Cann, Helen. How to Make Hand-Drawn Maps. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2018. This is a helpful resource for showing students step-by-step instructions on how to create many different kinds of maps (architectural, sensory, mind, and many more), and is especially useful for introducing students to techniques for making dynamic, colorful maps.
Harmon, Katharine. You Are Here. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004. This book includes many unconventional types of maps, including memory maps, body maps, emotional maps, and many more useful tools for exposing students to the endless possibilities of mapping concepts as well as locations.
Monmonier, Mark. How to Lie with Maps. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. This is a detailed overview of how maps are created by a process of selection and organization of information, and how they can be used to advance a specific perspective or argument.
Solnit, Rebecca. Infinite City. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. This book features a variety of essays and maps, each focusing on separate aspects of San Francisco (butterfly habitats, queer spaces, restaurants, and sources of extreme pollution) in order to suggest hidden truths about the city.
Solnit, Rebecca, and Rebecca Snedeker. Unfathomable City. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013. This book provides themed maps of New Orleans, including the city’s historical connections to slavery, contemporary music scenes, and displaced dead people.
Harzinski, Kris. From Here to There. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. This book includes a massive collection of hand-drawn maps, many of which can be useful examples for students to consider while creating their own maps and diagrams.
