Camilla loves maps and she has aspirations to be a cartographer BUT it seems all the maps have already been made until the day snow covers everything and her neighbor Parsley cannot find her way to the creek. This calls for a new map. Camilla is a cartographer - she can make a new map. Look at this fabulous alliteration:
"They scrabbled, scraped and stomped."
"They pushed, packed, and pelted."
"Mulled, measured and marked."
When the map is finished the pair of friends celebrate by making 'snow angels' and a snowman.
What a terrific book! I love maps in stories and using them in real life - way better than those maps that are used on phones.
You can see the whole book here read by the author.
I would you pair this book book with a short story from the Anthology - Beetle Soup (alternate title And the Roo jumped over the Moon) entitled "Up the Creek" by Penny Matthews illustrated by Stephen Michael King. I would love to see this story re imagined as a picture book.
Here are some other terrific books about map making:
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