As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-- Reflecting the renewed interest in geography for ever younger readers, simple words and pictures describe the travel of an eagle, a rabbit, a crow, a police horse, a seagull, and the moon. A pictorial map for each animal is given; all maps are joined in "The Big Map" at the end. The somewhat sketchy pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations lend a bit of personality to the animals, and the journey each makes helps give the audience some information about its habitat. However, the simplified maps have no uniform scale and are misleading. In the final map, for example, the hot dog stand appears to be almost as big as, and to occupy nearly as much ground as, the city and the section of skyscrapers. The city is not much bigger than the factory. Also, although the maps do come together, there is no overlap or integration. Teachers and parents of very young children will probably not be bothered by the distortions and will appreciate the clear focus on the concept of maps. --Louise L. Sherman, Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJCopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
Maps -- they help you get where you want to go. People use road maps to find their way. These maps show miles of highways that point out the right direction. But what about the crow? What kind of map does he use? Or the eagle, the rabbit, the horse, and the sea gull? What's on their maps?


Card catalog description
A look at different geographical areas from the perspectives of an eagle, rabbit, crow, horse, and gull.


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Maps -- they help you get where you want to go. People use road maps to find their way. These maps show miles of highways that point out the right direction. But what about the crow? What kind of map does he use? Or the eagle, the rabbit, the horse, and the sea gull? What's on their maps?


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