maps

Provides expert guidance on reading maps and using them to navigate in the outdoors, and shares tips for drawing maps, with explanations of cartographic terminology.

"Marrill and Fin continue their adventures as they race to stop the destruction of the Pirate Stream by a frightening ancient power whose coming was prophesized in The Map to Everywhere"--Provided by publisher.

Neil and his friend Larry travel in their new food truck to the Salsa Verde ranch in Arizona to participate in the legendary food-truck gathering, but when Neil discovers that the Verde ranch is in danger of foreclosure, the only hope for the ranch is a treasure map left behind by the very first Verde, a chef who discovered a mine while escaping from a murderous army colonel.

Explores ways to map the impact of humans on the environment.

The summer before starting middle school, when eleven-year-old Goldenrod Moram sets out to make a very accurate map of the forest behind her home, she discovers a band of troublemakers, a mysterious old lady, and the ghost of her explorer idol.

"Master Thief Fin from the Khaznot Quay and suburban schoolgirl Marrill from Arizona reunite on the magical waters of the Pirate Stream to seek a mysterious and legendary wish machine"--Provided by publisher.

"When a series of mysterious deaths shakes her island community, thirteen-year-old Isabella, daughter to the island's only mapmaker, volunteers to lead a party of explorers into the forest in search of answers. As the group ventures deeper and deeper into the island, dark secrets begin to surface, and the legends Isabella has listened to all these years show signs of coming to life"--Provided by publisher.

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

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

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.