The Map Maker: An Illustrated Short Story about How Each of Us Sees the World Differently and Why Objectivity Is Just an Illusion - Couverture souple

Royal, Brandon

 
9781897393147: The Map Maker: An Illustrated Short Story about How Each of Us Sees the World Differently and Why Objectivity Is Just an Illusion

Synopsis

This illustrated short story is ideally suited to high school or college students studying English literature or philosophy. It is a think piece that explores the topic of human perspective and lends itself to classroom or group discussion.

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À propos de l?auteur

Brandon Royal is an award-winning writer whose educational authorship includes The Little Blue Reasoning Book, The Little Red Writing Book, The Little Gold Grammar Book, and The Little Green Math Book. During his tenure working in Hong Kong for US-based Kaplan Educational Centers — a Washington Post subsidiary and the largest test-preparation organization in the world — Brandon honed his theories of teaching and education and developed a set of key learning "principles" to help define the basics of writing, grammar, math, and reasoning. A Canadian by birth and graduate of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, his interest in writing began after completing writing courses at Harvard University. Since then he has authored a dozen books and reviews of his books have appeared in Time Asia magazine, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal of America, Midwest Book Review, The Asian Review of Books, Choice Reviews Online, Asia Times Online, and About.com. Brandon is a five-time winner of the International Book Awards, a five-time gold medalist at the President's Book Awards, as well as winner of the Global eBook Awards, USA Book News "Best Book Awards," and recipient of the 2011 "Educational Book of the Year" award as presented by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta.

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