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History > topic > exploration > explorer > Polo, Marco
Adventures of Marco Polo, The
The author recounts the 13th Century life and exploration of the famous Venetian, Marco Polo. The fascinating illustrations reflect the style of the time and place of each segment of the story. The author includes ample supplemental information on the a
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Seek
For a senior class autobiography assignment, Robbie creates "a sound portrait" in a radio script format, which includes his extended family and his search for his long-absent father. One reviewer thought that the text is too disjointed and confusing for
History > topic > exploration > explorers
Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer
This biography of John Wesley Powell, son of an Ohio abolitionist, a teacher who lead a group of the first exploration of the treacherous Colorado River in 1869--despite the loss of an arm in the Civil War. A timeline, bibliography, and an author's note
| Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer
This biography of John Wesley Powell, son of an Ohio abolitionist, a teacher who lead a group of the first exploration of the treacherous Colorado River in 1869--despite the loss of an arm in the Civil War. A timeline, bibliography, and an author's note
| Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Far Beyond the Garden Gate
Don Brown has written another intriguing book about an extraordinary woman, one who perservered in her desire to explore Tibet never seen by a Western woman. An author's note, a bibliography, and a map extend the possibilities of this beautifully illustr
| Author: Brown, Don |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Journeys in Time
The authors and illustrator have created a story atlas of American history from the Ashinabe tribe to Viet Nam in which each double-page spread includes a narrative about an historical event, maps with numbered events, and fact boxes. Additional endnotes
| Author: Leacock, Elspeth & Buckley, Susan |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon, The
This book, written almost in a scrapbook format, tells about Michael Collins, who stayed with the spacecraft while fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. The book contains diagrams, charts, and black and white and colored ph
| Author: Schyffert, Bea Uusma |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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My Season with Penguins
The author, a writer, scientist, and artist, keeps a journal and pictorial record of two months she spent studying the adelie penguins in Antarctica. The illustrations are factual and charming. A map and glossary aid the reader.
| Author: Webb, Sophie |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Over the Top of the World
The main text is a diary of explorer Will Steger's expedition (1994) from Russia to Canada by way of the North Pole. Pictures from the expedition accompany the text, and sidebars provide additional information about the Arctic.
| Author: Steger, Will |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Road to There, The
For all geography enthusiasts, this book recounts the history of mapmaking with biographies of famous mapmakers, fact boxes of specific scientific information, and beautiful maps. The author provides an index and suggested reading list.
| Author: Ross, Val |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
On an expedition to cross Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton and his crew lost their ship in the ice flow. Shackleton and five others left in small boats to get help. This is a higher reading level version of Spirit of Endurance by the same author.
| Author: Armstrong, Jennifer |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Spirit of Endurance
The book employs maps, archival photographs, blueprints, and paintings to tell the exciting story of Ernest Shackleton's rescue of his men on his expedition in Antarctica when their boat, The Endurance, was destroyed in an ice floe. The author includes a
| Author: Armstrong, Jennifer |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Talking With Adventurers
Several National Geographic scientists/explorers are interviewed in a Q & A format. What makes the book such an interesting read is how they see themselves and their work. The book offers maps, fabulous photographs, and contact information for particip
| Author: Cummings, Pat and Linda, (compilers) |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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To the Top: The Story of Everest
This book recounts the history of 20th Century human attemps to climb Mt Everest, including a gripping first person account by the author. Photographs from the Royal Geographical Society, route maps, a glossary and an index are included. Several pages ar
| Author: Venables, Stephen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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Who Was First? Discovering the Americas
This book is the story of the many groups of people who discovered America before Columbus. The book is thoroughly researched and documented showing the contributions of the many people who inhabited America well before Columbus. The book includes bibliog
| Author: Freedman, Russel |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Who Was First? Discovering the Americas
This book is the story of the many groups of people who discovered America before Columbus. The book is thoroughly researched and documented showing the contributions of the many people who inhabited America well before Columbus. The book includes bibliog
| Author: Freedman, Russel |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Yellowstone Moran:Painting the American West
A true story of how Tom Moran traded his city environs for a chance to join a scientific expedition to Yellowstone and record the wonders in his paintings. The author researched letters and journals of the famous Hayden expedition into Yellowstone Nationa
| Author: Judge, Lita |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing
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History > topic > exploration > explorers > Balboa, Vasco Nunezde
Around the World in a Hundred Years
During the late 15th century, explorers sailed a relatively unknown world in search of gold and spices. By turns ambitious and cruel, these explorers changed the map of the world in 100 years. The book includes many maps, notes, a bibliography, and an i
| Author: Fritz, Jean |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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History > topic > exploration > explorers > Byrd, Admiral Richard
Black Whiteness
During the several months Admiral Richard Byrd spent alone in Antarctica in 1934, he nearly dies of carbon monoxide poisoning before he is rescued. The poetic language, line lengths, and diary excerpts give an intensity and truthfulness to the story.
| Author: Burleigh, Robert |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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History > topic > exploration > explorers > Columbus, Christopher
Around the World in a Hundred Years
During the late 15th century, explorers sailed a relatively unknown world in search of gold and spices. By turns ambitious and cruel, these explorers changed the map of the world in 100 years. The book includes many maps, notes, a bibliography, and an i
| Author: Fritz, Jean |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Encounter
An old Taino man tells a story about his childhood, about the day the invaders came and his people welcomed them. At the end it is clear that he is talking about Columbus. The book ends with an author's note. This is a powerful book with superior illust
| Author: Yolen, Jane |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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I, Columbus: My Journal, 1492-3
This handsome 57-page book, illustrated with watercolors, is taken directly from Columbus' diary. The book records his voyage and his adventures, and begins and ends with short accounts of historical information. It may not be appropriate for low level
| Author: Roop, Peter & Roop, Connie |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | math
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Journeys in Time
The authors and illustrator have created a story atlas of American history from the Ashinabe tribe to Viet Nam in which each double-page spread includes a narrative about an historical event, maps with numbered events, and fact boxes. Additional endnotes
| Author: Leacock, Elspeth & Buckley, Susan |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Who Was First? Discovering the Americas
This book is the story of the many groups of people who discovered America before Columbus. The book is thoroughly researched and documented showing the contributions of the many people who inhabited America well before Columbus. The book includes bibliog
| Author: Freedman, Russel |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Who Was First? Discovering the Americas
This book is the story of the many groups of people who discovered America before Columbus. The book is thoroughly researched and documented showing the contributions of the many people who inhabited America well before Columbus. The book includes bibliog
| Author: Freedman, Russel |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
History > topic > exploration > explorers > Diaz, Bartholomew
Around the World in a Hundred Years
During the late 15th century, explorers sailed a relatively unknown world in search of gold and spices. By turns ambitious and cruel, these explorers changed the map of the world in 100 years. The book includes many maps, notes, a bibliography, and an i
| Author: Fritz, Jean |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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History > topic > exploration > explorers > Magellan, Ferdinand
Around the World in a Hundred Years
During the late 15th century, explorers sailed a relatively unknown world in search of gold and spices. By turns ambitious and cruel, these explorers changed the map of the world in 100 years. The book includes many maps, notes, a bibliography, and an i
| Author: Fritz, Jean |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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History > topic > exploration > explorers > Ponce de Leon, Juan
Around the World in a Hundred Years
During the late 15th century, explorers sailed a relatively unknown world in search of gold and spices. By turns ambitious and cruel, these explorers changed the map of the world in 100 years. The book includes many maps, notes, a bibliography, and an i
| Author: Fritz, Jean |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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History > topic > exploration > explorers > Vespucci, Amerigo
Around the World in a Hundred Years
During the late 15th century, explorers sailed a relatively unknown world in search of gold and spices. By turns ambitious and cruel, these explorers changed the map of the world in 100 years. The book includes many maps, notes, a bibliography, and an i
| Author: Fritz, Jean |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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