Camilla loves maps. Old ones, new ones, she loves them all! She often imagines what it must have been like to explore and discover a new path for the first time. One morning, Camilla wakes up to a huge snow storm. Her neighbor Parsley can't find the path to the creek. But Camilla has her old map-which inspires her to make her own path and her own map! Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers celebrating discovery, adventurous problem-solving, and a love of maps.

Can super helpers Camilla and Parsley help their friends the bees find enough flowers and water during a hot, dry summer? Camilla the Cartographer and her loyal sidekick Parsley are back again to help their friends in this third companion book to the critically acclaimed Camilla, Cartographer. With summer comes sun, lemonade, and...drought? Camilla and Parsley's bee friend Melli and the rest of her hive are having trouble finding enough water and flowers to make honey. Can Camilla use her mapping skills–and the friendship of the other forest animals–to help? Includes a Note to Parents & Caregivers with more information about map-making, spatial awareness, and the importance of bees!  

One night, Lucy the raccoon follows her family out of their den, headed for the best garbage bins in town. Distracted by a jar of peanut butter, she gets separated from her family. How will she ever find her way back to her family and her cozy den? With the help of a friendly owl and his bird's-eye view, Lucy tunes into the world around her and navigates herself home! Reading this book with your children will help them develop their own spatial thinking skills - how we think about and understand the world around us and use concepts of space for problem solving. Early exposure to spatial concepts can help foster this type of cognitive development in children and boost their math and science learning as they progress through school. Includes a Note to Parents, Caregivers, and Professionals with more information about spatial concepts, as well as questions, games, and activities designed to encourage children's spatial thinking skills.

Camilla the cartographer and her loyal sidekick Parsley are back to solve a fresh new problem in this companion book to the critically acclaimed Camilla, Cartographer. Spring has sprung in the forest. When beavers move in, trees come down as they start building a dam. The path of the river will be forever altered and Camilla does NOT want a pond in the middle of her forest! It's too much change. But when her map-making skills are needed for the pond construction, Camilla comes to understand that change can be good as she works with the entire forest community to draw new maps and look at her home in a whole new way. Includes a Note to Parents & Caregivers with more information about map-making and spatial awareness, but also adapting to new environments and building community-important skills for boars, porcupines, beavers, and kids alike!

Meet Flora, a precocious little girl who loves drawing, especially drawing maps - of her buried treasure, the breakfast table, the route to school, and more! Follow Flora and her family as she takes us through her day with maps. Learning to read and draw maps is a fun and interactive way for children to develop spatial thinking skills - how we think about and understand the world around us and use concepts of space for problem solving. Early exposure to map concepts can help foster this type of cognitive development in children and boost their math and science learning as they progress through school. Includes a Note to Parents, Caregivers, and Professionals with more information about maps and spatial concepts, as well as questions, games, and activities designed to encourage children's map-building skills.