers\">Resources for Teachers<\/a> has lesson plans, multimedia features, background info, and data sets, categorized by grade (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, and college) and topic (Biology and Ecosystems, Geography, Geology, Global Change, Oceans and Coasts, and more).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>From the versatile Mr. Donn, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrdonn.org\/geography.html\">Geography Lesson Plans, Games, Activities, and Presentations<\/a>. Categories include Map Skills, U.S. Geography, 7 Continents, Countries. The Poles, Mountains, Rivers, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Also see Mr. Donn\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/50states.mrdonn.org\/\">50 US States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourchildlearns.com\/geography.htm\">Owl &amp; Mouse Geography<\/a> has free printable U.S. state maps (all of them), an online atlas, interactive maps and online map puzzles, and geography quizzes for a wide range of ages.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>From the Library of Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/teachers\/classroommaterials\/themes\/geography\/lessonplans.html\">Geography and Maps<\/a> has a list of lesson plans, categorized by age group. Titles include \u201cAround the World in 1896,\u201d \u201cLocal History: Mapping My Spot,\u201d and \u201cWaldseemuller\u2019s Map: World 1507.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/great-courses-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/great-courses-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/great-courses-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/great-courses.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegreatcourses.com\/\">Great Courses<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegreatcourses.com\/courses\/understanding-cultural-and-human-geography.html\">Cultural and Human Geography<\/a> is a 24-lecture series by Paul Robbins of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, beginning with \u201cWriting the World: The Mapmakers Craft.\u201d At full-price, these are expensive, but all go on sale periodically, at a fraction of list cost. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/31B-jyc2D5L._SY445_-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/31B-jyc2D5L._SY445_-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/31B-jyc2D5L._SY445_.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>From the New York Times, see <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/04\/all-over-the-map-10-ways-to-teach-about-geography\/\">All Over the Map: 10 Ways to Teach About Geography<\/a>. Play Geography Bingo, read about the science of mental mapping, learn about the global supply chain, and more. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/where-is-that.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>From Funbrain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funbrain.com\/games\/where-is-that\">Where Is That?<\/a> is a fast-paced geography game in which kids identify states, countries, and capital cities on maps of the U.S., Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and the world. &nbsp;Five levels of difficulty; recommended for grades 3-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/continent-race-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/continent-race-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/continent-race-1024x1012.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/continent-race-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/continent-race.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Educational-Board-Games-Families-Kids\/dp\/B077LZ69YZ\/\">Continent Race<\/a> is a fast-paced card game in which players race around the globe, trying to collect the most country cards from each continent first. Included are world and continent maps and 205 country cards. For two or more players, ages 7 and up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-crate-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-crate-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-crate-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-crate-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-crate-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-crate.jpg 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p>From KiwiCo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiwico.com\/atlas\">Atlas Crate<\/a> is a subscription program in which kids get a monthly crate of projects, activities, recipes, and background information about a different country of the world. The Peru crate, for example, has materials for making your own fluffy alpaca, weaving a mini blanket and chullo hat, playing an ancient tossing game, creating your own Nazca Line art, making a batch of quinoa con leche, and playing music on a DIY antara flute. For ages 6-11.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/little-passports-300x240.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/little-passports-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/little-passports.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlepassports.com\/\">Little Passports<\/a> is a subscription program in which kids, every month, get a packet of cool stuff representative of a different country, accompanied by a personalized letter from the globe-trotting Sofia and Sam. Packets contain souvenirs, photos, passport stamps, map markers, and hands-on projects and activities. Often included are traditional toys, craft projects, puzzles, music CDs, and postcards. Little Passports is available at several levels, among these Early Explorers (ages 3-5), World Editions (ages 6-10), and USA Edition (ages 7-12).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i\"><\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CARTOGRAPHY<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 2458px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 303px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 303px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/make-way-for-ducklings-map-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/make-way-for-ducklings-map-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/make-way-for-ducklings-map-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/make-way-for-ducklings-map.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 303px;\">\n<p>From National Geographic, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/activity\/mapping-storybooks\/\">Mapping Storybooks<\/a> for an activity linking popular picture books \u2013 among them <em>Make Way for Ducklings<\/em>, <em>Rosie\u2019s Walk<\/em>, and <em>Curious George Gets a Medal<\/em> \u2013 to maps. Downloadable maps are available at the website, along with associated resources and suggested discussion questions. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 368px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 368px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/me-on-the-map-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/me-on-the-map-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/me-on-the-map-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/me-on-the-map.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 368px;\">\n<p>For ages 4-8, Joan Sweeney\u2019s <em>Me on the Map<\/em> (Dragonfly Books, 2018) is a cheerful introduction to a child\u2019s own \u201cspecial place on the map,\u201d as a little girl travels from home to street, town, state, country, and world (and back again.) For ages 3-8.<\/p>\n<p>Also see Neil Chesnow\u2019s <em>Where Do I Live?<\/em> (BES, 1995), in similar format for the same age group, which moves from room to home to neighborhood \u2013 and eventually all the way to the Milky Way Galaxy.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 262px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 262px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/as-the-crow-flies-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/as-the-crow-flies-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/as-the-crow-flies.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 262px;\">\n<p>Gail Hartman\u2019s <em>As the Crow Flies<\/em> (Aladdin, 1993) explains how people use road maps, then shows how a map might look to an eagle, a rabbit, a horse, a seagull, and a crow. For ages 3-8.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/follow-that-map-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/follow-that-map-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/follow-that-map.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 314px;\">\n<p>Scot Ritchie\u2019s <em>Follow That Map!<\/em> (Kids Can Press, 2009) is a beginner\u2019s guide to mapping skills. Sally and friends, in search of a pair of lost pets, follow a range of colorful maps, first from home to park to zoo, and then \u2013 imaginatively \u2013 around the world and into space. Basic map concepts are explained, and an included project shows kids how to make a map of their bedrooms on graph paper. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mapping-penny-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mapping-penny-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mapping-penny.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>In Loreen Leedy\u2019s <em>Mapping Penny\u2019s World<\/em> (Square Fish, 2003), Lisa\u2019s class is learning to make maps \u2013 so Lisa decides to map the world of her dog, Penny. Includes information about maps in general. For ages 5-8.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sir-cumference-and-vikings-map-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sir-cumference-and-vikings-map-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sir-cumference-and-vikings-map.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>In Cindy Neuschwander\u2019s picture-book math series, starring Sir Cumference, Lady Di of Ameter, and their son, Radius, &nbsp;<em>Sir Cumference and the Viking\u2019s Map<\/em> (Charlesbridge, 2012) involves a treasure map and coordinate geometry. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 263px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 263px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/charting-the-world-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/charting-the-world-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/charting-the-world.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 263px;\">\n<p>By Richard Panchyk, <em>Charting the World<\/em> (Chicago Review Press, 2011) is a history of maps and mapmaking, filled with maps and diagrams, a timeline, capsule biographies of navigators and explorers, and 21 hands-on activities, among them playing a compass navigation game and making a nautical chart. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>From the Smithsonian, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/innovation\/brief-history-maps-180963685\/\">From Ptolemy to GPS, the Brief History of Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-road-to-there-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-road-to-there-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-road-to-there.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>Val Ross\u2019s prize-winning <em>The Road to There<\/em> (Tundra Books, 2009) is a catchy illustrated history of maps and mapmakers. Various chapters cover the Vinland Map, Cheng Ho, Henry the Navigator, Gerard Mercator, Captain Cook, mapping North America, mapping the ocean depths, and secret maps. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mapping-and-navigation-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mapping-and-navigation-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mapping-and-navigation.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Cynthia Light Brown and Patrick McGinty, <em>Mapping and Navigation<\/em> (Nomad Press, 2013), is an overview of the history and science of finding your way, with 20 hands-on projects. Chapters include \u201cAncient Maps,\u201d \u201cExplorers Cross the Seas,\u201d \u201cMapping New Lands and New Skies,\u201d \u201cOceans: The Least Known Surface on Earth,\u201d and \u201cSpace: Navigating the Final Frontier.\u201d For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tools-of-navigation-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tools-of-navigation-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tools-of-navigation.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Rachel Dickinson\u2019s <em>Tools of Navigation<\/em> (Nomad Press, 2005) is a 150+-page fact-packed history of how people get from here to there, starting with the Ice Age and ending with the age of GPS. The book is illustrated with maps, charts, period prints, and photos, and includes capsule biographies of famous people, \u201cWords to Know\u201d inserts, and 15 activities, among them making a compass, an astrolabe, a sky chart, and a map of your own backyard. For ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mercator_projection_Square-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mercator_projection_Square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mercator_projection_Square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mercator_projection_Square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mercator_projection_Square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mercator_projection_Square.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>We all know the major problem with maps: the world is round, while paper is flat. This means that the various kinds of projections used by cartographers all come with disadvantages. The one most of us are familiar with, since it has been a standard of atlases for centuries, is the Mercator projection, which looks just fine near the equator, but becomes increasingly distorted the closer you get to the poles. Read all about the projection problem in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/page-turner\/the-mapmakers-conundrum\">The Mapmaker\u2019s Conundrum<\/a> (Tom McCarthy; New Yorker, June 2014).<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/mercator-map-true-size-of-countries\/\">Mercator Projections<\/a>, this clever map shows the true sizes of countries.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-to-lie-with-maps-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-to-lie-with-maps-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-to-lie-with-maps.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Mark Monmonier\u2019s <em>How to Lie with Maps<\/em> (University of Chicago Press, 2018) explains that even the best maps lie and discusses the ways in which cartographers \u2013 even though they may not mean to \u2013 distort and manipulate information. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/draw-the-world-cover-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/draw-the-world-cover-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/draw-the-world-cover.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Draw the world! Make your own maps! Kristin J. Draeger\u2019s <em>Draw the World<\/em> (CreateSpace, 2017) teaches kids to draw a world map from memory, step by step, with lots of helpful hints along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Draeger\u2019s entire series, which includes <em>Draw the USA<\/em>, <em>Draw Europe<\/em>, <em>Draw Africa<\/em> (you start with the Red Sea, which looks like a slug), and more. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1200px-Four_Colour_Map_Example.svg_-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1200px-Four_Colour_Map_Example.svg_-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1200px-Four_Colour_Map_Example.svg_-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1200px-Four_Colour_Map_Example.svg_-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1200px-Four_Colour_Map_Example.svg_.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>The idea that any map can be colored using just four colors has been around for at least 150 years. But it\u2019s been hard to prove. Read about <a href=\"https:\/\/nrich.maths.org\/6291\">The Four Color Theorem<\/a>. (Try it! You\u2019ll need a black-line map and colored pencils.)<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ANY7X-_wpNs\">The Four Color Theorem<\/a> on You Tube.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, AND TIME ZONES<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 1056px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/somewhere-in-the-world-right-now-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/somewhere-in-the-world-right-now-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/somewhere-in-the-world-right-now.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>By Stacey Schuett, <em>Somewhere in the World Right Now<\/em> (Dragonfly Books, 1997) is a lovely picture-book introduction to time zones, beginning with a world map, and continuing on a round-the-world journey describing how as some people are asleep, others are going about their day. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 396px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 396px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/longitude-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/longitude-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/longitude.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 396px;\">\n<p>Early navigators could measure latitude \u2013 that is, they knew where they were from north to south \u2013 but longitude was baffling. That is, until John Harrison invented a remarkable clock. Read all about it in Dava Sobel\u2019s <em>Longitude<\/em> (Bloomsbury USA, 2007). For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>Also see the excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0192263\/\">movie version<\/a> (2000) with Michael Gambon as John Harrison.<\/p>\n<p>From the Smithsonian, see <a href=\"https:\/\/timeandnavigation.si.edu\/navigating-at-sea\/longitude-problem\">The Longitude Problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 344px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 344px;\">\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/time-and-navigation-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/time-and-navigation-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/time-and-navigation.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 344px;\">\n<p>By Andrew K. Johnston et al., <em>Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There<\/em> (Smithsonian, 2019) is a companion book to an exhibit of the same name at the Smithsonian\u2019s Air and Space Museum. The theme is the importance of time in navigation, in a history that runs from the early sea voyages to today\u2019s global positioning satellites. A gorgeously illustrated book for teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>COOL ATLASES<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 2339px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 340px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 340px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/brilliant-maps-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/brilliant-maps-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/brilliant-maps.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 340px;\">\n<p>Ian Wright\u2019s <em>Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds<\/em> (The Experiment, 2019) is a wonderful collection of 100 infographic maps that show the world in new and unexpected ways. Check out the world\u2019s highest speed limits, populations of cats vs. dogs, the most photographed places in the world, the world\u2019s largest islands, countries with the most venomous animals, and countries with the best chance of having a white Christmas. Fascinating for all ages.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 393px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 393px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-adventures-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-adventures-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-adventures.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 393px;\">\n<p>By Rachel Williams, <em>Atlas of Adventures<\/em> (Wide Eyed Editions, 2015) is a marvelously illustrated continent-by-continent tour of the world, listing natural wonders, signature events, and celebrations. Readers see the sights from the London Eye, raft down the Grand Canyon, cross the Sahara in a camel caravan, and visit the penguins in Antarctica. For ages 7-12.<\/p>\n<p>In the same format, see the <em>Atlas of Animal Adventures<\/em> (2016) and the <em>Atlas of Ocean Adventures<\/em> (2019).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/city-atlas-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/city-atlas-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/city-atlas.jpg 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>In Georgia Cherry\u2019s <em>City Atlas<\/em> (Wide Eyed Editions, 2016), readers travel the world with 30 detailed city maps, crammed with catchy little pictures detailing landmarks, famous people, famous buildings, and cultural icons. Visit Toronto, New York City, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, and more. For ages 7-10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-oddities-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-oddities-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-oddities-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-oddities-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-oddities.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>By Clive Gifford, <em>Atlas of Oddities<\/em> (Sterling Children\u2019s Books, 2016) is a round-the-world illustrated tour, packed with memorable oddities, from Britain\u2019s Crab Fair to Kathmandu\u2019s Elephant Polo Championship to South America\u2019s poisonous frogs. For ages 7 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-50-states-balkan-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-50-states-balkan-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-50-states-balkan.jpg 519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>By Gabrielle Balkan, <em>The 50 States<\/em> is a collection of 51 illustrated fact-crammed infographic maps. For each state there\u2019s a list of key facts, a timeline of important historical events, and notes about famous people, monuments, natural features, flora and fauna, and more. For ages 7-11.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/where-on-earth-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/where-on-earth-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/where-on-earth-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/where-on-earth-768x913.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/where-on-earth.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>DK\u2019s <em>Where on Earth? Atlas<\/em> (Dorling Kindersley, 2017) is a wonderful collection of 75 varied maps, beginning with the early Earth and the formation of the present continents, then touring the world\u2019s continents and oceans. Filled with fascinating facts. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 342px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 342px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/when-on-earth-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/when-on-earth-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/when-on-earth.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 342px;\">\n<p><em>When on Earth?<\/em> (Dorling Kindersley, 2015) is a map-laden overview of history from ancient times to the present. Great 3-D maps chart key historical events, such as the migrations of early humans out of Africa, the expansion of glaciers during the Ice Age, the discovery of agriculture, the spread of the Black Death, and the battle lines of World Wars I and II. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amazing-world-atlas-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amazing-world-atlas-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amazing-world-atlas.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>From Lonely Planet Kids, <em>Amazing World Atlas<\/em> (2014) is a tour of the world\u2019s continents, crammed with photos, colorful diagrams, fact boxes, and illustrated maps. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-obscura-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-obscura-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-obscura.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Joshua Foer et al., <em>Atlas Obscura<\/em> (Workman, 2019), subtitled \u201cAn Explorer\u2019s Guide to the World\u2019s Hidden Wonders,\u201d is a phenomenal and fascinating read, packed with maps, photos, and marvels from around the world. Geography at its best. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>Also see <em>The Atlas Obscura Explorer\u2019s Guide for the World\u2019s Most Adventurous Kid<\/em> (2018) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/\">Atlas Obscura website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strange-maps-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strange-maps-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/strange-maps.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Frank Jacobs, <em>Strange Maps<\/em> (Viking Studio, 2009) is an \u201can atlas of cartographic curiosities,\u201d including \u201cTen States That Never Were,\u201d \u201cEurope If the Nazis Had Won,\u201d and \u201cUnited Shapes of America,\u201d which is a collection of maps of the continental United States as drawn from memory by teenagers. (Try it and see what you get!)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>FANTASY MAPS<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 3681px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/once-upon-a-time-map-book-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/once-upon-a-time-map-book-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/once-upon-a-time-map-book.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>B.G. Hennessy\u2019s <em>Once Upon a Time Map Book<\/em> (Candlewick, 2010), gorgeously illustrated by Peter Joyce, is a collection of six detailed maps of fairytale kingdoms, among them Neverland, Oz, Wonderland, and the Giant\u2019s kingdom on top of Jack\u2019s beanstalk. For ages 4 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>For many more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/fairy-tales\/\">Fairy Tales.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 239px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 239px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fantasy-map-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fantasy-map-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fantasy-map-1024x797.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fantasy-map-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/fantasy-map.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 239px;\">\n<p>See these images of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/the-10-best-maps-from-fantasy-books-for-readers-who-like-to-track-heroes-adventures-40087\">10 Best Maps in Fantasy Books<\/a>. (Make some of your own!)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/my-fathers-dragon-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/my-fathers-dragon-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/my-fathers-dragon.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>In Ruth Stiles Gannett\u2019s short chapter book <em>My Father\u2019s Dragon<\/em> (Dover, 2014), Elmer Elevator \u2013 with a backpack filled with everything from lollipops to rubber bands \u2013 sets out to rescue a baby dragon on Wild Island. The book includes a wonderful picture map of Tangerina and Wild Island. For ages 5-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/slippery-map-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/slippery-map-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/slippery-map.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>In N.E. Bode\u2019s <em>The Slippery Map<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2007), MTDs \u2013 Mysterious Temporary Disappearances \u2013 of kids are on the rise. Ten-year-old Oyster R. Motel (raised by nuns after being left on the convent steps as an infant, wrapped in a towel from the Royal Motel) discovers the secret when he encounters a mysterious mapkeeper who stocks maps of \u201cImagined Other Worlds.\u201d For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-monsters-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-monsters-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/atlas-of-monsters.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>In Sandra Lawrence\u2019s <em>The Atlas of Monsters<\/em> (Running Press Kids, 2019), a collection of old maps, made by an intrepid 15<sup>th<\/sup>-century explorer, purports to show the locations of all the world\u2019s mythical creatures. Gorgeous illustrations, a continent-by-continent guide to magical creatures, and a mysterious code to crack combine to make this a great read for ages 7-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/expeditioners-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/expeditioners-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/expeditioners.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>By S.S. Taylor, in <em>The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man\u2019s Canyon<\/em> (Harlow Brook Books, 2019) \u2013 the first of a series \u2013 the premise is that there are many undiscovered places in the world. Kit\u2019s father, a famed Explorer of the Realm, is missing, so Kit and siblings Zander and M.K. set off to find him, following the clues on a mysterious half of a map. A terrific steampunk-ish adventure (with maps) for ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 416px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 416px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-to-everywhere-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-to-everywhere-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-to-everywhere.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 416px;\">\n<p>By Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis, in <em>The Map to Everywhere<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2015), 12-year-old Fin, an orphan, is a Master Thief, with a strange magical trait \u2013 no one can remember that he exists. Then he meets Marrill from Arizona, who has stumbled into his world via the Pirate Stream, the magical waterway that connects every world in creation. Together these two end up in a race to find all the pieces of the Map to Everywhere, scattered across many worlds \u2013 but they\u2019re not the only one who want the map. The first of an exciting series for ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 391px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 391px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/race-to-end-of-world-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/race-to-end-of-world-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/race-to-end-of-world.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 391px;\">\n<p>By A.L. Tait, The Mapmaker Chronicles (Kane Miller Books\/EDC Publishing, 2018) is a middle-grade fantasy series about a race to map the world. Fourteen-year-old Quinn has always been content at home on the farm until he\u2019s found to have a special talent for mapmaking \u2013 which lands him on board a ship in the midst of an adventure that involves sword fights, monsters, and stowaways. Titles include <em>Race to the End of the World<\/em>, <em>Prisoner of the Black Hawk<\/em>, <em>Breath of the Dragon<\/em>, and <em>Beyond the Edge of the World<\/em>. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/marauders-map-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/marauders-map-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/marauders-map.jpg 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>\u201cI solemnly swear that I am up to no good.\u201d For Potter fans, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Noble-Collection-NN7888-Marauders\/dp\/B0026PW67W\/\">Marauder\u2019s Map<\/a>, a guide to Hogwarts, courtesy of James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 521px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 521px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dungeons-and-Dragons-Starter-Set-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dungeons-and-Dragons-Starter-Set-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dungeons-and-Dragons-Starter-Set-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dungeons-and-Dragons-Starter-Set.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 521px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dnd.wizards.com\/\">Dungeons and Dragons<\/a>, a fantasy role-playing game introduced in 1974 and now published by Wizards of the Coast, not only involves wizards, warriors, elves, dwarves, clerics, and a lot of polyhedral dice, but great maps. We started playing this when our kids were of early-elementary-school age and they loved it \u2013 it had lots of scope for the imagination, plus all the fun features of a cooperative choose-your-own-adventure book. A good starting point is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dungeons-Dragons-Starter-Wizards-Team\/dp\/0786965592\/\">Dungeons &amp; Dragons Starter Se<\/a>t. Generally recommended for ages 12 and up, but it\u2019s easy to come up with simplified approaches. When we started playing, our youngest son was five.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnd-compendium.com\/dm-resources\/maps-map-tools\">Maps &amp; Map Tools<\/a> for D&amp;D.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 218px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 218px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/minecraft-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/minecraft-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/minecraft.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 218px;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/en-us\/\">Minecraft<\/a>, a creative and ever-popular series of video games, players explore blocky 3-D worlds and build any number of structures. There are also zombies, lava, snow, and wolves. And maps! Generally recommended for ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h4>ADVENTUROUS MAPS WITH TRAINS<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mapmakers-race-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mapmakers-race-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mapmakers-race.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Eirlys Hunter, in <em>The Mapmakers\u2019 Race<\/em> (Gecko Press, 2018) the Santander family is planning to restore the family fortunes by winning the Great Mapmakers Race, a competition to map the best route for a new railway line. Their father, an explorer, is missing, however, and their mother is left behind at a train station \u2013 which leaves Sal, Francie, Joe, and Humphrey to compete in the race by themselves. A great adventure with a little bit of magic for ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ticket-to-ride-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ticket-to-ride-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ticket-to-ride-973x1024.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ticket-to-ride-768x808.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ticket-to-ride.jpg 1423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Days-Wonder-DO7201-Ticket-Ride\/dp\/0975277324\">Ticket to Ride<\/a>, played on a map of the United States, players compete to connect prominent North American cities and build the best train routes. The board is a map. For 2-5 players, ages 8 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>GEOGRAPHY IN PICTURE AND CHAPTER BOOKS<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rosies-walk-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rosies-walk-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rosies-walk-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rosies-walk-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rosies-walk-1536x1146.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/rosies-walk.jpg 1877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Pat Hutchins, in <em>Rosie\u2019s Walk<\/em> (Aladdin, 1971), Rosie \u2013 an oblivious chicken \u2013 sets out for a walk, stalked all the way by a fox who encounters pitfall after pitfall as Rosie walks across the yard, around the pond, over the haystack, past the windmill, through the fence, and under the beehives. For ages 3-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/henrys-map-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/henrys-map-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/henrys-map.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In David Elliot\u2019s <em>Henry\u2019s Map<\/em> (Philomel Books, 2013), Henry \u2013 a very organized pig whose mantra is \u201cA place for everything and everything in its place\u201d \u2013 sets out to draw a map of his home farm. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/which-way-to-revolution-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/which-way-to-revolution-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/which-way-to-revolution.jpg 527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Bob Barner\u2019s <em>Which Way to the Revolution?<\/em> (Holiday House, 1998) clever mice with map-reading skills help Paul Revere find his way on his famous midnight ride. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flat-stanley-his-original-adventure-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flat-stanley-his-original-adventure-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flat-stanley-his-original-adventure-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flat-stanley-his-original-adventure-768x1144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flat-stanley-his-original-adventure-1031x1536.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flat-stanley-his-original-adventure.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Jeff Brown\u2019s original <em>Flat Stanley<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2013), a bulletin board squashes Stanley flat, such that he can be rolled up like a rug, flown like a kite, or even stuffed in an envelope and mailed.<\/p>\n<p>This last led to the popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flatstanleyproject.com\/\">Flat Stanley Project<\/a>, in which kids make their own versions of Stanley and send him as a visitor to a school, friend, family member, author, or other person of interest. The recipient mails him back along with some journal notes, photos, and souvenirs such as postcards. Track your Stanley on the map!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/magic-on-the-map-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/magic-on-the-map-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/magic-on-the-map.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Courtney Sheinmel and Bianca Turetsky, in the Magic on the Map series (Random House, 2019) twins Finn and Molly travel the United States in a magic talking camper (really a Planet Earth Transporter). Each book features a different state and includes a map and a list of catchy state-related facts. Short chapter books for ages 5-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-I-learned-geography-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-I-learned-geography-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-I-learned-geography.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Uri Shulevitz\u2019s <em>How I Learned Geography<\/em> (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 2008) is the story of a boy (based on the author himself) who fled with his parents from Poland to Turkestan (Kazakhstan) in 1939. There his father comes home one day, not with much-needed food, but with an immense map \u2013 which soon becomes a family treasure and a way to travel imaginatively to distant lands. For ages 7-10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-trap-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-trap-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-trap.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Andrew Clements, <em>The Map Trap<\/em> (Atheneum\/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2016) is the story of Alton Ziegler, who is passionate about cartography. When it turns out that he\u2019s drawn maps of the social structures and interactions at school, however, it looks like trouble. Imagine if Harriet the Spy had drawn maps. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/paddle-to-the-sea-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/paddle-to-the-sea-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/paddle-to-the-sea.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>In Holling C. Holling\u2019s <em>Paddle-to-the-Sea<\/em> (Sandpiper Books, 1980), originally published in 1941, a young boy carves a small canoe and paddler, and adds the message \u201cPlease put me back in water. I am Paddle-to-the-Sea.\u201d He then launches the little craft on the Nipigon River \u2013 and the book traces its subsequent journey through the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, and the Atlantic Ocean. Tiny detailed maps cover each step of the way. For ages 9-12,<\/p>\n<p>In similar design by Holling are <em>Minn of the Mississippi<\/em>, which follows the travels of a turtle through the Mississippi River Valley; and <em>Tree in the Trail<\/em>, a history of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail, centered around a great cottonwood tree.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>TREASURE MAPS<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 2243px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 496px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 496px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treasure-island-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treasure-island-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treasure-island.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 496px;\">\n<p>Those whose kids are into pirates \u2013 and whose kids aren\u2019t? \u2013 are probably also, willy-nilly, into maps, preferably the bloodstained kind that show where to find the chest of gold doubloons. It\u2019s just such a map that sends young Jim Hawkins off on his grand adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson\u2019s <em>Treasure Island<\/em>, which is just as exciting today as it was when first published in 1883.<\/p>\n<p>The book is available in many editions, including Classic Starts and Great Illustrated Classics versions, with abbreviated texts for ages 7-9; and in a graphic novel version, often a good bet for reluctant readers, adapted by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin from Capstone Press.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 247px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 247px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treasure-map-murphy-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treasure-map-murphy-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treasure-map-murphy.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 247px;\">\n<p>In Stuart J. Murphy\u2019s <em>Treasure Map<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2004), one of the MathStart series, Matthew and friends have found a treasure map and are off to find buried treasure \u2013 with the help of some real-life map-reading skills involving scale, distance, and direction. For ages 6-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 265px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 265px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mystery-of-pirates-map-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mystery-of-pirates-map-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/mystery-of-pirates-map.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 265px;\">\n<p>One of Gertrude Chandler Warner\u2019s now much-extended Boxcar Children series, in <em>The Mystery of the Pirate\u2019s Map<\/em> (Albert Whitman &amp; Company, 1999), Benny finds a bottle on the beach containing a pirate\u2019s treasure map. Chapter book for ages 6-10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kaleidoscope-eyes-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kaleidoscope-eyes-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kaleidoscope-eyes.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>In Jen Bryant\u2019s <em>Kaleidoscope Eyes<\/em> (Yearling, 2010), Lyza finds a packet of maps in her grandfather\u2019s dusty attic with an envelope reading \u201cFor Lyza ONLY.\u201d The maps reveal possible locations of 17<sup>th<\/sup>-century pirate Captain Kidd\u2019s buried treasure. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treasure-of-maria-mamoun-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treasure-of-maria-mamoun-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treasure-of-maria-mamoun.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>In Michelle Chalfoun\u2019s <em>The Treasure of Maria Mamoun<\/em> (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 2016), Maria is bullied in the Bronx, so her mother takes a job on Martha\u2019s Vineyard, as nurse to Mr. Ironwell, an elderly film director. There Maria makes friends with Paolo, the son of the housekeeper, discovers a treasure map, and sets out to solve the mystery of Captain Jean Murdefer. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pirates-dead-mens-tales-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pirates-dead-mens-tales-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pirates-dead-mens-tales.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>By Anne Rooney, <em>Pirates: Dead Men\u2019s Tales<\/em> (Carlton Books, 2018) is an illustrated history of real-life pirates, with five detailed maps. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 200px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 200px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/How-to-make-a-treasure-map-final-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/How-to-make-a-treasure-map-final-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/How-to-make-a-treasure-map-final.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 200px;\">\n<p>See step-by-step illustrated instructions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/home-is-good\/how-to-make-treasure-map\/\">How to make a pirate treasure map game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 84px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 84px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 84px;\">\n<p>See many more resources on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pirates\/\">Pirates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>QUILTS AS MAPS<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 1409px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/patchwork-path-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/patchwork-path-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/patchwork-path-768x948.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/patchwork-path.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>How about quilts as maps? Bettye Stroud\u2019s <em>The Patchwork Path<\/em> (Candlewick, 2007) is the picture-book tale of a little girl and her father who escape from slavery with the help of a map made with coded symbols on a patchwork quilt. \u00a0For ages 5-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sweet-clara-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sweet-clara-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sweet-clara-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sweet-clara.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>In Deborah Hopkinson\u2019s <em>Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt<\/em>; Dragonfly Books, 1995), when Clara, a young slave and seamstress, learns of the Underground Railroad, she fashions a quilt that serves as a secret map for escaping slaves. For ages 5-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/show-way-cover-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/show-way-cover-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/show-way-cover.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>Jacqueline Woodson\u2019s <em>Show Way<\/em> (G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons, 2005) is the quilt-based history of an African-American family, beginning with a \u201cShow Way\u201d \u2013 a quilt stitched with clues showing the path north to freedom. For ages 5-10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 109px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 109px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 109px;\">\n<p>From National Geographic, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2004\/2\/did-quilts-hold-codes-to-the-underground-railroad\/\">Did Quilts Hold Codes to the Underground Railroad?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 135px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 135px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 135px;\">\n<p>For more information and freedom-quilt-related projects, see Freedom Quilts at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathwire.com\/quilts\/quilts.html\">http:\/\/www.mathwire.com\/quilts\/quilts.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 217px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 217px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/US-map-quilt-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/US-map-quilt-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/US-map-quilt.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 217px;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinacurran.com\/tutorials\/map-quilt\">Make a U.S. Map Quilt<\/a>. A family project for brave quilters.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>AROUND THE WORLD<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 2841px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 393px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 393px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/around-the-world-in-80-days-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/around-the-world-in-80-days-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/around-the-world-in-80-days.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 393px;\">\n<p>In Jules Verne\u2019s classic <em>Around the World in 80 Days<\/em>, first published in 1872, Phileas Fogg and his French valet Passepartout set out on a whirlwind circumnavigation of the world on a bet. The book is available in many editions, including versions from Great Illustrated Classics (1989) and Classic Starts (2007) with simplified texts for ages 7-9, and graphic novel adaptations. (Follow the action on the map!)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048960\/\">1956 movie version<\/a>, rated G, stars David Niven as Phileas Fogg.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 237px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 237px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 237px;\">\n<p>Phileas Fogg wasn\u2019t the only one. In 1889, intrepid American journalist Nellie Bly made a round-the-world trip in an attempt to beat Mr. Fogg\u2019s record \u2013 which she did, finishing the journey in just 72 days. From the Smithsonian, read about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/nellie-blys-record-breaking-trip-around-world-was-to-her-surprise-race-180957910\/\">Nellie Bly\u2019s Record-Breaking Trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/daring-nellie-bly-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/daring-nellie-bly-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/daring-nellie-bly.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>Bonnie Christensen\u2019s <em>The Daring Nellie Bly<\/em> (Dragonfly Books, 2009) is a picture-book biography of the remarkable reporter who infiltrated a New York insane asylum, rounded the world in 72 days, and covered the front lines during World War I. For ages 5-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 391px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 391px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nellie-bly-for-kids-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nellie-bly-for-kids-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nellie-bly-for-kids.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 391px;\">\n<p>By Ellen Mahoney, <em>Nellie Bly and Investigative Journalism for Kids<\/em> (Chicago Review Press, 2015) covers the life and times of Nellie Bly, who introduced a form of journalism that came to be known as \u201cmuckraking\u201d \u2013 investigations that exposed social, political, and economic problems. (Nellie, for example, faked insanity in order to report on the horrific conditions in American mental asylums.) The book includes a timeline, period photos and prints, capsule biographies, and 21 hands-on activities. For ages 9-14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eighty-days-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eighty-days-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eighty-days.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>Matthew Goodman\u2019s <em>Eighty Days<\/em> (Ballantine Books, 2014) is the story of Nellie Bly\u2019s record-breaking race around the world in 1889. Though she didn\u2019t know it at the time, she was also racing against a rival journalist, Elizabeth Bisland. An exciting read for teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/around-the-world-in-50-ways-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/around-the-world-in-50-ways-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/around-the-world-in-50-ways.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>From Lonely Planet Kids, <em>Around the World in 50 Ways<\/em> (2018) is a geography version of a choose-your-own adventure book as kids travel the world choosing their own routes and means of transportation, from sleds to steamboats to hot-air balloons. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-to-make-an-apple-pie-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-to-make-an-apple-pie-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-to-make-an-apple-pie.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>In Marjorie Priceman\u2019s <em>How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World<\/em> (Dragonfly, 1996), a would-be baker travels the globe collecting the ingredients for an apple pie \u2013 to Italy for flour, France for eggs, England for milk, Sri Lanka for cinnamon. Pie recipe included. For ages 3-7.<\/p>\n<p>In the same format, see How to <em>Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A.<\/em> (2013).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 316px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/on-the-same-day-in-march-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/on-the-same-day-in-march-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/on-the-same-day-in-march.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 316px;\">\n<p>By Marilyn Singer, <em>On the Same Day in March <\/em>(HarperFestival, 2001) is a round-the-world tour of the world\u2019s weather. On the same day in March it\u2019s icy cold in the Arctic, sunny in Barbadoes, windy in Australia. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 240px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 240px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/children-just-like-me-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/children-just-like-me-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/children-just-like-me.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 240px;\">\n<p>Dorling Kindersley\u2019s <em>Children Just Like Me<\/em> (2016), illustrated with wonderful color photos, highlights the lives of kids from 36 different countries around the world. For ages 7-11.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eat-your-way-around-world-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eat-your-way-around-world-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/eat-your-way-around-world.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By Jamie Aramini, <em>Eat Your Way Around the World<\/em> (Geography Matters, 2008) has dozens of kid-friendly recipes, categorized by continent and country. Appropriate for a range of ages.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/year-full-of-stories-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/year-full-of-stories-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/year-full-of-stories.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Read your way around the world! Angela McAllister\u2019s <em>A Year Full of Stories<\/em> (Frances Lincoln Books, 2016), with wonderful illustrations by Christopher Corr, is a collection of 52 stories from around the world, grouped by month. January, for example, features \u201cFather Frost\u201d from Russia, \u201cThe Magic Porridge Pot\u201d from Germany, and \u201cKing of the Forest\u201d from China. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/360-degrees-longitude-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/360-degrees-longitude-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/360-degrees-longitude.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>The ultimate family field trip. John Higham\u2019s <em>360 Degrees Longitude<\/em> (Prospecta Press, 2012) is the story of how he, his wife, and their two kids, ages eight and eleven, spent a year traveling the world, crossing 24 time zones and visiting 28 countries. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>GEOGRAPHY AND ART<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 906px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 263px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 263px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/my-map-book-fanelli-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/my-map-book-fanelli-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/my-map-book-fanelli.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 263px;\">\n<p>Sara Fanelli\u2019s imaginative <em>My Map Book<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2019), illustrated with wonderful abstract mixed-media artwork, shows that maps can be used in many creative ways \u2013 to make a \u201cMap of My Family,\u201d for example, or a map of my day, heart, dog, and tummy. Wonderful project possibilities. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 340px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 340px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/geography-through-art-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/geography-through-art-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/geography-through-art.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 340px;\">\n<p>By Sharon Jeffus and Jamie Aramini, <em>Geography Through Art<\/em> (Geography Matters, 2008) is a great collection of international art projects, categorized by continent and country, along with background information and supplemental resource lists. Sample projects include everything from a papier-mache globe and a Pangaea puzzle to Ghanan kente cloth, Japanese fish prints, Brazilian rainsticks, and much more. Adaptable for a wide range of ages.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 303px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 303px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-art-lab-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-art-lab-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-art-lab-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-art-lab-1.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 303px;\">\n<p>By Jill K. Berry and Linden McNeilly, <em>Map Art Lab<\/em> (Quarry Books, 2014) is a collection of 52 creative and artistic map-related activities, categorized under Map Basics, Map Magic, Flat Maps, Mixed Media Maps, Personal Maps, Cartographic Projects, and Inspired by Artists. For all ages.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h4>POETRY AND GEOGRAPHY<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/got-geography-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/got-geography-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/got-geography.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins, <em>Got Geography!<\/em> (Greenwillow, 2006) is an illustrated collection of 16 poems with geography themes: subjects include mapping the world, the equator, and the compass. For ages 7 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/world-of-wonders-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/world-of-wonders-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/world-of-wonders.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>By J. Patrick Lewis, <em>A World of Wonders<\/em> (Dial, 2002) is an illustrated collection of 26 quirky geography and travel poems, filled with fascinating facts. Included are an acrostic poem about Columbus, a concrete poem called \u201cThe Italian Boot,\u201d and \u201cIs the Yellow Sea Yellow?\u201d which begins \u201cIs the Yellow Sea yellow?\/Is the Red Sea red?\/Is the Black Sea black?\/Is the Dead Sea dead?\u201d For ages 5-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/my-america-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/my-america-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/my-america.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins, <em>My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2000) is a collection of 50 illustrated poems, grouped by geographical region, by such poets as Carl Sandburg, Langston Hughes, Gary Snyder, X.J. Kennedy, and many more. For ages 8 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-same-sky-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-same-sky-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-same-sky.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>Selected by Naomi Shihab Nye, <em>The Same Sky<\/em> (Aladdin, 1996) is a collection of 125 poems from 68 different countries around the world. For ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>See Elizabeth Bishop\u2019s poem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/the-map\/\">The Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4>MORE ON MAPS<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 2536px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/prisoners-of-geography-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/prisoners-of-geography-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/prisoners-of-geography.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>Tim Marshall\u2019s <em>Prisoners of Geography<\/em> (Scribner, 2016) uses ten maps of crucial world regions to explain geopolitics. (Why is Putin so obsessed with Crimea? Why will Europe never be united?) For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<p>For ages 8 and up, see Marshall\u2019s <em>Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps<\/em> (Elliott &amp; Thompson, 2019).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/on-the-map-garfield-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/on-the-map-garfield-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/on-the-map-garfield.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>Simon Garfield\u2019s <em>On the Map<\/em> (Avery, 2013) is a fascinating history of maps from their earliest beginnings to the present day. Chapter titles include \u201cVenice, China and a Trip to the Moon,\u201d \u201cThe World in a Book,\u201d \u201cCholera and the Map that Stopped it,\u201d \u201cX Marks the Spot: Treasure Island,\u201d and \u201cThe Worst Journey in the World to the Last Place to Be Mapped.\u201d A great read for teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/maphead-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/maphead-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/maphead.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>Ken Jennings\u2019s <em>Maphead<\/em> (Scribner, 2012) is an addictive tour of the world of map culture, covering everything from geocaching and road atlas rallies to fantasy maps, the Google Earth programmers, and the London Map Fair. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-that-changed-world-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-that-changed-world-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/map-that-changed-world.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>Simon Winchester\u2019s <em>The Map That Changed the World<\/em> (Harper Perennial, 2009) is the story of William Smith, a canal digger, who created the world\u2019s first geological map \u2013 a full-color hand-painted masterpiece, eight feet tall and six feet wide &#8211; and invented the science of stratigraphy. A tie-in to geology. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ghost-map-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ghost-map-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ghost-map.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>Steven Johnson\u2019s <em>The Ghost Map<\/em> (Riverhead Books, 2007) is the story of physician John Snow \u2013 sometimes called the father of epidemiology \u2013 who discovered the source of London\u2019s cholera epidemic of 1854 by means of a map, For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-mapmakers-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-mapmakers-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-mapmakers-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-mapmakers-768x1148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-mapmakers-1027x1536.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/the-mapmakers.jpg 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>By John Noble Wilford, <em>The Mapmakers<\/em> (Vintage Books, 2001) is a history of cartography from antiquity to the space age, filled with amazing details. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/history-of-world-in-12-maps-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/history-of-world-in-12-maps-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/history-of-world-in-12-maps.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>Jeremy Brotton\u2019s <em>A History of the World in Twelve Maps<\/em> (Penguin, 2013) runs from Ptolemy to Google Earth in twelve cartographical jumps. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/island-of-lost-maps-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/island-of-lost-maps-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/island-of-lost-maps.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>True crime \u2013 with maps. Miles Harvey\u2019s <em>The Island of Lost Maps<\/em> (Random House, 2000) is the story Gilbert Bland, America\u2019s greatest map thief. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the stories floating around about the disasters incurred by blindly following GPS \u2013 as in driving into lakes, up to the edge of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[982,773],"tags":[985,986,983,984],"class_list":["post-18387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geography","category-history","tag-50-states","tag-cartography","tag-geography","tag-maps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18387"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19278,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18387\/revisions\/19278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}