The Map With No Key
The idea: a map needs north, a start and a key.
Read it
One story, three ways: Sprout for a new reader, Grower in short chapters, Reader as a full chapter book. Same plot, same ending.
Who is in this book
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Inkling a child of the Green Names what she notices -
Aska Ask who made it and check the source before you trust it from CompassQuest -
Fiddle You learn what a thing does by trying it — the playing is the learning from AweForge -
Cardi Turn the map so north on the paper points north in the world from CompassQuest -
Pinnet Mark where you are, so the map can tell you where to go from GlobePals -
Ternwick Guess which is farther first, then count it and see from GlobePals -
Beto a child of the Green Takes things apart
Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.
The Honest Page
Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?
True
- A map key (also called a legend) tells you what each mark on the map means. Source
- Maps are usually drawn with north at the top. Turning a map so it matches the land is called orienting it. Source
- The straight line crosses a lily pad; the seven-stone zig-zag reaches the far bank on stones only. Seven is two more than five.
- From the real world: in orienteering, people race across fields and forests with only a map and a compass, and the first skill they learn is turning the map to match the land. Source
Stretched
- In the book, Cardi finds north from the morning sun. What we simplified: The sun rises roughly in the east, not exactly, and the direction changes through the year. A compass is more exact.
Made up
- Reedmere, its marsh and its talking map-makers are made up. Never cross real water on stepping stones without a grown-up.
Tell it back
Tell the story in your own words: who was there, what went wrong, and what they found out. Then a key-tag goes on your belt.
On your belt: a key-tag.
Use it somewhere else: turn a map to north in CompassQuest · pin your start in GlobePals
Your belt lives on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Ring the hammer for someone
Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.