Maps and books...

I was up in Hull yesterday working with PGCE colleagues who were three weeks into their course to train as geography teachers. I always enjoy working with groups who are starting out on the teaching journey. It's a privilege to be able to talk to them. Thanks to Justin Woolliscroft for the invitation.

As part of the session, I showed why I think Twitter is a really useful tool for networking, and had previously asked my twitter network a question. I asked them to think back to books that they had read as a child which featured a map in the front.
I was thinking of books like Lord of the Rings, the Narnia series, the Plague Dogs by Richard Adams (maps by Alfred Wainwright) and of course 'The Map that came to Life'
What else did folks suggest ?
Here's the full list - special thanks to Anest Allaway for sending pics of the maps in some of the books, including the one below:

Milly Molly Mandy
The Pirate Cruncher by Jonny Duddle
How to train your Dragon
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Swallows and Amazons (see right) - the most mentions
Are we there yet Daddy ?
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - a few mentions
The Redwall series by Brian Jacques
The Phantom Tollbooth
Eagle of the Ninth

...and a final (dis)honourable mention to Rob Morris for his suggestion of a book that had a map in the front as being his Junior Atlas :)



Comments

Paula Owens said…
Very useful list Alan and colleagues - thank you. Can I also add a link to some material re stories and maps on the GA website..
for ages 4- 7 http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/primaryhandbook/mapsandstories/4-7
for ages 6 – 9 http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/primaryhandbook/mapsandstories/6-9/
for ages 8 – 11 http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/primaryhandbook/mapsandstories/8-11/
Alan Parkinson said…
Of course...
Thanks :)
There are plenty more of course. We were discussing whether having a map helps you to engage with the story more..