Martha Maps It Out

Martha loves making maps! She explores her world by making a series of maps about everything, including her hopes and dreams. Starting with outer space, she zooms in to focus on the earth, her city, her street- all the way to her room!

Bursting with quirky details, the book fizzes with excitement and wonder as Martha shares her maps. Each is fascinating, offering a perfect blend of fact and fiction. Readers are sure to pore over the tiniest details, enjoying the humorous touches whilst being introduced to the world of cartography. Even the idea of scale is introduced as Martha comments how she’s teeny-tiny on some maps whilst bigger on others.

Martha has a real zest for life and her optimism, curiosity and big dreams are sure to inspire readers as they explore her thought map, perhaps encouraging them to make their own with some of the ‘big’ (or not so big!) questions and thoughts which are occupying their minds. Other pages are sure to encourage them to have a go at mapping their own world, adding all the details which are personal and significant to them.

‘Martha Maps It Out’ would make a fantastic book to share with children over the summer holidays when they might be looking at maps of places they are going to visit whether to be a theme park, different country or their own locality. They might enjoy creating their own ‘worlds’ with Lego or their toys and then recording this on a map. Parents might feel inspired to create a treasure hunt, offering their youngsters a map to help them locate a treat! If only my son were little again..!

Martha Maps It Out Leigh Hodgkinson

OUP ISBN: 978-0192777782