Are you a person who likes to know where you're heading? Books are a delicious escape and some provide a way to know just where the journey will take its reader... a map.
The Books with Maps Challenge invites you to help create a list of books with maps. The Four of Us headed into our minds to recall books and then to our shelves to help our memories... head into your mind and search the stacks for Books with Maps.
We've shared a few ideas to get you started!
We've shared a few ideas to get you started!
The Little Sister shared: Underground by David Macaulay go beneath the streets! |
Eldest by Christopher Paolini Visit Alagaësia. (and good news, The Dad is finally getting into book three --the verdict so far, it is worth the read, maybe. He'll let us know when he is finished!) |
Honey, Let's Get a Boat: A Cruising Adventure of America's Great Loop by Ron and Eva Stob Take a cruise in America... The Dad dreams of this map and navigating it one day! |
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Follow a mystery through the streets of Barcelona. Warning: if you read this book you will want to "walk in the footsteps of The Shadow of the Wind" a walking tour of Barcelona located at the end of the book! |
Please use the following format for your comment:
Title of Book, Author, location of map in the book and what the map is all about.
How could we forget to add:
ReplyDeleteWE LOVE MAPS in BOOKS! Do you? Tell us about that too, and why!!
Happy Challenge Wednesday!
Book with map? Lord of the Rings of course... :)
ReplyDeletehttp://larsen-family.us/~1066/LotRmap.html
Any of the Black Cauldron series, Lord of the Rings, and "Looking for Lovedu" by Ann Jones (her trip through Africa)
ReplyDeleteOh Boy! Here I go again!
ReplyDeleteI know you must be tired of hearing about this book, but it just got better!
"Poison Study" by Maria Snyder
Map located at the beginning of the book...
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/poison-study/images/7927671/title/map-photo
***This map is great because every time you start a journey in a new world it is wonderful to see where the character is and where they are going. Plus, as you move through the "Study" trilogy, the map expands, revealing more and more great places.
"Hood" by Stephen R. Lawhead
Located behind the cover...
(No image found online)
The awesome thing about this map is that it should be semi familiar. The book does take place in historic England, but it might not be the story everyone is familiar with. :)
I'm sure there are more, but I'm not by my bookshelf (The horror!)
oh yes, i love books with maps. i am thinking of robin hobbs' books - sigh. lovely!
ReplyDeleteEarthsea Map, drawn by Ursula K. Le Guin.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ursulakleguin.com/Harcourt/map_lg.jpg
'The selected works of T. S. Spivet' Reif Larsen. This amazing novel has maps in the margins all the way through. They represent the thoughts and observations of the main character T.S. Spivet, a 12yo boy with a unique way of seeing the world.
ReplyDeletehttp://tsspivet.com/