maps

Explains what a map scale is, and shows how to use them to measure distances between places on the map.

Liz the Whiz and her younger brother use codes, a chart, and a map of the backyard that matches a clock face to solve Zack's mystery. Includes a section with related activities.

Photographs and simple text tell children how to read and use maps and globes.

After learning about maps in school, Lisa maps all the favorite places of her dog, Penny.

Explores the process of making and reading maps, from using sticks and clay to plot early routes, to satellites that circle the globe. Includes activities for making your own maps.

Introduces young readers to the countries and continents of the world. Includes pictorial and relief maps, and encourages map-reading skills.

Simple maps show how different animals, including a lizard, a jackrabbit, a roadrunner, mules, and deer, travel through an area of the Southwest.

Explains what maps are, focusing on topographic maps, with discussion of scale, legends, contours, and contour lines; and looks at how topographic maps can be used. Includes a glossary.

A guide to understanding road maps, explaining what maps are, how to use the legend, how to understand scale and direction, and how to use the grid. Includes a look at road maps of the future.

Introduces basic map concepts through a story in which a boy learns his route to school with help from his father.