"Inside Access" takes the reader on an exciting, interactive journey through favourite subjects. With lift-up flaps, superb images and the assistance of an authoritative yet friendly guide, in-depth information is presented in a richly visual and irresistible way. "Maps and Mapping" follows Suki West, the daredevil cartographer guide, who scales mountains and sails the seas to reveal all about maps from ancient times to today. Suki takes the reader on a personal tour through the basics of maps and mapping, imparting extra and sometimes surprising facts alongside her expert knowledge and entertaining humour.

 

This book is part of a book series called Inside Access .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Pan Macmillan .

Dereen Taylor has been writing and editing children's books for more than 15 years. Lyn Stone's amusing drawings have enlivened the pages of many children's titles, from history books to children's play-scripts and pop-up books. Jinny Johnson is an established and successful writer of information books for children.

This book has the following chapters: 4-5 Meet your guide; 6-7 Why we need maps; 8-9 The first maps; 10-11 Maps and explorers; 12-13 Mapping the world; 14-15 Projections; 16-17 Mapping countries; 18-19 Mapping mountains; 20-21 Your home town; 22-23 Information map; 24-25 Mapping the ocean; 26-27 Mapping space; 28-29 Mapping change; 30-31 Glossary and index.