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Mapping My Day

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Follow Flora and her zany family as she takes us through her day with a series of vibrant and interactive maps.

In our current GPS-ruled world, map-reading is something of a dying art. But learning to read, understand, and draw maps is a fun and active way for children to develop spatial thinking skills— how we think about and understand the world around us and use concepts of space for problem solving. Early exposure to maps concepts can help foster this type of cognitive development in children and boost their math and science learning as they progress through school.

Each hand-drawn, kid-friendly map highlights key map concepts in the context of a story or puzzle. Figure out which route to school is the fastest, how to find Flora’s buried treasure, and even how to complete a dog agility course!

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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Social Studies
Copyright 2017
Publisher Magination Press, American Psychological Association
Imprint Magination Press — American Psychological Association
Language English
Number of Pages 40
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF024140, JNF053050, JNF053160
Dimensions 10 x 8
Features Awards, Note to adults, Original artwork, Reviewed, and eSource

Author: Julie Dillemuth

Julie Dillemuth has a PhD in geography and is the author of picture books that help children develop and practice spatial thinking skills, problem solving, and social-emotional skills.

Illustrator: Laura Wood

Laura Wood is an independent illustrator based in Milan. She is particularly drawn to children’s illustration because it allows her to play with colors and characters in order to create the perfect world she would like to live in: sunny, safe, and fun.

Awards

  • NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Winner, 2019

Reviews

School Library Journal

“The playful cartoon artwork is simple enough to allow young readers to absorb the mindfulness and geographic reasoning lessons that are demonstrated on each page . . . An excellent addition to geography collections.”—School Library Journal