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A fun-filledintroduction to maps through the eyes of an adorable pig
Henry is a very particular sort of pig. "A place for everything and everything in its place," he always says.But when he looks out his window he is troubled. The farm is amess!Henry isworried that nobody will be able to find anything in thismess. So hedraws a map showing all the animals exactly where they belong.And Henry embarks on a journey through the farm, his friends tagging along as he creates his map- sheep in the woolshed, chickens in the coop, the horse in the stable. After the map is complete, Henry uses it to bring himself back home, where heis relieved toknowthat he is exactly where he belongs. A place for everything and everything in its place, indeed.
For fans of Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth or of Winnie the Pooh, thissweet romp through the farm is adorably illustrated by David Elliot, who created the endearing animals who inhabit Brian Jacques world of Redwall . Perfect for pre-schoolers and elemetary-schoolers learning to read maps for the first time.
Praise for Henry's Map -
*** "With appealing characters and gentle humor, this book will be a hit at storytime, or as an introduction to mapping lessons." - School Library Journal *** (starred)
*** "Here's hoping for many more Henry-centric adventures." - Kirkus Reviews *** (starred)
"Elliot's barnyard animals brim with personality and emotion, matching the understated humor of this charming story." - Publisher's Weekly
"This story may even inspire budding cartographers to map their own world." - Booklist
Author Notes
David Elliot is a New Zealand author and illustrator who wrote Henry's Stars, which made The New Zealand Best Seller List. He was born in 1952 in Ashburton, New Zealand. He has a Fine Arts Diploma in painting, from the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, and is also a qualified school teacher.
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Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-Henry likes to keep things organized, so he decides to make a map of the farm. As he travels the barnyard drawing his own pigsty, the woolshed and sheep, the chicken coop, and the stables, the other animals are excited by his project and join him. Map finished, the piglet leads them proudly up the hill to compare the map to the farm itself-only to find that none of the animals are where they are supposed to be. "Where did we go?" they ask. They dash back to check each location, and when they arrive, they are relieved to find everyone in the right place. With appealing characters and gentle humor, this book will be a hit at storytime, or as an introduction to mapping lessons. Elliot's squiggly watercolor and pencil illustrations make clever use of white space, with the pictures expanding as the confusion of the story does and receding as Henry's world becomes orderly once again.-Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In a story that blends ideas about cooperation and orderliness with a gentle existential crisis, Elliot, best known for his illustrations of Brian Jacques's Redwall books, introduces Henry, a "very organized sort of pig." Henry takes pride in his tidy sty ("A place for everything and everything in its place," he says, quoting the 19th-century aphorism) but decries the messy state of the farm. "How could anybody ever find anything out there?" he wonders (although the farm looks pretty darn kempt in Elliot's pencil-and-watercolor illustrations). Henry decides to draw a map to sort things out and, armed with pencil and paper, makes his way across the barnyard. All the animals are excited to be included, falling in line behind the earnest cartographer, whose childlike, squiggly drawings are a comical counterpoint to his seriousness of purpose. From a hilltop overlooking the empty farm, the animals are puzzled when they look at the map ("Where did we go?"), and Henry quickly leads them back to their dwellings, to the relief of all concerned. Elliot's barnyard animals brim with personality and emotion, matching the understated humor of this charming story. Ages 4-8. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.