The book, published by ESRI, was very well publicised at their User Conference in San Diego this July. In his opening speech, Jack Dangermond spoke about the book against a backdrop of children's maps projected on large screens. In the "Map Gallery" located on the top floor of the Convention Centre they had a spectacular display of the maps from the book. The main title of the display was "Maps of our Children's World" with sub-groupings of the maps under topics such as Cartographic Representations, Our Changing World, and Children's Awareness of Their Environment etc.

At the "Meet the author" book signing event, Jeet Atwal from Carleton University represented the editors of the book.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will go toward graphic literacy promotions that target developing countries and disadvantaged learners. More information about the book can be found at: http://gis.esri.com/esripress/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=92&moduleID=0

A screen saver using images from the Barbara Bartz Petchenik competition may be available soon.