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.