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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. 2001By 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. 2001By Leonard S. Marcus, Judy Blume. 2000
By Nancy Whitelaw. 2000
Biography of the "father of tabloid journalism," who used sensationalism to sell newspapers at the end of the nineteenth century.…
Discusses his career, his deteriorating vision, and his establishment of journalism prizes in his name. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2000By 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. 1999By 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. 2001By 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 5-8By Joan E Goodman, Joan Goodman, Joan Elizabeth Goodman, Tom McNeely. 2001
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. 2001By 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 4-7By 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 3-6By 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 4-7By 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 5-8By 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 5-8By 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 6-9By David Alexander, Margaret Mahy. 1995
The author of many children's books including the Cousins Quartet series tells of her writing career and her home in…
the shell of an old volcano in New Zealand, where she lives with her dog and cat next door to her daughter's family. For grades 2-4By 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 2-4By Carla Stevens. 1993
Discusses diaries and journals and the value of keeping a diary or journal of your own. Includes examples of entries…
from well-known diarists such as Anne Frank and Theodore Roosevelt, as well as from less famous young people. For grades 5-8By 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. 1992By 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