Mapping Sam

von Joyce Hesselberth

40 Seiten, Hardcover, ab 4 bis 8 Jahre

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ABologna Ragazzi Award Special Mention!Anadventurous cat named Sam explores her neighborhood at night in this gorgeouslyillustrated book. Informational, beautiful, and deeply moving, Mapping Samis both a book about how maps work and an engaging, character-driven story. Ina starred review, Kirkus Reviews says that Mapping Sam is “awinning choice.” An ideal read-aloud for classrooms and homeschooling, the bookfeatures a page of background information as well as various maps and map termsthroughout. For fans of BrandonWenzel’s They All Saw a Cat and Sara Fanelli’s MyMap Book, and for anyone who wants to know what is where and how to getfrom here to there!Maps can show us streetsand subways and cities and countries. But they can also show us what we can’tsee, what we can only imagine, or how to build something. In JoyceHesselberth’s Mapping Sam, Sam the cat puts her family to bed,and then—when all is quiet—heads out to explore her neighborhood.As Sam follows hercustomary path, wandering farther and farther away from home, readers encounterdifferent kinds of maps illuminating different points of view and the variousspots Sam visits. Finally, when Sam reaches her favorite place and confirmsthat all is well, she heads back home, climbs onto a cozy bed, and fallsasleep.Anideal read-aloud for classrooms and libraries, Mapping Sam featuresa page of background information, as well as various maps and map termsthroughout. Perfect for fans of Lynne Rae Perkins’s Frank and LuckyGet Schooled and Peter H. Reynolds’s The Dot.

• Themen: Kinder, Jugendliche und Bildung Bilderbücher, Aktivitätenbücher, Konzepte der Früherziehung Mitmachbücher
• ISBN: 9780062741226
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.10.2018
• Größe: 274 x 235 mm
• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 4 bis 8 Jahre
• Illustrationen: Joyce Hesselberth