There's a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) (Hardcover)

by Tish Rabe (Author), Aristides Ruiz (Illustrator) "I'm the Cat in the Hat and I'm happy to say there's a map on my lap-let's get on our way!..." (more)

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The Cat in the Hat introduces beginning readers to maps–the different kinds (city, state, world, topographic, temperature, terrain, etc.); their formats (flat, globe, atlas, puzzle); the tools we use to read them (symbols, scales, grids, compasses); and funny facts about the places they show us (“Michigan looks like a scarf and a mitten! Louisiana looks like a chair you can sit in!”).

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The Cat in the Hat introduces beginning readers to maps?the different kinds (city, state, world, topographic, temperature, terrain, etc.); their formats (flat, globe, atlas, puzzle); the tools we use to read them (symbols, scales, grids, compasses); and funny facts about the places they show us (?Michigan looks like a scarf and a mitten! Louisiana looks like a chair you can sit in!?).

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (September 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375810994
• ISBN-13: 978-0375810992
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,057 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of this series!, July 18, 2006

By	Annette (California, USA) - See all my reviews

The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library books are all great tools to get beginning readers to read and explore different topics at the same time.

There's a Map on my Lap is my favorite in this series. It explains in typical Cat in the Hat rhyme and stance all the different uses for maps.
It explains the difference between a globe and a map, what latitudes and longitudes and other features of maps are. You learn to read a map by using the windrose or a grid.
The book goes well beyond town or country maps. It features weather maps, topographical maps and even marine charts.

What truly separates this book from the crowd: it is shockfull of hands-on things to do. It begins with peeling an orange while leaving the skin in one piece to demonstrate what a world map should really look like - brilliant idea! Then it goes on to make a map of your room, town, imaginary countries. Or how to measure the length of a curved road on a map using a straight ruler and string.

At the end of the book you find a glossary that explains the "big" words like topographical map and others again. Also a list of more books about maps and globes for children.
If you like doing hands on things with your preschool through 2nd graders this book is for you! Hours of fun and education all rolled into one big happy Cat in the Hat poem.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun way to learn about maps, January 4, 2007

By	C. Hawthorne - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is classic Dr. Seuss...fun, silly, and children don't realize they're learning something. Great book for teaching about maps. I bought this for my 6 year old prior to going on vacation. We had been looking at maps and talking about what states we'd be driving through on our trip. He enjoyed listening to the book and because of the way the information is presented (fun and silly rhymes), he has retained what he learned. He has even referred back to specific bits of information we read from the book (i.e. Never Eat Shredded Wheat to remember North, East, South and West.)

The back of the book contains a glossary of terms mentioned in the book. Highly recommended as an additional tool for teaching about maps.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for young children, August 13, 2007

By	Leslie E. Merry "Mom and Grandma" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a fun book for introducing young children to maps. I will use it in my early childhood classroom but I wish I'd had it when my own chldren were young. They would have loved it!