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Find your way : in the jungle / [written and edited by Joanna McInerney ; illustrated by Paul Boston].

by McInerney, Joanna.

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Cartography -- Juvenile literature.

Coordinates -- Juvenile literature.

Mathematics -- Juvenile literature.

Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc. -- Juvenile literature.

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29 p. : col. ill. ; col. maps ; 31 cm.

Choose your mode of transport and set off on an adventure that will take you all the way across a fantasy world. Can you navigate huge roundabouts with sleeping sea dragons, or cross bridges guarded by gorillas? Negotiate pesky road obstructions by solving the math problems correctly. Pick up hidden objects, collect bonus points, and use your mapping skills to zoom backward and forward through the book. Incredibly busy and colorful artwork will delight young children, and once they reach their objective, readers can absorb themselves in all sorts of bonus math activities.

Linked mazes lead young questors past math, measurement, and map-reading challenges to an undersea castle. A-bustle with automobiles for all that its supposed to be under water, the tangled roadways leading through Merp Town arent hard to navigate. But along with detours required by such obstacles as a giant octopus or Snozzles the sea dragon, travelers are frequently required to hold up a certain number of fingers, use the coordinates at the edges to locate hidden items, count cars of a certain color, or collect small pearls or other tokens before proceeding. The 12th maze leads to one final challenge: a cutaway castle with a top that can be reached only by climbing the tallest visible ladder, shimmying up the longest of a set of ropes, and like tasks. In Bostons cartoon illustrations, tiny fish and other sea creatures are interspersed with green- or yellow-skinned merpeople in dress that seems better suited to dry land than undersea. That gesture toward diversity is not repeated in the co-published In the Jungle, in which sets of similar exercises in counting and finding are hosted by hut-dwelling native residents called Leafies, who are all green and sport dreadlocks and leopard-skin garments. An invigorating wade into a range of useful skills, though the settings arent as carefully crafted as the instructional elements. (Suggested activities) (Instructional picture book. 5-7)

Boston, Paul (Illustrator)

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