Children's Nonfiction Adventure & Adventurers
Are We There Yet?
How Humans Find Their Way
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2023
- Category
- Adventure & Adventurers, General, Travel, General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781459835207
- Publish Date
- Aug 2023
- List Price
- $29.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459835221
- Publish Date
- Aug 2023
- List Price
- $37.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9 to 12
- Grade: 4 to 7
- Reading age: 9 to 12
Description
Why do some people have a bad sense of direction? How can you avoid getting lost? Why did early mapmakers put fake towns on their maps and why does every traffic controller in the world speak English?
From finding food, water and shelter to traveling for commerce, trade and eventually exploring the world, humans have always had to find their way from one place to another. Are We There Yet? examines the evolution of how we navigate the world. Our earliest ancestors relied on built-in navigation systems in our brains and followed clues like star patterns and animal behavior. Then came the invention of maps, faster transportation and eventually technology, like satellites and GPS. And from the depths of the ocean to faraway planets, there's still plenty of exploring to do. Where will we go next?
About the authors
MARIA BIRMINGHAM is a longstanding contributor to OWL and Chickadee magazines, and the award-winning author of several books for young people, including Acting Wild, Biometrics, and A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars. Maria lives in Brampton, Ontario.
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Drew Shannon is an illustrator who lives in Toronto. Drew earned a bachelor of arts at Sheridan College and has worked with many different clients, including CBC, VICE Media, UNICEF, The Washington Post and NPR. He is the illustrator of Extreme Battlefields: When War Meets the Forces of Nature and Out of the Ice: How Climate Change is Revealing the Past.
Editorial Reviews
“What elevates this beyond encyclopedia fare are references to current events and instances where readers are invited to imagine themselves in problem-solving, relatable scenarios. The bright, colorful graphics that bounce off pages are also helpful and complement accessible, manageable chunks of information...A great resource for report writers that offers a perfect segue from the picture books treasured by the vehicle obsessed.”
Booklist
Other titles by Maria Birmingham
Odd Couples
A Guide to Unlikely Animal Pairs
Are We Having Fun Yet?
The Human Quest for a Good Time
Canada Wild
Animals Found Nowhere Else on Earth
Snooze-O-Rama
The Strange Ways That Animals Sleep
Acting Wild
How We Behave Like Birds, Bugs, and Beasts
Biometrics
Your Body and the Science of Security
A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars
Tastes Like Music
17 Quirks of the Brain and Body
Tastes Like Music
17 Quirks of the Brain and Body
Other titles by Drew Shannon
The Montague Twins #2: The Devil's Music
(A Graphic Novel)
Finding Home
The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees
This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes
How Science Is Tackling Unconscious Bias
The Montague Twins: The Witch's Hand
(A Graphic Novel)
Out of the Ice
How Climate Change Is Revealing the Past
Extreme Battlefields
When War Meets the Forces of Nature
