Mapping Penny's World

by Loreen Leedy

Book Overview

""Penny likes to hide her toys and other stuff in the yard . . . . Maybe I'll make a map of Penny's hideouts.""Lisa's class is learning how to make maps. The teacher says they can make maps of anyplace, so Lisa starts with her bedroom. She includes all the things that people will need to read the map, such as a scale and a key to the symbols she has used. Her dog, Penny, helps with the map. This gives Lisa an idea. Why not map Penny's world? Making...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805061789
• ISBN13: 9780805061789
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Mapping Penny's World

Leedy does a beautiful job teaching the reader about mapping. Through the eyes of Lisa (a young girl) she explains the many places she travels to with her dog Penny. Lisa and Penny travel throughout her bedroom, into the backyard, then to the city, and finally into the world. Each place they visit, Lisa creates a detailed map. The book provides rich vocabulary and mind-blowing illustrations throughout each map Lisa designs. Since the book is very easy to understand, it would be a terrific book to introduce to children of all ages.

fabulous for teachers--especially in 3rd-5th

Kids finally will get what a "birds eye view" means! The book flows nicely from creating a map of Penny's owner's bedroom...to a larger and larger scale. Leads itself to children being able to create their own maps of their bedroom or classroom...then once they have that down your true cartographers will emerge and challenge themselves on a greater scale.

Great Intro to Maps

"...a map is a picture of someplace from above. It's like flying over that spot in an airplane." This book uses clear language and illustrations to introduce maps to young children. Starting from her bedroom, Lisa maps her and Penny's (her dog) world starting with the most familiar and moving out. Concepts include using a key, mapping to scale and using a map to give directions. Your children may be inspired to map their own world.

learn all about maps from a girl and her dog!

This book is a wonderful, colorful book that is very well written and is a great plot line. Lisa's class at school is learning all about maps and how to use them. As a project Penny has to make a map of her own. Lisa maps out her world and the world of her dog Penny. Children are introduced to terms such as map title, key, symbols, compass rose and scale. What did you like or not like about the book? The pictures featuring the main character Lisa and her dog Penny are colorful and entertaining. I would recommend this book to parents and teacher to share with children in grade 2-4. It's very useful tool in teaching basic geography.

Great Example of Simple Map-Making

This book follows the path of a dog and the maps made of her neighborhood. These maps are very simple and easy to follow. They are straight forward and amazingly uncluttered. The legends help to show why they are so important in map-making. This is a wonderful guide to introduce children to maps and also to use as an "template" for creating your own maps.