The crow flies over parts of the community. This is a great book that teaches map skills and community maps.

Great simple book. No technical information. Very simple - the eagle flies from mountain, past a stream, to a tree. Then shows the path. Then a crow, then a gull, etc. Ends with the moon and combines all the animal's "maps" to show the path the moon took as it rose.

This would be a good book when introducing what a map is. It goes through many different maps with visuals so that the kids can follow it. It was a bit confusing to read the first time through bit I sort of got the point at the end. I would definitely have to break it up and make sure to pause and explain a little further.

A decent introduction to the concept of different types of maps and how each of us only sees a small part of our world, but a complete map gives us a full picture.

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As the Crow Flies is a wonderful introduction to map-making for preschool-aged children. It's purposeful (maps show how to get from point A to point B) and show maps as representations of physical space without being too abstract. It also encourages perspective-taking, which is not an easy task for young children. I have found it to be a helpful addition to our classroom library.

I love how this book teaches about maps. It makes kids ask questions and helps them to understand what maps are used for.

Kind of basic. Good for different perspectives, and for introducing map concept.

The title sums up this book nicely. The crow flies over various areas, from the county to the sea, with each section detailing maps of individual animals' homes. Then all the small maps are collected into a big map of the community, showing how different areas and creatures can create a functioning society. I was going to use this in my second grade community unit, but it ended up not working itself in.

Marvelous illustrations!

Favorite part: When they put ALL the maps together! It was really cool!

My son (4yo) is loving this one.

It's not a book whose primary enjoyment is in the reading - there's very little text, actually.

But reading isn't its objective... this book is about maps. What does Eagle see in his corner of the world? Rabbit? Horse?

Each animal has three pages showing us what he sees, and then a personal map.

The joy of this little book comes in examining the pictures, tracing the routes with your finger, and in learning how they all come together to form The Big Map.

Really fun. Really stimulates conversation. Don't read it when you want to practice listening quietly. ;)

This was a great simple book on maps. It lists various animals, and shows the route they take to get somewhere. First, the book takes us step by step down the path - we leave the mountains, go down the stream, through the meadow, and arrive at the tree. Each of these steps is seperately illustrated, and described by very simple and understandable words. On the next page, a map of the entire route is shown; it is a picture map and does not use symbols. At the end of the book, all of the maps are combined.

I like the illustrations used in this book. They are colorful, and vary in location - the country, the farm, the city, the ocean. Each map puts its animal at the border, which is kind of neat. The descriptions are simple and appeal to preschool kids. It also provides a basic understanding of what a map does, without being in-your-face point-blank. It is very visual.

My 3 year old really enjoyed this book, and so did my older kids. I thought it was a lot of fun, as well as educational.