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Close to Shore
The author details the first shark attacks in American history along the Atlantic Coast of New Jersey in 1916. One reviewer thought the book would appeal to males especially. The suspenseful style makes the book read like a novel.
Author: Michael Capuzzo |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Father Water, Mother Woods
These essays recount Paulsen's adventures alone and with friends, along the rivers and in the woods of Northern Minnesota. Paulsen shows us fishing, hunting, and camping as pleasure, as art, as companionship, and as sources of lessons about life.
Marven of the Great North Woods
Marven's immigrant Russian Jewish family sends him alone by train and by ski to a logging camp in Minnesota to escape the diphtheria epidemic in the city of Duluth. He finds a niche for himself in very different cultural surroundings through the friendsh
My Name Is York
York, a slave of Captain Clark, accompanies his master on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. An afterword gives additional biographical information and the end papers contain maps. The illustrations and language are especially evocative.
Author: Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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North Country Night
This easy-to-read and stunningly illustrated book shows what animals do at night in the North Country during the winter.
Author: San Souci, Daniel |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers
Paulsen shares his love of the Iditarod and especially of Cookie, his primary lead dog, and her pups. Descriptions of how the pups learn are alternately amazing, touching, and hilarious.
River of Dreams
This beautiful book is a tribute to the Hudson River and its strategic, economic and cultural significance throughout history.
Author: Talbot, Hudson |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading | language arts - writing
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Rushmore
This long, beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of Mount Rushmore and the sculptor who oversaw its creation.
Author: Curlee, Lynn |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Streams to the River, River to the Sea
This is a fictional recounting of Sacagawea's association with Lewis and Clark. Although some Reading Group members were concerned about the accuracy of the portrayal, in the introduction, the author cites several references used in crafting the story.
Author: O'Dell, Scott |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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