3.++Literature+List

Carolyn Bonadonna
__Literature List__

Literature List 1. There’s a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps By Tish Rabe A fun, enjoyable book you can use to introduce maps to children. Explains the different types of maps, what they’re for, and how to read them. Includes many ideas for hands-on activities you can implement in the classroom. In the back of the book there is a glossary that explains all the map related words in an easy to understand manner. 2. Me on the Map By Joan Sweeney In this book, a young girl starts by mapping out her room and house, and expands out to her street, town, state, country, and finally, the world. She then reverses from the world map back to her room. It includes many follow up activities to reinforce the map skills taught in the text. This teaches children that maps don’t always have to be large – you can make a map of your room. This is a very basic yet great concept book that includes beautiful pictures on every page. 3. Maps and Globes Jack Knowlton This book introduces many map concepts for children who already have a basic understanding of maps. It covers direction, the equator, scale, legends, latitude, longitude, elevation, the different types of maps and their uses, and the history of maps. Depth and elevation are also discussed. It is easy to understand and contains beautiful, colorful pictures. 4. Latitude and Longitude By Rebecca Aberg This book teaches children the purpose of latitude and longitude and how to read it. This is a good book for introducing the concept of latitude and longitude, why those lines on the map are there, and how you can make use of them. Contains useful pictures and large, easy to understand text. This is a good book to delve deeper into this particular map skill. =Jessica Goulart = = Literature List: = “Me on the Map” by Joan Sweeney <span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in;">This book introduces what maps are in a simple way that children won’t be overwhelmed. The book relates maps first to places close to the student, such as their own home, and then moves on globally. <span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in;">“There’s a Map on my Lap” by Tish Rabe <span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in;">The Cat in the Hat introduces what maps are, the different types, formats, and the skills that are needed to read maps accurately. The book also adds funny details about some of the locations discussed in a way that students will laugh and remember the facts. <span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in;">“As the Crow Flies” by Gail Hartman <span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in;">This explains what maps are and how humans use them, but then contrasts those ways with the way animals navigate their way around. This is a great book to relate to how humans found their way around before there were maps. <span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in;">“Where do I live?” by Neil Chesanow <span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in;">This book introduces where a child lives starting with a home, city, state, country, and then the world. The book also asks the child about where they live so they can relate their own lives to the story and gain a better understanding of the material. =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Casie Dwyer = Literature List:
 * //Me on the Map// by Joan Sweeney
 * This book is about a little girl. The book starts off with the little girl sitting in her bed in her room. As the book continues, it shows the little girl in her bed, which is in her house that is in the community. Then it shows the community being in a state, the state being in a country, and the country being apart of the world.
 * //Where do I live?// by Neil Chesanow
 * This book simply explains to young children where they live. Not only do you live in a house, but also your house is in a community that belongs to a particular state. That state belongs to a particular country. Finally, all the countries are apart of the world.
 * //Follow the Map// by Scot Ritchie
 * This book is about how a group of children learn about the basic elements of a map. Some of the things the children learn about are as followed: keys, legends, symbols, and directions. In addition, the students also learn about the different types of maps that are available to them. Finally, the children learn how to create their own maps.
 * //The Little Man on the Map// by E. Andrew Marytoni
 * This book is about a little man that helps students learn the fifty states. This little man comes to life in the book and travels to each state.
 * //Harriet Tubman: Follow the North Star// by Violet Findley
 * This book is a biography about Harriet Tubman and her life experiences. The story starts with Harriet growing up in Maryland and some of the hardships she had to deal with. Then, the story goes into the Underground Railroad and how many African Americans were granted freedom from slavery. In the book, the concept of using the North Star to find their way was used. Also, the people in the story have to read a map to get to their destination.
 * Alex Harting**

· <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Maps and Globes (Reading Rainbow Book) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">By: Jack Knowlton, Illustrator: Harriet Barton <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">This book explains to the reader that you can go anywhere you want by looking at maps and globes and still be back in time for dinner. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Follow That Map!: A First Book of Mapping Skills <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">By: Scott Ritchie <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">A little girl and her friends are playing when they suddenly realize that her dog is missing. They run all around town looking for her while using an array of maps to get there. In doing that, the reader can learn about different maps and important skills that are needed to read maps.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tab-stops: 60.75pt; tabstops: 60.75pt;">There’s a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tab-stops: 60.75pt; tabstops: 60.75pt;">By: Tish Rabe, Illustrated by: Aristides Ruiz This is a Cat in the Hat book that helps explain to the reader all the aspects of maps. The Cat in the Hat comes to the house and goes on a rhyming adventure to explain all about maps and how to use them to the children.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tab-stops: 60.75pt; tabstops: 60.75pt;">There’s a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tab-stops: 60.75pt; tabstops: 60.75pt;">By: Tish Rabe, Illustrated by: Aristides Ruiz

This is a Cat in the Hat book that helps explain to the reader all the aspects of maps. The Cat in the Hat comes to the house and goes on a rhyming adventure to explain all about maps and how to use them to the children.

Me On The Map <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tab-stops: 60.75pt; tabstops: 60.75pt;">By: Joan Sweeney, Illustrated by: Annette Cable

This story is about a girl who finds her own special place on the map. She starts in her room and progresses all the way up to her country on the map of the world. Then she narrows it all the way back down to her being in her room. It shows how there are maps of everything and they can be narrowed down to real specific things or a big map of the world to show the countries.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">**Anita Bean** Literature List

1. __Leap Frog World Map Fun Facts__. This has information just like a book, but is actually a large puzzle of world map. This map is good activity for tactile learners because they can touch the pieces and see the continents form as they piece the puzzle together, before they read the facts. This is a tactile activity as well, because a “magnifying glass” is used to read the facts. 2. __I am Sacajawea, I am York: Our Journey West with Louis and Clark__ by Claire Rudolph Murphy. This is a third grade and up picture book about the two slaves who guided Lewis and Clark, told from the guides’ points of view. It is interesting to kids because it is told in the first person by two different people. It includes a map of the Lewis and Clark route. 3. __My Map Book__ by Sara Fanelli. This book is for first through third grade. It is a book which each child individualizes by following prompts on the pages to create maps, starting with their own body and ranging more broadly, up to “my neighborhood.” 4. __Maps and Globes__ by Jack Knowlton. First through third grade introduction to maps, globes, how to use them, their history, and the different kinds of them.