A nameless child introduces the world of cartography. Using thepremise that simple drawings can be maps, the book begins withcrayon drawings of the floor plans of the girl's room and house.The concept becomes progressively more complex, as her horizonsexpand from home to street, to town, to state, to country, andfinally to the world. Colorful illustrations show a composite ofthe entire area that is being charted on the facing page. On eachsuccessive page, the child points out her street, hometown, state,and country. The process then reverses as she finds the U.S. on aworld map and works back down the scale to her own room again. Thetext concludes with the statement that '...everybody has their ownspecial place on the map.' Useful for teaching basic skills at theprimary level". School Library Journal