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Learning all 50 U.S. states is easy when you learn from The Little Man In the Map! Asked by their teacher to find clues for memorizing the states, students begin to see imagesa hat, a shirt, a pair of boots formed by state boundaries. When they put some of them together, they're amazed to find the outline of a man standing in the middle of the map. Excited by their discovery, they draw a face and ... More

Learning all 50 U.S. states is easy when you learn from The Little Man In the Map! Asked by their teacher to find clues for memorizing the states, students begin to see imagesa hat, a shirt, a pair of boots formed by state boundaries. When they put some of them together, they're amazed to find the outline of a man standing in the middle of the map. Excited by their discovery, they draw a face and arms on him and create The Little Man In the Map, whom they nickname MIM. Their imaginations bring MIM alive, and with his help they discover the surprising roles all the states can play. Soon they can spot the elf, the playful dog, the spooky head, and all the others. This imaginatively illustrated story, narrated in rhyme by The Little Man In the Map, shows each state's part in its region and how it interacts with those around it. This makes learning their locations visual, easy, and fun.



MIM Awards as of 4/8/2009



Moonbeam Children s Book Awards


Silver Medal Winner Non-Fiction Picture Book



Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group


Silver Medal Winner Outstanding Book of the Year, Most Original Concept



2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards


Finalist Children s Picture Book


Finalist Education/Academic



ForeWord Magazine


Finalist - Book of the Year Award



USA Book News


Finalist Best Book Awards



Eric Hoffer Book Awards


2009 Montaigne Medal finalist. (and on Short List)



Printing Industry of Minnesota


2007 Certificate of Merit for Print Excellence in Books



Chicago Book Clinic The 57th Annual Book Clinic


Honorable Mention School Publishing PreK/Primary with 4/C Internals (Won by Scholastics)



The Newberry Library


"Especially in the last decade, we ve really built up substantial holdings in the history of geographic pedagogy, and our professional development programs for teachers have become a fixture, so MIM has found a very appropriate home."


- Robert W. Karrow, Jr. Curator of Special Collections and Curator of Maps

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