Mapping Oz

This needs no other explanation, really. If you've only ever seen the movie it might not fully make sense. You'll probably recognize the yellow brick road leading from Munchkinland to the Emerald City. The rest of this picture maps the land of Oz as described throughout the books of the series as written by L. Frank Baum. I found it, just like this, on the table in our office, drawn when I wasn't looking. That's my favorite kind of art.

What I love even more about this is that I can see he understands the idea at least of how to draw north, south, east, and west, since that's how the countries are described in the books. It's fun to see learning happen in context—a make-believe context, maybe, but an authentic one to the learner.