Schoolside Press
The Little Man in the Map
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$19.95
If you’re looking for a delightfully illustrated read-along book, E. Andrew Martonyi’s The Little Man in the Map is a great choice. Illustrations by Ed Olson are full of smiles and clever visualizations of… visualizations. That’s important for this book because it is an effort to make memorizing the states easier.
Start With a Premise
Every state has a unique shape and that’s the premise behind The Little Man in the Map. Take the shapes of Minnesota (looks like a hat), Iowa (is a face), Missouri (is a shirt), Arkansas (is a pair of pants) and Louisiana (is a boot). Put them together and they are Mr. MinIow MisArklou. We’ll call him Mr. Mim for short.
