There's a Map on My Lap!

The Cat in the Hat introduces beginning readers to maps-the different kinds (city, state, world, topographic, temperature, terrain, etc.) ; their formats (flat, globe, atlas, puzzle) ; the tools we use to read them (symbols, scales, grids, compasses) ; and funny facts about the places they show us ("Michigan looks like a scarf and a mitten! Louisiana looks like a chair you can sit in!") .