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Lost!

April 14, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 7 Comments

Lost!

Lost? Then you need a map! Lucy in the City by Julie Dillemuth (author) and Laura Wood (illustrator) Magination Press Lucy and her raccoon family head out into the night in search of dinner. Lucy is so busy licking the jar of peanut butter that she doesn’t hear her father say “Time to go!” She […]

Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, book maps, Field Trips, picture books Tagged With: Blogging a to z, Field Trip to NYC Subways, Larry Gets Lost in New York City, Lost in NYC, Lucy in the City, Maps in Children's Books

D is for Dinosaur on a literary mapping journey

April 4, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 8 Comments

D is for Dinosaur on a literary mapping journey

Welcome to Day Four of the A to Z April Blog Challenge. This year I’m wandering through children’s books with maps. Who doesn’t like dinosaurs and love to learn where they once roamed the earth? One of my classroom favorites is: Where to Look for a Dinosaur by Bernard Most (author and illustrator) The simple […]

Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, book maps, Books Tagged With: Blogging a to z, Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Lazardo Family, Maps in Children's Books, Where to Look for a Dinosaur

B is for Biography – mapping a trip around the world

April 2, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

B is for Biography – mapping a trip around the world

Welcome to Day 2 of Blogging A to Z where I’m blogging this year about maps found in children’s books.  I love to find a biography that includes maps of where the subject lived and traveled. I am fascinated by Nelly Bly and all that she accomplished. She was the ultimate traveler! The Daring Nellie […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Blogging A to Z, book maps, Books Tagged With: Blogging a to z, Maps in Children's Books, Nellie Bly

A is for Atlas, Adventure, and Australia

April 2, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 7 Comments

A is for Atlas, Adventure, and Australia

A is for April which means that the 2018 A to Z Blog challenge has officially begun. This year I am on the lookout for Literary Maps. I am defining literary quite loosely as I am focusing on maps in children’s books.  Unfortunately, people don’t seem to be that interested in maps these days. I […]

Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, Books Tagged With: Atlas of Adventures, Aunty Dot's Incredible Adventure Atlas, Blogging a to z, Maps in Children's Books, Possum Magic

Literary Maps from A to Z – theme reveal

March 26, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 11 Comments

Literary Maps from A to Z – theme reveal

My life of wanderlust began within the pages of books. Stories accompanied my maps fascinated me as a child. I spent hours pouring over book maps which made feel that I was traveling with the characters. I even wrote my own stories, always illustrating them with maps. I also sketched real life maps for Halloween […]

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H is for the Huntington Library and the Hearst Castle Library

April 10, 2017 By Claire Annette Noland 11 Comments

H is for the Huntington Library and the Hearst Castle Library

It seems that a number of libraries were built by wealthy men. I grew up near the Huntington Library and went there often. My mother took me to look through windows as scholars in white gloves turned the pages of old manuscripts. She was in awe and so was I even though, at the time, […]

Filed Under: Blogging A to Z, Books, Library Love, Places Tagged With: Blogging a to z, Chronicles From Chateau Moines, Evelyne Holingue, Hearst Castle Library, Huntington Library

Field Notes on the A to Z Blog Challenge

April 10, 2016 By Claire Annette Noland 5 Comments

Field Notes on the A to Z Blog Challenge

  Today is a day of rest for #azchallenge bloggers. I am going to try to visit some of the other bloggers participating in the challenge.   I am part of Pam’s Unconventional Alliance team. We help the hosts by checking the a to z list of participants to see if they are blogging or […]

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