What a Map Can Do by Gabrielle Balkan, illustrated by Alberto Lot - ADVISABLE

What a Map Can Do by Gabrielle Balkan, illustrated by Alberto Lot. PICTURE BOOK. Rise x Penguin Workshop (Penguin Random House), 2023. $19.  9780593519981

BUYING ADVISORY: PreK, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

There are all kinds of maps in the world, and our raccoon narrator friend shows us how to use different maps and how to navigate the world around us.

I thought this was a cute, easy way to introduce symbolic representation to littles. It takes an abstract idea and helps make it more concrete by teaching them how to navigate different kinds of map and make sense of various symbols and styles. I think this would lend itself to a lot of audience participation and even some STEM connections with coding robots to follow paths on the different maps.

Reviewer: Kiera Beddes, #bookswithbeddes