Children Map the World: Selections from the Barbara Petchenik Children's World Map Competitions (Children Map the World, 3)

Children Map the World: Selections from the Barbara Petchenik Children's World Map Competition presents seventy maps created by children ages 3 to 15 for the 2013 International Cartographic Association map design competition. These hand-drawn, sewn, or assembled maps convey powerful messages of optimism, anxiety, tolerance, and hope that reflect the competition's most recent theme: "My Place in Today's World." This anniversary edition also showcases maps from past competitions held from 1993 through 2011. Children, parents, teachers, and map enthusiasts will delight in the work of these imaginative young cartographers. The children's representations of the world and life on it demonstrate their varied perspectives on the state of the planetlfrom optimism to pessimism, grandeur to light-heartedness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589484223
• ISBN13: 9781589484221
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Esri Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 10