The bright, easy-to-follow illustrations do an excellent job of highlighting all the major concepts, and definitions of all the important terms are presented in bold type on each spread for extra clarity. Since Ritchie’s emphasis is on helping kids to build mapping skills, he takes an active approach, using five spunky characters and a missing-pets adventure to walk his readers through a series of questions designed to test these skills. Veteran illustrator Scot Ritchie has created an easy-to-follow primer that shows young readers how the basic elements of maps (keys, legends, symbols, directions, etc.) work, while explaining other important aspects of mapping, such as how to use maps to determine direction, the different kinds of maps, and even how to create a map GPS and other digital technologies are easily available to steer the adults in their lives in the right direction.īut even with all this technology, youngsters still need to learn how to read graphical representations of places, landmarks, bodies of water, and the like. previous 1 2 3 next sort by previous 1 2 3 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. There are countless sites online, well-known to kids of all ages, that provide directions for getting wherever you want to go. Books by Scot Ritchie (Author of Follow That Map) Books by Scot Ritchie Scot Ritchie Average rating 3.82 1,334 ratings 392 reviews shelved 3,830 times Showing 30 distinct works.

The Internet, and digital technology in general, has made huge changes to the way we get from point A to point B. With an appealing search-and-find technique, Follow That Map is an interactive picture book that explains and demonstrates key mapping concepts.

Follow that map by scot ritchie