Asked by their teacher to find clues for memorising the states, students begin to see images - a hat, a shirt, a pair of boots - formed by state boundaries. When they put some of them together, they're amazed to find the outline of a man standing in the middle of the map. Excited by their discovery, they draw a face and arms on him and create "The Little Man In the Map", whom they nickname MIM. Their imaginations bring MIM alive, and with his help they discover the surprising roles all the states can play. Soon they can spot the elf, the playful dog, the spooky head, and all the others. This imaginatively illustrated story, narrated in rhyme by "The Little Man In the Map", shows each state's part in its region and how it interacts with those around it. This makes learning their locations visual, easy, and fun.