There's a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps
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- Create Date：2021-04-05 12:01:12
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Tish Rabe
- ISBN：0375810994
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Summary
The Cat in the Hat introduces beginning readers to maps–the different kinds （city， state， world， topographic， temperature， terrain， etc。）; their formats （flat， globe， atlas， puzzle）; the tools we use to read them （symbols， scales， grids， compasses）; and funny facts about the places they show us （“Michigan looks like a scarf and a mitten！ Louisiana looks like a chair you can sit in！”）。
Reviews
Katie Little
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I read this for a class and enjoyed it。 Great book！
Madison Impton
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This book is amazing for anyone trying to make a lesson on maps， cartography， latitude， longitude， etc。 With all the aspects of a Dr。 Seuss book， this is learning maps made easy。 Covering all aspects of maps this is a great addition to lesson， and this book can even be made into a mini lesson itself to help students learn and understand maps。
DuPar
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I like Cat in the Hat books。 All Cat in the Hat books are funny。
L。L。 Lily
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Picture books always makes learning fun and interesting。 Wished they had this when I was younger， geography and maps always seemed boring to me as a child。 Would definitely recommend this book to expecting mothers and parents teaching their children early literacy/reading。
Margaret Chind
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This book was a recommended resource for our Memoria Press Kindergarten Enrichment and for the little book that it is， it is extremely useful and a great introduction to cartography。 Even with the big words phonetically spelled out。 It was perfect for using to introduce my Kinder son （Rascal， 5。5） to maps and he spent the rest of the afternoon pouring over various world atlases from our shelf。 While Cat in the Hat is not always my mama favorite， it is continually a big impression hit with the ki This book was a recommended resource for our Memoria Press Kindergarten Enrichment and for the little book that it is， it is extremely useful and a great introduction to cartography。 Even with the big words phonetically spelled out。 It was perfect for using to introduce my Kinder son （Rascal， 5。5） to maps and he spent the rest of the afternoon pouring over various world atlases from our shelf。 While Cat in the Hat is not always my mama favorite， it is continually a big impression hit with the kiddos and the facts to learn are always valuable。 Again and again， Tish Rabe impresses me。 We own this book; we bought this one on the recommendation of Memoria Press。 Use the coupon code: cherryblossom， to let them know I sent you for a small affiliate blessing to our family。 。。。more
Dan Nesbitt
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Use it in teaching Cub Scouts about maps。 A personal favorite and read it several times in a program year
Áine
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Good content but very America-centric。
Renee
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Great book for children who love maps
Shannon
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Such a cute book！ This was recommend to my class in our grad school level GIS program。 Even though I know all the concepts， it was still fun to read them in this book。 I love that young readers can be exposed to mapping concepts so early！
Kris Dersch
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The information is good。 The rhyme scheme is not。 This is a Cat in the Hat book， I should NOT be tripping over these rhymes when reading them out loud。
Lisa Bittle
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Classic Dr。 Seuss style with silliness of words， but with a teaching on the topic of maps。
Kristina
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I had no idea that this book even existed until one of my kids brought it home from school。 As a teachers aide I think this book does a good job on talking about maps and making it fun for kids to enjoy。 This is an AR book but the questions can be a bit challenging。 I would recommend this book to others。
Erth
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Love it
Julianne
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This book is AMAZING！ I plan to create a whole mini unit on maps & globes from it。 Perfect for grades 3-5。 Addresses， cartographer/cartography， longitude， latitude， map scale， plans， cardinal directions， atlases， map legends/keys， symbols， types of maps/charts， navigation， measuring distance using map key & grid lines。 And all in the delightful rhyming/entertainment of Seuss。 PERFECT！！！Totally address NGSS 4-ESS2-2。 Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features。 [ This book is AMAZING！ I plan to create a whole mini unit on maps & globes from it。 Perfect for grades 3-5。 Addresses， cartographer/cartography， longitude， latitude， map scale， plans， cardinal directions， atlases， map legends/keys， symbols， types of maps/charts， navigation， measuring distance using map key & grid lines。 And all in the delightful rhyming/entertainment of Seuss。 PERFECT！！！Totally address NGSS 4-ESS2-2。 Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features。 [Clarification Statement: Maps can include topographic maps of Earth’s land and ocean floor， as well as maps of the locations of mountains， continental boundaries， volcanoes， and earthquakes。] 。。。more
Ale
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Nice！
Alex
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I enjoyed this book because I like maps。 I also enjoyed this book because I like Cat in the Hat books。
Steve Holden
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We spent a day very involved with maps and how to use them yesterday in second grade。 I used this one as a read aloud， along with Me On the Map。 This one is fun for the kids - presented in Seusslike ways。 It does a good job of introducing， defining， and even giving examples of types of maps and features found on maps。 This was the first time I used this as a read aloud， and was pleased in doing so。 It helped me accomplish what I needed to with my students。
Marcia
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An introduction to maps presented in a fun， rhyming way。 Published in 2002， it feels pretty dated in this age of smart phones and GPS。
Hirdesh
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Nice rhyme of map，You should need on your lap。
Amy-Lynn
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Fun read aloud for introducing maps and atlases。
Dawn Fielder
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I saw this book at a Social Studies conference。 It was used in a PK geography unit。 This book is accurate and engaging。 It is good book for introducing little ones to maps and globes。
Carly
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After noticing that my nephew was interesting in map drawing， I decided to see if I could find any books that could promote this area of learning。 I was very impressed with this book， it contained lovely vocabulary that I feel would be beneficial to use as an aide to teaching children about maps。 Reading through I thought perhaps some of the elements were more suited to an older child （he is six）。 However， pleasantly surprised that he has picked up a lot of information through re-reading this bo After noticing that my nephew was interesting in map drawing， I decided to see if I could find any books that could promote this area of learning。 I was very impressed with this book， it contained lovely vocabulary that I feel would be beneficial to use as an aide to teaching children about maps。 Reading through I thought perhaps some of the elements were more suited to an older child （he is six）。 However， pleasantly surprised that he has picked up a lot of information through re-reading this book and now has an understanding of things like 'longitude' and 'latitude'。 I also found that because my nephew was familiar with the characters in the story （as you are following around the Cat in the Hat） that he was excited to firstly read the story and then stayed engaged throughout。 This book is excellent at promoting map reading which I feel is such an important tool for children to gain an understanding of the world and encourage spatial thinking。 。。。more
Amy
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This was a pretty cute book。 The rhyme was creative。 It almost falls into the Magic School Bus category of being overstimulating， but not quite。
Jocelyn Montalvo Cullum
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I registered a book at BookCrossing。com！http://www。BookCrossing。com/journal/13808522 I registered a book at BookCrossing。com！http://www。BookCrossing。com/journal/13808522 。。。more
Matthew
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I read this with a second grade class today and I have to admit， it does a fairly proficient job covering the topic of maps。 It hit on a lot of the terms that we had already been using in class as well as touching on a few words that hadn't come up yet， such as cartographer。 All in all， it was well received by the class and I look forward to using it again with other classes in the future。 A good book like this one brings topics that might otherwise be deemed dreadfully dull into an understandab I read this with a second grade class today and I have to admit， it does a fairly proficient job covering the topic of maps。 It hit on a lot of the terms that we had already been using in class as well as touching on a few words that hadn't come up yet， such as cartographer。 All in all， it was well received by the class and I look forward to using it again with other classes in the future。 A good book like this one brings topics that might otherwise be deemed dreadfully dull into an understandable and， dare I say， fun context。 The kids I was teaching seemed to think so。 Well done。 。。。more
The Brothers
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A very fun rhyming book that covers the basics on maps。 Asher （5 years old） now understands North， South， East， West and what they mean on a map。Fun illustrations - we like Thing 1 and Thing 2。
Katherine Crawford
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I think this is a boook that I'd like to make sure I have in our personal library。。。 it will be handy for years to come。 I think this is a boook that I'd like to make sure I have in our personal library。。。 it will be handy for years to come。 。。。more
Rosa Cline
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What a wonderful way to introduce children to reading maps and knowing the various kinds of maps there are。 How to read the 'key' and how to remember North， EAst， South and West etc。 Really liked this approach to teaching this。 My special needs teenage son AND my 3 year old granddaughter really enjoyed this book。 What a wonderful way to introduce children to reading maps and knowing the various kinds of maps there are。 How to read the 'key' and how to remember North， EAst， South and West etc。 Really liked this approach to teaching this。 My special needs teenage son AND my 3 year old granddaughter really enjoyed this book。 。。。more
Sara
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absolutely adorable。 I will be teaching a three day geography camp in a couple of weeks and this will be great to introduce basic geo concepts to the kids！
Mckinley
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