Book Description
This collection features maps that chart societies, land, sea, and skies; maps that have influenced and inspired; and perhaps most revealing of all, maps that misrepresent.
Customer Reviews:
Maps and history inextricably linked.......2005-08-24
A lot of literature is available about maps but this book claims to be the first to explore the place of maps in history. The title is not entirely accurate, as not all the selected maps made history. Some of them certainly changed the course of events while others merely reflected events. As the author indicates, most maps have not survived through the centuries but the survivors provide a fascinating insight into the past.
Perhaps the map of greatest international interest is the 1783 map of North America, drawn by the British showing the boundaries of the fledgling USA, which at the time comprised only the original thirteen states. The real fascination of this map lies is the various alternative options for the USA-Canada border that are clearly marked. For example, Wisconsin might have been part of Canada while Nova Scotia and southern Ontario might have been part of the USA. There are other aspects of this map that are also interesting but it's clear that the arguments about borders between Britain, France and Spain were long and protracted.
On a completely different level is the local abbey map from several centuries earlier. It is essential a sketch map that would take a few minutes to draw these days but would have required great skill and a lot of time to draw in its time. It divides up the land into various plots, each marked with the name of a tenant farmer.
Two comparatively recent London maps have a historical importance that would not have been foreseen at the time, because they broadened the scope of maps. One is the original 1933 diagrammatic map of the London Underground. Previous maps showing the routes to scale on a normal map had proved unsatisfactory. A electronics circuit expert drew the map as if it were a circuit. He originally drew the map in 1931 but it was considered too revolutionary. Eventually the management reluctantly put it on display to the public to see what they thought. They loved it and so it provided the template for many thousands of similar maps around the world. Although there have been changes since 1933, most of those have been due to changes in the actual map rather than the style. A comparison with the current map will show some stations no longer exist but many others have appeared. The Circle, Victoria and Jubilee lines weren't on the 1933 map although the northern part of the Jubilee is there as a branch of the Bakerloo.
The other important London map is the 1899 map showing social divisions. It is one a series dating back to 1889 in which each street is color-coded according to social class. This map illustrated in stark detail just how much of London was inhabited by people struggling for survival in a way that masses of numerical statistics could never show. So it was that maps became an important statistical tool for population distribution data.
There are many other fascinating maps covering many parts of the world including one map of Australia showing the Great River (which was thought to exist but never did) and various battle maps (the American Civil War, the battles of Waterloo and Culloden among them).
This book shows there is a lot more to maps than just how to get from A to B, but also makes clear how important maps are for that basic purpose.
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Minerva Louise, the feather-brained fowl Publishers Weekly called "unquestionably a star," is enjoying springtime on the farm . . . until she finds some very peculiar eggs. Blue eggs, pink eggs, striped and spotted eggs.And they're in the strangest places—which hen is laying her eggs on top of fence posts and under the picnic table? Minerva Louise solves the mystery, and fans will delight in the hilarious and triumphant return of their favorite daffy chicken.
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Cute, Clever and Reasonably Fun Easter Story.......2007-03-13
"Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs" features a hen who loves the springtime. She loves all the beautiful colors, the blooming of trees and the farmers on her farm. What she can't understand is the sudden appearance of brightly colored eggs in places she wouldn't expect to see them. Where did they come from? Why has their mother left them there? Are they in danger?
Readers will know where these eggs are coming from, and so do her fellow hens, but Minerva is clueless. All she knows is that there are eggs that apparently need caring for. A cute story with simple but brightly colorful illustrations fit for the season. Happy Easter!
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- A Hat for Minerva Louise
- What a cute story! My Kdg students loved it!
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Customer Reviews:
A Hat for Minerva Louise.......2001-12-06
This book serves two purposes. Young children love to have it read to them. Older children like the humor of Minerva Louise's judgement errors. It's a very enjoyable book, ages 2 to 10.
What a cute story! My Kdg students loved it!.......1998-01-22
I read this to my Kdg students. They noticed there weren't any quotaions marks in the text..yea for them! They wondered why and would like to write to the author! help!! what a great language activity!
Fall in love with a hen.......1997-06-27
Such a simple little story with a winsome little heroine. After meeting her in a bookstore I fell hopelessly in love. I will admit that visually she struck me to the heart and of course there is her name.
My granddaughter reads about her adventures every night and she understands that even though she gets to hear the stories the books are still Grandma's. If she is properly respectful of Minerva Louise I will pass her along one day. Not yet. This charming little hen must stay with me for a while
Book Description
Minerva Louise is back--and this time she's taking her show on the road. The intrepid but airhead hen is off on a joyride in the back of the farm's red truck. And what a lot there is to see! In her usual fashion, she mistakes golfers for farmers digging and a construction site for a playground for trucks. Goofy and lovable as ever, the endearing Minerva Louise--called by Publishers Weekly "unquestionably a star"--leads the way in her newest adventure--on wheels.
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The continuing saga of Minerva Louise.......2004-08-05
When I read the original tale of "Minerva Louise" by Janet Stoeke I was charmed. It's rare that an author packs so much great storytelling punch in such a little package. So when I discovered that Minerva Louise, the extraordinarily curious chicken, had further adventures to her name, I immediately located "Minerva Louise and the Red Truck". Just as great as its predecessor, this tale tells the story of a curious member of the poultry family and her attempts to make sense of the world around her.
Minerva Louise (who is prone to loving things) loves her farm's red truck. A playful foul, she likes to dress up in the abandoned bandanas she finds in the back and create tea parties out of tools and flowerpots. One day, while playing, the truck jerks to life and Minerva finds herself driving about. While out she translates the things she sees into farm-based items. A backyard swimming pool is a lake. Golfers are farmers hard at work in their fields. Best of all, a church (to a chicken's eye) is nothing more than a, "silly barn wearing a hat!". In a nice section of the book Minerva spies a construction site and decides that it must be a farm for other trucks. Hither and yon are baby trucks and big strong ones as well. By the end of the day she's happy with what she has seen, but she's glad that the red truck has returned back to her home. That is, until she sees a bright and shiny fire engine!
Minerva is the Amelia Bedelia of the farm world. It's sweet to see how everything fits into her perceptions and misconceptions. Kids reading her books can recognize where she's wrong and feel superior that they know more than this adventurous chicklet. For my own part, I was happy that the illustrations of the little heroine show her joy and contentment so clearly. She's just so darn perky and pleased with everything she sees that it's a joy to watch her. This particular book combines farm life with construction sites. For those kids who are really into trucks and trailers, this might be an ideal storytime reading selection. It's difficult not to love the plucky (ha ha!) Minerva Louise so definitely take the time to check her out. If you've never seen a chicken beam with contentment, this should be the book for you.
Minerva Louise and the Red Truck.......2002-11-20
This book about a Minerva Louise adventure was a first for my five year old son and me, and he has never laughed harder at a story. The illustrations are simple and humorous, and the story about Minerva Louise's creative misperceptions is hilarious. I've ordered a bunch of these for gifts for friends and family!
Minerva Louise and the Red Truck.......2002-11-20
This book about a Minerva Louise adventure was a first for my five year old son and me, and he has never laughed harder at a story. The illustrations are simple and humorous, and the story about Minerva Louise's creative misperceptions is hilarious. I've ordered a bunch of these for gifts for friends and family!
Book Description
Minerva Louise loves the house with the red curtains, so she decides to explore-and preschoolers will laugh as she mistakes a string of beads for food, a rubber duck for a real one, and a sleeping cat for a "friendly cow." Janet Stoeke's sunny, simple art and text have made Minerva Louise a favorite of young children.
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Minerva: Goddess of wisdom.......2004-08-04
It's never a good idea to begin a review of one book by lambasting a completely different book. But then, I'm not too keen on good ideas. When I look at the beautiful beautiful book that is, "Minerva Louise", I am astonished by its simplicity. It's fabulous how with only a few well chosen lines, author/illustrator Janet Morgan Stoeke is able to create something as perfect as this little book. Compare this with other awful and simplistic books ("Where's Spot?" anyone?) and this becomes even more of a monumental accomplishment than it originally appeared.
The story's just as simple as the pictures. One day the sweet chicken Minerva Louise (who greatly admires the farmhouse) decides that it might be a good idea if she poked her head in and looked around. Once inside she gathers all sorts of odd ideas. A flowerpot of daisies is reduced to flattened flowers when Minerva takes it for a comfortable chair. The sleeping cat? A friendly cow, of course. In her barnyard-mindedness a tricycle is a tractor and a flower coverlet on a bed is a meadow. After further examinations (and unintentional chicken mischief) Minerva decides that she would prefer to live in the yard but that she'll visit the house. In a final panel, Minerva sits contentedly on a pie on the windowsill, "because she loved the house with the red curtains".
And I love Minerva. There just aren't enough worthy chicken protagonists in picture books today. Moreover, there aren't enough picture books that tell a straightforward story with the wit and storytelling skills found in this little marvel. I know I'm gushing over this thing, but it's one of those books you need to see firsthand to understand. Minerva's so amiable that if she was your chicken I'm sure you'd bake pies with the sole purpose of letting her sit on them. This is a very early reader book, and it will make a much loved addition to any child laden home. If I could recommend a single picture book published in the last 20 years with all my heart and soul, it would be the sweet, "Minerva Louise". Miss it, and you're missing out.
the best picture book in the universe.......1999-01-05
Minerva Louise is the chicken version of Amelia Bedelia, and ideal for the youngest children -- the art is bright and bold, the humor very obvious and accessible.
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The fair has come to town and everyone--including that curious and lovable hen Minerva Louise--wants to go. She has never been to a fair before, and quickly mistakes it for a rather remarkable farm. Twinkling stars fall from the sky. The horses going up and down and round and round their corral look almost too beautiful to be real. Tired out from exploring, Minerva Louise accidentally wanders into the judging tent and settles down in a cozy nesting box. She's in just the right spot when the prizes are handed out!
Illustrated in bright, carnival colors and an uncluttered graphic style, Minerva Louise's new adventure is sure to win a blue ribbon from her young fans--right along with their hearts.
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Out for an early morning walk, Minerva Louise the hen sees a big, fancy "barn" with a flag out front and brightly decorated windows. She just has to explore the "stalls" with "milking stools," the "pigpen," and (most important for a hen) the "nesting boxes." Young children--who know a school when they see one--will delight in the intrepid hen's third birdbrained adventure.
"Delightful...Minerva Louise's goofy perceptions and enterprising spirit are sure to tickle preschoolers." --Kirkus Reviews
* A Picture Puffin
* Full-color illustrations
* 24 pages
* 10 x 8
* Ages 2-6
Customer Reviews:
She may be a chicken, but she's no bird brain!.......2000-08-17
The world looks different when you're a chicken. Your kids might know what a school looks like, even if they haven't spent much time in one, but to Minerva Louise, an inquisitive hen, that big empty building she encounters during her early morning walk is a wonderful, fancy barn. She filters everything she sees through her own experience, so that the custodian raising the flag becomes the farmer hanging his laundry out to dry, and the wastebasket at the side of the teacher's desk becomes a feed bucket. The kids' cubby holes are nesting boxes -- there's even one with an egg in it. To Minerva it's an egg, but your kids will recognize it as a baseball nestled in a ball glove. This is another great book if you need something light-hearted to calm first-day jitters. The illustrations are crisp and bright, and it's hard not to like Minerva Louise, even if she is a silly goose, er, chicken.
We love this screwball feather-brain!.......2000-02-09
My 2.5 year old just loves Minerva Louise. What a funny hen...even the name is very catchy! My daughter delights in telling Minerva Louise how mistaken she is in her "know-it-all" assessments of the world! And Minerva Louise is often listed as one my daughter's "friends" whenever we're going down the list of her good friends! We read this book thru the library, but now I am ordering all 3 books on her. What a funny, silly, and love-able hen!
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Minerva Louise, that fetching and funny hen, makes her first appearance in two hilarious new board books. Geared for a younger audience, these adventures still feature her hallmark inquisitiveness and whimsy.
In Rainy Day, Minerva Louise-with her typical featherbrained flair-looks for shelter, but when she can't find anywhere dry, she makes the best of a wet situation. Young readers will delight in cockeyed Minerva Louise's solutions to life's little problems.
With their bright, fresh colors and simple graphic style, these board books featuring the charmingly absurd Minerva Louise will guarantee giggles for toddler readers.
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What is that fat guy in the red suit doing on the roof? wonders Minerva Louise one snowy evening. She follows him down the chimney and, to her surprise, sees a big tree inside. The harebrained hen canÂ't make any sense of it, but young children will cackle with delight as they follow Minerva around on her Christmas Eve adventure with the jolly fat fellow. She even gets a present!
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There's something different about the house with the red curtains. Minerva Louise knows: there's a new bunny! Young children are in on the joke as Minerva Louise mistakes the baby's things for a rabbit's. This sweetly funny picture book is just right for new big brothers and sisters.
Customer Reviews:
Hilarious and reminiscent of Amelia Bedelia.......2003-12-13
My five year old brought this book home in his nightly reading bag yesterday. We read it no less than three times and then he read it some more to himself after I put him to bed. It's a great book with well-drawn pictures and a funny story. The last page had us rolling. Now I see that there are other Minerva Louise books out there! We can't wait to read them!
I Love Minerva Louise!.......2000-04-09
Minerva Louise is so wonderfully drawn and cleverly written that I could read this and her other books to my son every night. I absolutely love this chicken, and the myriad adventures she takes. My son and I laugh every time Minerva Louise mistakes a common item for something a chicken might use, and get a kick out of correcting her. Just a great book.
Best Book Ever Written For Children.......1999-09-11
Have read this book to my students and they LOVE Minerva Louise. She is so much like a real child it is uncanny. A must for any child's reading library.
Product Description
Minerva Louise is all mixed up. She thinks things inside the house with the red curtains are things they really aren't. What an adventure!
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