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The 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 readersFollow the dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus
By Peter Sís, Peter Sis. 1991
More than five hundred years ago, Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. His parents hoped that he would be…
a weaver like his father. But Columbus wove dreams of adventure and discovery with his ambition to be a sailor and explorer, and imagined finding a route to the East by sailing west. No one believed that that was possible, but Columbus did not give up. And what he found was a continent unknown to Europeans. For grades K-3 and older readersI, Columbus: my journal, 1492-3
By Peter Roop, Connie Roop, Peter Hanson, Christopher Columbus. 1990
Christopher Columbus was one of the most able and accomplished sailors of his day. His life's dream was to discover…
a new way to reach the East, fabled for its riches. Unlike those before him, he would sail west to reach the Indies. With the backing of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, he embarked in 1492. Here is the record of his voyage, "in his very own words." For grades 6-9 and older readersArctic explorer: the story of Matthew Henson (Trailblazers Biographies Ser.Trailblazers Biographies)
By Jeri Chase Ferris, Jeri Ferris. 1989
Matthew Henson, at age nineteen, had become a master of the sea and an educated young man in the late…
1800s. But when he tried to find work using his expert skills, he could not. Henson was a black man and America segregated the races. He became the servant of Robert Peary, a navy engineer who dreamed of discovering the North Pole. Henson would become Peary's "most nearly indispensable man." For grades 3-6All thirteen: the incredible cave rescue of the Thai boys' soccer team
By Christina Soontornvat. 2020
The author chronicles the events of June 23, 2018, when twelve young soccer players and their coach were trapped for…
days in a flooded cave in northern Thailand. Includes firsthand interviews of rescue workers, details the science and technology used to get deep underground, and the challenges everyone faced. For grades 4-7. 2020A collection of real-life facts, science, and history behind the magical world of Harry Potter. The author discusses prophecies, flesh-eating…
plants, potions, and if there are hidden railway stations in London. For grades 4-7. 2020Lifeboat 12: based on a true story
By Susan Hood. 2018
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the…
ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. For grades 4-7Survivors: extraordinary tales from the wild and beyond
By David Long, Kerry Hyndman. 2016
These real-life stories of extreme survival, include The Man Who Sucked Blood from a Shark, a sailor who survived for…
133 days on a raft in the Atlantic when his ship was torpedoed, using shark's blood in place of fresh water. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, a teenager who fell 2 miles from an aeroplane and trekked through the Amazon jungle to safety. The Woman Who Froze to Death - Yet Lived, a woman who was trapped under freezing water for so long her heart stopped. It combines classic tales such as Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic voyage, as well as more modern exploits such as the adventurer who inspired the movie 127 hours. For grades 5-8Plants on the trail with Lewis and Clark
By Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, William Muñoz. 2003
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent's latest collaboration examines the rich array of plant life encountered by Lewis and Clark on their expedition.…
Lewis was trained in the identification and preservation of plants before the expedition and wrote about the plants he saw and some of which can still be seen today. For grades 4-7Who was leif erikson? (Who Was?)
By Nico Medina. 2018
Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America…
in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland almost five centuries before Christopher Columbus even set sail! "Leif the Lucky" and the other fierce, sea-fearing pirates were accomplished navigators who raided foreign lands for resources, hunted for their food, and passed down Old Norse myths from one generation to the next. This book gives readers a detailed account of what life was like during the time of the VikingsThe sinking of the Bismarck (World landmark books [W-51])
By William L Shirer. 1962
Reconstruction of a memorable episode of World War II, the tracking and sinking of the German ship "Bismarck" by the…
British Navy in 1941. For high school and adult readers. 1962.Who was laura ingalls wilder? (Who Was?)
By Patricia Brennan Demuth. 2016
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a…
century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontierPacking for Mars for kids
By Mary Roach. 2022
"What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a…
spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don't shower? Can farts really be deadly in space? Best-selling Mary Roach has the answers. In this whip-smart, funny, and informative young readers adaptation of her best-selling Packing for Mars, Roach guides us through the irresistibly strange, frequently gross, and awe-inspiring realm of space travel and life without gravity. From flying on NASA's Weightless Wonder to eating space food, Packing for Mars for Kids is chock-full of first-hand experiences and thorough research. Roach has crafted an authoritative and accessible book that is perfectly pitched to inquiring middle grade readers." -- Provided by publisherThe story of King Arthur and his knights: retold from the Howard Pyle original (Classic starts)
By Howard Pyle, Dan Andreasen, Tania Zamorsky. 2006
The unofficial Harry Potter joke book: howling hilarity for Hufflepuff (Unofficial Harry Potter joke book)
By Brian Boone, Amanda Brack. 2019
Hundreds of jokes and riddles a Hufflepuff would love. Includes categories such as fantastic beasts, a whole new Newt world,…
and jokes that are utterly riddikulus! For grades 2-4 and older readers. 2019The upside-down voyage
By Don L. Wulffson, Dennis Lyall. 2007
"...This is a story of the surreal seven-year adventure of Bruce Gordon, a young seafaring lad who emerged from the…
wreckage of a whaler somewhere in the Arctic seas, befriended a polar bear cub, and survived to tell about it."Countdown: 2979 days to the moon
By Suzanne Slade, Thomas Gonzalez. 2018
Told in free verse. Recounts the story of the American effort to land the first man on the moon in…
1969, and the eleven Apollo missions it took to get them there. For grades 4-7. 2018Jack London and the Klondike gold rush
By Wendell Minor, Peter Lourie. 2017
Recounts the daring life of Jack London (1876-1916), author of The Call of the Wild (DB 49486) and White Fang…
(DB 51689). Relates his adventures as a Stampeder during the Klondike gold rush and other challenging adventures. For grades 4-7. 2017Bound by ice: a true North Pole survival story
By Rich Wallace, Sandra Neil Wallace. 2017
An account of Lieutenant Commander George W. De Long's expedition to reach the North Pole with thirty-two men aboard the…
U. S. S. Jeannette. Believing the North Pole to be home to warm tropical waters, the crew's adventure becomes a tale of survival after encountering harsh polar conditions. For grades 5-8. 2017