{"product_id":"9780887769337","title":"The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian children’s non-fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonor Book for the Society of School Librarians International’s Best Book Award – Social Studies, Grades 7-12\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2003 winner of the Mr. Christie’s Book Award Seal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded on \u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e’s ninth annual Nonfiction Honor List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected for inclusion in \u003ci\u003eCCBC Choices 2004:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe best-of-the-year\u003c\/i\u003e list published by the Cooperative Children’s Book center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed Notable Book by the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award in the intermediate nonfiction category \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoad maps; sailor’s charts; quilts; songlines; gilded parchment covered with jewel-like colors; computer printouts – to guide us through the strange, vast, beautiful, and mysterious frontiers of the world of maps, Val Ross presents the men and women who made them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are some of the unexpected stories of history’s great mapmakers: the fraud artists who deliberately distorted maps for political gain, Captain Cook, the slaves on the run who found their way thanks to specially-pieced quilts, the woman who mapped London’s streets, princes, doctors, and warriors. These are the people who helped us chart our way in the world, under the sea, and on to the stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith reproductions of some of the most important maps in history, this extraordinary book, packed with information, is as fascinating and suspenseful as a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tundra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022797095152,"sku":"9780887769337","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780887769337_p0.jpg?v=1763854494","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780887769337","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}