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The Shape of Things

How Mapmakers Picture Our World

How Mapmakers Picture Our World

How Mapmakers Picture Our World

By Dean Robbins
Illustrated by Matt Tavares

By Dean Robbins
Illustrated by Matt Tavares

By Dean Robbins
Illustrated by Matt Tavares

By Dean Robbins
Illustrated by Matt Tavares

By Dean Robbins
Illustrated by Matt Tavares

By Dean Robbins
Illustrated by Matt Tavares

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    About The Shape of Things

    How did the first people explore the land they lived on? How did civilizations expand their boundaries and chart courses into new lands? Learn about the history of cartography across cultures in this ode to mapmaking through the ages.

    Join history’s first mapmakers as they explore the wonders of the world! In these pages, you’ll find the tools ancient people used to depict their surroundings, methods different cartographers developed to survey new lands, and how we’ve arrived at modern mapmaking today. Above all else, the thread that runs throughout thousands of years of civilization is the spirit of exploration that helps us measure the shape of things around us, the world we all share.

    About The Shape of Things

    How did the first people explore the land they lived on? How did civilizations expand their boundaries and chart courses into new lands? Learn about the history of cartography across cultures in this ode to mapmaking through the ages.

    Join history’s first mapmakers as they explore the wonders of the world! In these pages, you’ll find the tools ancient people used to depict their surroundings, methods different cartographers developed to survey new lands, and how we’ve arrived at modern mapmaking today. Above all else, the thread that runs throughout thousands of years of civilization is the spirit of exploration that helps us measure the shape of things around us, the world we all share.

    About The Shape of Things

    How did the first people explore the land they lived on? How did civilizations expand their boundaries and chart courses into new lands? Learn about the history of cartography across cultures in this ode to mapmaking through the ages.

    Join history’s first mapmakers as they explore the wonders of the world! In these pages, you’ll find the tools ancient people used to depict their surroundings, methods different cartographers developed to survey new lands, and how we’ve arrived at modern mapmaking today. Above all else, the thread that runs throughout thousands of years of civilization is the spirit of exploration that helps us measure the shape of things around us, the world we all share.

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    About Dean Robbins

    Dean Robbins is a journalist and children’s book author. His previous books include, The Fastest Girl on Earth!, Two Friends; Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, Miss Paul and the President, and Margaret and the Moon. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his family.

    About Matt Tavares

    Matt Tavares is a New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of over twenty titles. His books have been featured in: ALA Notable, Parents’ Choice Gold Awards, and twelve were chosen for the Society of Illustrators Original Art exhibit. His artwork has been… More about Matt Tavares

    About Dean Robbins

    Dean Robbins is a journalist and children’s book author. His previous books include, The Fastest Girl on Earth!, Two Friends; Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, Miss Paul and the President, and Margaret and the Moon. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his family.

    About Matt Tavares

    Matt Tavares is a New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of over twenty titles. His books have been featured in: ALA Notable, Parents’ Choice Gold Awards, and twelve were chosen for the Society of Illustrators Original Art exhibit. His artwork has been… More about Matt Tavares

    About Dean Robbins

    Dean Robbins is a journalist and children’s book author. His previous books include, The Fastest Girl on Earth!, Two Friends; Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, Miss Paul and the President, and Margaret and the Moon. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his family.

    About Matt Tavares

    Matt Tavares is a New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of over twenty titles. His books have been featured in: ALA Notable, Parents’ Choice Gold Awards, and twelve were chosen for the Society of Illustrators Original Art exhibit. His artwork has been… More about Matt Tavares

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Aug 20, 2024 | 40 Pages | 11 x 10 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593479254

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $22.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Aug 20, 2024 | 40 Pages | 11 x 10 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593479261

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Aug 20, 2024 | 40 Pages | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593479278

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    Praise

    “Map lovers and readers interested in the development of knowledge and technology will be drawn to Robbins’ look at how we, over millennia, have documented Earth’s shape.” —Booklist

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