The Boy Who Loved Maps -- Kari Allen, Hardcover

This enchanting picture book about a map-making boy who is stumped when a girl asks him for a map of the perfect place helps readers appreciate the charms of their own neighborhood--and even shows them how to make a map of it!

The Mapmaker loves maps. He loves to collect them, to study them, and most of all, he loves to make them. But when a girl asks for a map of a perfect place, the Mapmaker is perplexed. She wants a map to a toes-in-the-sand-warm, X-marks-the-spot-place filled with treasures, where it smells like her birthday and she can zip around like a dragonfly. Surely, a place that is all of these things can't exist...can it? Well, after a fun-filled day of exploring the neighborhood, the Mapmaker will discover that the perfect place--home--has been right in front of him all along.

Here is a picture book, as creative as it is charming, that celebrates home, and is a gentle reminder to look around and appreciate what surrounds you.

Author: Kari Allen
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
Published: 07/12/2022
Pages: 44
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781984852304
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2022
Publishers Weekly 05/23/2022
Booklist 05/15/2022 pg. 48
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2022