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Ancient horsemen of Siberia (Time Travelers Ser. #8)
By Janet Buell. 1998
Describes the excavation of a 2,500 year-old burial mound in southern Siberia where horses' corpses and the undisturbed tomb of…
a Pazyryk woman were discovered. From these and similar remains, Russian archaeologists are learning about the culture of the horse-loving Pazyryk people. For grades 6-9. 1998Piracy & plunder: a murderous business (Look-Inside Ser.)
By Milton Meltzer, Dawn Bentley, Robert Greisen. 2001
A history of piracy from ancient times to the modern age. Discusses how and why pirates became thieves and killers,…
the lives they led on land and sea, the harm they did, and the fates they suffered. Includes Sir Francis Drake, Blackbeard, and Sir Henry Morgan. For grades 5-8. 2001The kids' winter handbook (Family Fun)
By Heather Collins, Jane Drake, Ann Love. 2001
Outdoor and indoor activities to celebrate winter. Covers weather forecasting, snow sports, crafts projects (most call for inexpensive, easy-to-find materials),…
games, fireside stories, and recipes. Parental involvement is encouraged. For grades 3-6. 2001Beyond the sea of ice: the voyages of Henry Hudson (Great explorers book #Vol. 1)
By Joan E Goodman, Joan Goodman, Joan Elizabeth Goodman, Fernando Rangel. 1999
Describes English explorer Henry Hudson's four voyages between 1607 and 1611 searching for a passage to the Orient through North…
America. Explains that he eventually ended up on the river that bears his name, at what is now New York City. For grades 4-7. 1999Mummies of the pharaohs: exploring the Valley of the Kings
By Melvin Berger. 2001
Introduces some of the rulers of ancient Egypt and their thousands-of-years-old burial places. Explains how archaeologist Howard Carter found the…
tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings. Discusses the history of the site and other pharaohs discovered there. For grades 4-7. 2001. For grades 4-7. 2001Shipwreck at the bottom of the world: the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance
By Jennifer Armstrong. 1998
An account of the survival of a twenty-eight man crew whose ship for a 1914 expedition to Antarctica was marooned…
in pack ice. Explains the daily difficulties the men faced during their nine-month ordeal and Captain Ernest Shackleton's bravery to effect their rescue. For grades 5-8A long and uncertain journey: the 27,000 mile voyage of Vasco da Gama (Great explorers book)
By Joan E Goodman, Joan Goodman, Joan Elizabeth Goodman, Tom McNeely. 2001
Career ideas for kids who like adventure (Career Ideas for Kids Ser.Career Ideas for Kids)
By Diane Lindsey Reeves, Nancy Heubeck, Nancy Bond. 2001
Career ideas on choosing a profession that offers both excitement and a physical challenge. Discusses becoming a pilot, a detective,…
a firefighter, a ranch hand, and a paramedic. Suggests additional resources and ways of practicing job skills. For grades 5-8. 2001The adventures of Sojourner: the mission to Mars that thrilled the world
By Susi Trautmann Wunsch, Susi Wunsch, Jpl Staff. 1998
Describes the development of the microrover called Sojourner that would become the first mobile, remote control explorer of another planet.…
Tells the story of the Mars Pathfinder mission that landed on July 4, 1997, and the successful transmissions back to Earth. For grades 4-7In search of the Grand Canyon: Down the Colorado with John Wesley Powell (A Redfeather book)
By Mary Ann Fraser. 1995
Fraser relates how Major John Wesley Powell and a crew of nine men left the Wyoming Territory to explore the…
Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1869. She uses Powell's journals to depict the dangers and excitement of the three-month journey, in which several men and two boats were lost. For grades 3-6The silver treasure: myths and legends of the world (Myths and Legends of the World Ser.)
By Geraldine McCaughrean, Bee Willey. 1997
A multicultural anthology retelling twenty-three folktales. Contains stories from Bolivia, Togo, Russia, India, Egypt, Alaska, and other parts of the…
globe. Companion to The Golden Hoard: Myths and Legends of the World (DB 46791). For grades 4-7The squire's tale (Squire's Tales #1)
By Gerald Morris. 1998
Terence--a young lad who lives with Trevisant, the hermit of the Gentle Wood--meets Gawain of Orkney, who is traveling to…
King Arthur's court to join the Knights of the Round Table. Trevisant foresees Terence's departure as Gawain's squire. Terence then begins an adventure that ultimately reveals his true identity. For grades 5-8Finding the lost cities
By Rebecca Stefoff. 1997
Describes twelve lost cities on five continents in the order of their rediscovery in modern times: Petra, Nineveh, Hattusha, Copan,…
Chaco Canyon, Angkor, Troy, Zimbabwe, Knossos, Gournia, Machu Picchu, and Ur. Provides the history of each site, biographical sketches of the finders and archaeologists who worked there, and theories about why the city disappeared. For junior and senior high readersStones, bones, and petroglyphs: digging into Southwest archaeology : an ultimate field trip (Ultimate Field Trip Ser.)
By Susan E Goodman, Susan E. Goodman, Michael J. Doolittle. 1998
Describes a one-week field trip where eighth graders worked with archaeologists at Crow Canyon, Colorado, to learn how the Pueblo…
Indians lived. Explains how to conduct a dig to maximize scientific information. Examines some of the artifacts. Discusses why the Puebloans disappeared in A.D. 1300. For grades 5-8The Dead Sea scrolls
By Ilene Cooper, John Thompson. 1997
Describes the 1947 discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls by a Bedouin shepherd boy. Traces the history of custody, restoration,…
interpretation, and public release of the ancient documents. Explains the historical significance of the scrolls. For grades 5-8American heroes of exploration and flight (Collective biographies)
By Anne E Schraff, Anne Schraff. 1996
Profiles the lives of ten distinguished American explorers and aviators. Describes the polar treks of Matthew Henson, Robert Peary, and…
Richard Byrd; Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight; and the space journeys of Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, and others. For grades 5-8Explorers, trappers, and guides (Settling the West)
By Judith Bentley. 1995
Provides first-person accounts of life on the western frontier as people from all over the globe settled in the Far…
West territory of the United States. Includes stories by men who accompanied explorers such as Lewis and Clark, Estevanico, Coronado, Captain Cook, and John C. Fremont. For grades 6-9To the top!: Climbing the world's highest mountain (Step into Reading #Vol. 5)
By Sydelle Kramer. 1993
Mount Everest in Asia is the highest mountain in the world, and in 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay hoped…
they would be the first men to reach its peak--the top of the world. Each had dreamed of climbing the dangerous mountain, where just a slip of the foot can send a climber ten thousand feet below to death, and together they met the challenge. For grades 2-4The Tainos: the people who welcomed Columbus
By Francine Jacobs, Patrick Collins. 1992
The Native Americans who lived in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean islands were the Tainos, gentle people who peacefully…
greeted Columbus when he landed in the Bahamas in 1492. The Tainos, who believed that their white visitors were gods, opened their homes and villages to the explorers, who were only trying to find gold. This led to the virtual destruction of the Tainos. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1992The discovery of the Americas: From Prehistory Through the Age of Columbus
By Giulio Maestro, Betsy Maestro. 1991
The author states that during the Ice Age a natural bridge connected the continents we now know as Asia and…
North America, and that Asian nomads were the first people to come to the New World. When the climate warmed, the bridge disappeared under water and the Americas could no longer be reached by land. The author examines supposed and actual voyages of discovery to America, like those of Saint Brendan and Columbus. For grades 3-6 and older readers