maps

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text describes how maps can show how to get from one place to another.

A brief history of mapmaking, a simple explanation of how to read maps and globes, and an introduction to the different kinds of maps.

Sixth-grader Alton Barnes loves maps, and when his portfolio of secret maps is stolen, he begins getting notes with orders he must obey to get the maps back, he might succeed before his teacher, principal, or someone else learns he has been studying and mapping things about them.

"Twelve year old Devlin Quick is determined to bring a thief to justice when someone steals a page out of a rare maps book in the New York Public Library"--.

Kat, who loves to make maps of all sorts of places and things, gives a special map to Jack.

Describes the cardinal directions, north, south, east, and west, and how directions are used with a map and compass.

Describes the differences between maps and globes; introduces their different parts, including latitude and longitude lines, hemispheres, and the poles; discusses their advantages and disadvantages, explaining how flat maps distort size, shape, and distance; and presents strategies for deciding which one to use.

Introduces how to determine approximately how far apart places are by using the scale on a map.

Formed by geologic event millions of years ago, the Midwest was once a sea of grass. Today the prairies of America's heartland provide food for millions.

Explore the changing landscape of the South, from the Chesapeake Bay's wetlands to the Appalachians to the dusty oilfields of Texas.