For a while in college, I was an elementary education major. In our children's literature class, we were assigned to do a project of some sort that we could use later when we became teachers.
I remembered a map of Narnia that my fifth grade teacher had had on the wall, so I asked if I might borrow it. (She was also the wife of my college German professor, so it wasn't hard to get in touch with her.) She graciously loaned me the profesionally printed map, and I carefully made my own map of Narnia. Not exactly original, but I didn't know any other way to get a map like hers, which I knew I would want if I someday became a schoolteacher.
I took these pictures before finally getting it in a frame, packing it up, and sending it off to my aunt in Michigan, who actually teaches elementary school and could put it to use. I was rather attached to it, as it was quite a labor of love, but it became kind of sad to just have it sitting around in a closet all those years. I just found these photos recently (they are from January) when I was looking for something else.
Obviously, you can see more detail if you enlarge the photos. Enjoy!
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Oh, my stars! I just tried Googling maps of Narnia....and look what I found:
http://allaboutcslewis.com/show-notes/the-map-of-narnia/
I still have very high hopes that there will be a Narnia section of Heaven so that I can finally meet all those wonderful people and animals . . .
And I hope I will finally get to really do calligraphy. :-)
I remember that map! I remember both of them, actually.
Cool post. Thanks.
Further up and further in!
Oh it's lovely! How could you bear to part with it?
Well, obviously I couldn't for a long time. But once I thought about giving it to my aunt, it wasn't so hard. I'll see it again eventually, and in the meantime it actually gets used.
And, really, I could make another if I suddenly had need of one....
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