The Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World

The Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World children's book

Illustrated by Matt Tavares (Knopf, August 20, 2024)

Over thousands of years, people from different cultures have combined art and science to create their own unique maps. From dots on a cave wall to the latest digital technology, we chisel, paint, draw, and code to make sense of the world around us—the world we all share.

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“Detailed, documentary-style illustrations by Tavares…eloquent prose by Robbins.

— Publishers Weekly