The Map in the Attic
Grade 5 · Chapter book
The Map in the Attic
Written and illustrated by PlayOwl
A hand-drawn map from Teta's attic sends Rami pacing across town, where the water tower, the depot and the family store have all turned into something else.
- 22 pages
- 3,471 words
- Long read
For grown-ups: what this book practices, and where it comes from
What this book practices
An original story about reading a map. Compass directions, scale and counted steps lead a boy and his grandmother to a piece of family history. It practices following step-by-step reasoning, using numbers in a story, and noticing how places change over time.
- Level
- Chapter book: Six chapters, about 160 words on a page
- Themes
- Family, Mystery, Adventure, Community
- After the story
- A short activity checks understanding, then a prompt to tell a grown-up about the book.
Levels are PlayOwl's own design guidelines for each grade, not a certified reading level. In I'll Read, PlayOwl records that a child turned every page; it cannot hear whether the words were read.
Credit and rights
Written and illustrated by PlayOwl.
- Cover
- Drawn in code for PlayOwl in 2026 with the Read with Olly illustration kit. An original design. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
- Illustrations
- Drawn in code for PlayOwl in 2026 with the Read with Olly illustration kit, from the picture briefs in this file (an attic, a hand-drawn map, and a small river town). Original designs. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
- Narration
- Spoken by the reader's own device voice. PlayOwl ships no recording. No recorded work exists.
- Text
- Written for PlayOwl in 2026. An original story; every sentence is new PlayOwl wording. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
