Why get lost when you can map it out? You'll always know the right direction to travel with the special tricks you'll learn here. Starting from familiar territory (home, the back garden, the school playground) and moving outwards, this amusing, colourfully illustrated introduction to finding your way home - or anywhere you want to go - teaches children streetwise basics. Filled to the brim with fun games, creative activities, humorous quizzes and wacky facts. Build a model of an early compass to understand navigation. Discover orienteering, navigation and compass basics. Use the sun, sound and stars to get your bearings. Learn to use a star map. Learn about global positioning systems. Look at a map similar to the one used by Columbus when he discovered "America". Create your own maps. Learn about things that were "lost" from the mapped world: Atlantis, Bermuda Triangle, Flight 19, Treasure Island; Every colourful page takes a unique approach to maps and teaching basic geography to children.
- ISBN10 0806944072
- ISBN13 9780806944074
- Publish Date 1 April 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 January 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Sterling Juvenile
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 80
- Language English