map drawing

"K2 O'Hero and his twin sister, Izzabird, have been sworn to keep their family's Magical history a secret. But when their baby sister, Annipeck, is kidnapped, they must team up with their ordinary stepsiblings and embark on a daring rescue mission"--Provided by the publisher.

Learn about maps, including what a map is, what they are used for, how to read a map and its features, and how to make your own maps.

The equator is Earth's longest line of latitude, and it passes over numerous countries and many miles of ocean. It's always hot near the equator, and readers learn why inside this map-packed volume. Other topics include Earth's axis, rotation, and the yearly trip around the sun, and how these concepts affect the climate near the equator and around the world. The manageable text is paired with diagrams and colorful photographs, and the book ends with a helpful chart about locations on the equator.

Readers get the chance to travel the globe in this informative guide to Earth's continents. The text was expertly created to help young readers learn key points about maps as well as the continents. Each page is filled with a map labeled with key places noted in the accompanying text. Colorful photographs of landforms and people from around the world are sure to draw in even reluctant readers. A handy chart allows readers to compare the size and populations of each continent.

"Clarke is a girl who has just moved in and she is very serious about adventure; Miguel knows the neighborhood and is eager to meet new people and have adventures--so with walkie-talkies, a compass, paper, and colored pencils they set out to explore and draw an 'adventure map'--or perhaps it is a treasure map as Miguel insists"--Provided by publisher.

"Fifth grader True North Vincent is a map enthusiast who is struggling after spending months in quarantine because of a virus, and she finds herself navigating family responsibilities, new friendships, abandoned kittens, and a pirate treasure hunt"--OCLC.

Simple text and color illustrations introduce young readers to map making. Also discusses the history of cartography. Includes an activity and resources for further information.

Explores map drawing, explaining different types of maps, scale, landmarks, symbols, and more.

Text and illustrations look at using and making maps in Minecraft.

"[Argues] how maps and stories have always been intimately entwined. Including . . . a unique map of the Mediterranean from the eleventh-century Arabic Book of Curiosities, al-Sharif al-Idrisi's twelfth-century world map, C.S. Lewis's map of Narnia, J.R.R. Tolkien's cosmology of Middle-Earth and Grayson Perry's twenty-first-century tapestry map, this . . . book analyses maps as objects that enable us to cross sea and land; as windows into alternative and imaginary worlds; as guides to reaching the afterlife; as tools to manage cities, nations, even empires; as images of environmental change; and as digitized visions of the global future"--Provided by publisher.