Sports/Recreation
Atalanta's Race, A Greek Myth
This retelling of an ancient Greek myth describes Atalanta, abandoned by her royal father who wanted a son. Atalanta is raised by a woodsman and becomes a great hunter and athlete; the latter is tested in a race when the gods intervene.
| Author: Climo, Shirley |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Black Hoops: The History of African Americans in Basketball
This book provides a history of basketball and African Americans in basketball. To help readers understand these issues, the author provides historical backdrops that address racism, segregation, the struggle to desegregate sports, and the civil rights mo
| Author: McKissack, Frederick, Jr. |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Nation's Hope, A
An "elegant and powerful picture book biography which centers around the historic fight" of Joe Louis during WWII, where prejudice was set aside. The illustrations and historical tidbits add to this story of an unforgettable legend.
| Author: De La Pena, Matt |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
|
Story of Baseball, The
This interesting and readable book provides a history of baseball in the U.S. Lots of fascinating anecdotes are included, photos of baseball stars [past and present] are included, and several chapters focus on the strategies of the game.
| Author: Ritter, Lawrence S. |
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Sports/Recreation > athletes
And Not Afraid To Dare
This is a collection of short (15-20 page) biographies of 10 African American women: Ellen Craft, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Mary Fields, Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, Clara Hale, Leontyne Price, Toni Morrison, Mae C. Jemison, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
| Author: Bolden, Tonya |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
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At Gleason's Gym
The story of Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn NY, and the many people who use it. It includes a brief story of Sugar Boy Younan, National Silver Gloves Champion 2006. The words and pictures tap into the senses. The illustrations demonstrate the rhythm to the mus
| Author: Lewin, Ted |
HSE Descriptors:
literature and arts | social studies
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Black Hoops: The History of African Americans in Basketball
This book provides a history of basketball and African Americans in basketball. To help readers understand these issues, the author provides historical backdrops that address racism, segregation, the struggle to desegregate sports, and the civil rights mo
| Author: McKissack, Frederick, Jr. |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson
An interesting account of fightin' Black Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight of the world in 1910. The prejudicial issues of the era made this a monumental task. Bold words and bold color art combine to create a rhythmic text that captures the ener
| Author: Smith, Charles R., Jr. |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
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Century That Was, The
Each of the 11 chapters of this fascinating look back at the 20th century focuses on a different topic: war, immigration, transportation, politics, religion, the environment, etc. Each chapter is written by a noted young adult author. Several different ty
| Author: Giblin, James Cross (Ed.) |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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First in the Field: Baseball Hero Jackie Robinson
This biography of Jackie Robinson, which focuses on his life until he retired from professional baseball, is accompanied by photographs. A timeline that notes African American sports milestones concludes the book.
| Author: Dingle, Derek T. |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Girl Wonder
This is a very simple retelling of part of Alta Weiss's childhood. Alta pitched for the Vermillion (OH) Independents, a semi-pro baseball team, in 1907.
| Author: Hopkinson, Deborah |
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Hammerin' Hank Grenberg: Baseball Pioneer
The story of Hank Greenberg, first Jewish ballplayer inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Sommer explores the world of baseball as it became more inclusive and gives details of how Greenberg was an exceptional player.
| Author: Sommer, Shelley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading
|
Heart of a Champion, The
These are short biographies of sports figures who have been featured on Wheaties boxes over the years. Subsections, organized by traits that contribute to success (commitment, grace, courage, team effort, and perseverance) are preceded by short essays abo
Home Run
The main text is a simply written, poetic account of one of Babe Ruth's at bats. The vintage-style baseball cards on each page provide additional information about Ruth. The illustrations are reminiscent of Norman Rockwell.
| Author: Burleigh, Robert |
HSE Descriptors:
| math
|
Hoop Kings
A dozen NBA stars provide the focus for these poems. In endnotes, the author describes his writing process.
| Author: Smith Jr., Charles R. |
|
Hoop Queens
This is a collection of 12 poems about stars of the WNBA. An afterword explains how the poet found a focus for each poem by considering the woman's play.
| Author: Smith Jr., Charles R. |
|
Interesting Athletes: Black American Sports Heroes
This is a collection of annotated newspaper cartoons about African American sports figures. The book is organized into chapters by type of sport. The cartoons originally appeared in newspapers (1930-1980).
Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills, and What the Neighbors Saw
This book offers 20 unusual biographical sketches of famous athletes. The focus is on these people "as people," according to the author, and not just on their athletic feats.
Nation's Hope, A
An "elegant and powerful picture book biography which centers around the historic fight" of Joe Louis during WWII, where prejudice was set aside. The illustrations and historical tidbits add to this story of an unforgettable legend.
| Author: De La Pena, Matt |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
|
Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson was perpetual motion and perpetual trouble until mentors helped her channel her energy into tennis where she became a champion, and the first African American to win the Wimbledon. The colorful illustrations capture her boundless energy.
| Author: Stauffacher, Sue |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson was perpetual motion and perpetual trouble until mentors helped her channel her energy into tennis where she became a champion, and the first African American to win the Wimbledon. The colorful illustrations capture her boundless energy.
| Author: Stauffacher, Sue |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Our Century--1920-1930
This is a series of short articles about life, events, and people who made news in the decade of the 20s. (Teachers should note that no African-American history is reported.)
| Author: Hill, Prescott |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Picture Book of Jesse Owens, A
This very readable biography tells the life story of Jesse Owens, the 1936 Olympic star, and the prejudice he combated throughout his life. The book ends with a page of notes and a page of dates.
| Author: Adler, David |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
The story of Satchel Paige's baseball career told by a fictional baseball player who once batted against Paige. Biographical and historical information are included in a preface and appendix.
| Author: Sturm, James and Tommaso, Rich |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination.
| Author: Yoo, Paula |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination.
| Author: Yoo, Paula |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Story of Baseball, The
This interesting and readable book provides a history of baseball in the U.S. Lots of fascinating anecdotes are included, photos of baseball stars [past and present] are included, and several chapters focus on the strategies of the game.
| Author: Ritter, Lawrence S. |
|
Strongest Man in the World, The: Louis Cyr
The text of this book goes far beyond just being the biography of a famous 20th century strong man, Louis Cyr. It is a description of early health mores and an evolution of the circus concept. Additionally, we learn a little about the other famous circus
| Author: Debon, Nicolas |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics
This account of Olympics and Olympians through the years is stunningly illustrated with photographs that capture the action and emotion of the events. An appendix of rich detail includes a map and statistics.
| Author: Macy, Sue |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Twelve Rounds to Glory
This biographical tribute told in rap-inspired verse captures the life of the "Louisville Loudmouth" who was in so many respects the "Greatest of all Time." This amazing account of Muhammed Ali's life is told in twelve chapters, like a 12 round boxing mat
| Author: Smith, Charles |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - writing | language arts - reading
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We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball
This book is about the beginnings and history of Negro League Baseball. The accomplishments of many of the better players are described. Paintings of the players are included. There is a bibliography and filmography at the end of the book.
| Author: Nelson, Kadir |
HSE Descriptors:
| social studies
|
Sports/Recreation > athletes > Jackie Robinson
First in the Field: Baseball Hero Jackie Robinson
This biography of Jackie Robinson, which focuses on his life until he retired from professional baseball, is accompanied by photographs. A timeline that notes African American sports milestones concludes the book.
| Author: Dingle, Derek T. |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Followers of the North Star
These poems present a profile of African-American heroes in an historical and cultural context. Heroes and heroines include Benjamin Banneker, Harriet Tubman, cowboy Deadwood Dick, George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson, Leontyne Price, and Martin Lut
| Author: Altman, Susan & Lechner, Susan |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Hammerin' Hank Grenberg: Baseball Pioneer
The story of Hank Greenberg, first Jewish ballplayer inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Sommer explores the world of baseball as it became more inclusive and gives details of how Greenberg was an exceptional player.
| Author: Sommer, Shelley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading
|
Heart of a Champion, The
These are short biographies of sports figures who have been featured on Wheaties boxes over the years. Subsections, organized by traits that contribute to success (commitment, grace, courage, team effort, and perseverance) are preceded by short essays abo
Interesting Athletes: Black American Sports Heroes
This is a collection of annotated newspaper cartoons about African American sports figures. The book is organized into chapters by type of sport. The cartoons originally appeared in newspapers (1930-1980).
Story of Baseball, The
This interesting and readable book provides a history of baseball in the U.S. Lots of fascinating anecdotes are included, photos of baseball stars [past and present] are included, and several chapters focus on the strategies of the game.
| Author: Ritter, Lawrence S. |
|
Sports/Recreation > athletes > Owens, Jessie
Nazi Olympics, The
Published by the U. S. National Holocaust Museum, this history documents the manipulation of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin by Hitler and the Nazi party and presents the controversy of whether to participate or not on the part of nations and individuals. Ar
| Author: Bachrach, Susan |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Picture Book of Jesse Owens, A
This very readable biography tells the life story of Jesse Owens, the 1936 Olympic star, and the prejudice he combated throughout his life. The book ends with a page of notes and a page of dates.
| Author: Adler, David |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Sports/Recreation > athletes > Ruth, Babe
Hey Batta Batta Swing: The Wild Old Days of Baseball
This light-hearted, information packed story of baseball provides a very readable journey of baseball from its infancy to the present.
| Author: Cook, Sally & Charlton, James |
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Hey Batta Batta Swing: The Wild Old Days of Baseball
This light-hearted, information packed story of baseball provides a very readable journey of baseball from its infancy to the present.
| Author: Cook, Sally & Charlton, James |
|
Home Run
The main text is a simply written, poetic account of one of Babe Ruth's at bats. The vintage-style baseball cards on each page provide additional information about Ruth. The illustrations are reminiscent of Norman Rockwell.
| Author: Burleigh, Robert |
HSE Descriptors:
| math
|
Our Century--1920-1930
This is a series of short articles about life, events, and people who made news in the decade of the 20s. (Teachers should note that no African-American history is reported.)
| Author: Hill, Prescott |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Story of Baseball, The
This interesting and readable book provides a history of baseball in the U.S. Lots of fascinating anecdotes are included, photos of baseball stars [past and present] are included, and several chapters focus on the strategies of the game.
| Author: Ritter, Lawrence S. |
|
Sports/Recreation > baseball
Ballpark
The book describes the work that goes on in a ballpark before and during a baseball game. The colorful illustrations incorporate the text in patterns of movement suggested by the content. The use of different type faces may distract some readers.
Baseball Saved Us
A young boy in an internment camp finds baseball to be his saving grace, although his determination and spirit is what sees him through.
| Author: Mochizuki, Ken |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Bat Boy and His Violin, The
Reginald is more interested in his violin than his father's job managing the worst baseball team in the Negro Leagues. Then his father makes him the team's bat boy, and his music begins to lead the team to victory. Father and son begin to understand each
Casey at the Bat
This is the famous baseball poem told in scrapbook form with illustrations and "news clippings".
| Author: Bing, Christopher |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
|
Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars
In 1955, the Cannon St YMCA's Little League team (from SC) cannot play in the Little League World Series because all-white teams refuse to play them. The story told in this book is based on these real events.
| Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars
In 1955, the Cannon St YMCA's Little League team (from SC) cannot play in the Little League World Series because all-white teams refuse to play them. The story told in this book is based on these real events.
| Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
First in the Field: Baseball Hero Jackie Robinson
This biography of Jackie Robinson, which focuses on his life until he retired from professional baseball, is accompanied by photographs. A timeline that notes African American sports milestones concludes the book.
| Author: Dingle, Derek T. |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Girl Wonder
This is a very simple retelling of part of Alta Weiss's childhood. Alta pitched for the Vermillion (OH) Independents, a semi-pro baseball team, in 1907.
| Author: Hopkinson, Deborah |
|
Hammerin' Hank Grenberg: Baseball Pioneer
The story of Hank Greenberg, first Jewish ballplayer inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Sommer explores the world of baseball as it became more inclusive and gives details of how Greenberg was an exceptional player.
| Author: Sommer, Shelley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading
|
Hey Batta Batta Swing: The Wild Old Days of Baseball
This light-hearted, information packed story of baseball provides a very readable journey of baseball from its infancy to the present.
| Author: Cook, Sally & Charlton, James |
|
Hey Batta Batta Swing: The Wild Old Days of Baseball
This light-hearted, information packed story of baseball provides a very readable journey of baseball from its infancy to the present.
| Author: Cook, Sally & Charlton, James |
|
Home Run
The main text is a simply written, poetic account of one of Babe Ruth's at bats. The vintage-style baseball cards on each page provide additional information about Ruth. The illustrations are reminiscent of Norman Rockwell.
| Author: Burleigh, Robert |
HSE Descriptors:
| math
|
Let Them Play
This beautifully illustrated book tells the true story of the 1955 state champion little league team from South Carolina, who were all African-American and who encountered segregation problems as they continued to win.
| Author: Raven, Margot |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills, and What the Neighbors Saw
This book offers 20 unusual biographical sketches of famous athletes. The focus is on these people "as people," according to the author, and not just on their athletic feats.
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
The story of Satchel Paige's baseball career told by a fictional baseball player who once batted against Paige. Biographical and historical information are included in a preface and appendix.
| Author: Sturm, James and Tommaso, Rich |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Story of Baseball, The
This interesting and readable book provides a history of baseball in the U.S. Lots of fascinating anecdotes are included, photos of baseball stars [past and present] are included, and several chapters focus on the strategies of the game.
| Author: Ritter, Lawrence S. |
|
We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball
This book is about the beginnings and history of Negro League Baseball. The accomplishments of many of the better players are described. Paintings of the players are included. There is a bibliography and filmography at the end of the book.
| Author: Nelson, Kadir |
HSE Descriptors:
| social studies
|
Sports/Recreation > basketball
Black Hoops: The History of African Americans in Basketball
This book provides a history of basketball and African Americans in basketball. To help readers understand these issues, the author provides historical backdrops that address racism, segregation, the struggle to desegregate sports, and the civil rights mo
| Author: McKissack, Frederick, Jr. |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Hoop Kings
A dozen NBA stars provide the focus for these poems. In endnotes, the author describes his writing process.
| Author: Smith Jr., Charles R. |
|
Hoop Queens
This is a collection of 12 poems about stars of the WNBA. An afterword explains how the poet found a focus for each poem by considering the woman's play.
| Author: Smith Jr., Charles R. |
|
Hoops
The author and illustrator capture the feel and movement of playing basketball.
Jabberwocky
With his wonderfully bright, energetic illustrations, Myers gives an Mezo-American and African American spin to the famous poem by Lewis Carroll.
Myer's "reimagined" famous poem by Carroll is unique in its contemporary setting of an urban street basket
| Author: Carroll, Lewis |
HSE Descriptors:
literature and arts
|
Nazi Olympics, The
Published by the U. S. National Holocaust Museum, this history documents the manipulation of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin by Hitler and the Nazi party and presents the controversy of whether to participate or not on the part of nations and individuals. Ar
| Author: Bachrach, Susan |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Sports/Recreation > camping
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.
Lost Lake, The
A boy and his dad go out trekking, looking for a private lake, and in the process they grow closer.
Sports/Recreation > fishing
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.
Sports/Recreation > games
Sports/Recreation > games > string figures
Story in String, A
When their apartment loses power, Grandma tells the story of a little girl who gets lost in the snow looking for her dog. To illustrate the story, Grandma uses a piece of her knitting yarn to make string figures.
Sports/Recreation > hunting
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.
Sports/Recreation > rodeo
Bill Pickett: Rodeo Ridin' Cowboy
This book tells about the life of a rodeo-riding African American cowboy. The book ends with a two-page history of Black cowboys.
| Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
|
Sports/Recreation > sharpshooting
Shooting for the Moon
This beautifully illustrated biography of Annie Mozee, known to the world as the sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, describes her impoverished childhood as well as her career as a performer.
Sports/Recreation > soccer
Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills, and What the Neighbors Saw
This book offers 20 unusual biographical sketches of famous athletes. The focus is on these people "as people," according to the author, and not just on their athletic feats.
War Game
Based on true events, this book tells about a group of boys who go to fight in the trenches of WWI. It describes the incident of one amazing Christmas when all animosities are put aside. The powerful anti-war message is accompanied by charming watercolo
| Author: Foreman, Michael |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Sports/Recreation > sports
Sports/Recreation > sports > Olympic Games
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination.
| Author: Yoo, Paula |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination.
| Author: Yoo, Paula |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics
This account of Olympics and Olympians through the years is stunningly illustrated with photographs that capture the action and emotion of the events. An appendix of rich detail includes a map and statistics.
| Author: Macy, Sue |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Sports/Recreation > travel
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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Amazing Impossible Erie Canal, The
After an introduction detailing the need to transport goods back and forth to the settlers in the expanding west, the author takes the reader on the inaugural ride in 1825 that opened the Erie Canal. Illustrations and a time line provide additional infor
| Author: Harness, Cheryl |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Disaster of the Hindenburg, The
The author describes the last flight of the Hindenburg through the eyes of some if the passengers and crew. Included are pictures and diagrams of the great airship.
| Author: Tanaka, Shelley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Hand in Hand
The collection of poems is organized by American historical themes rather than by chronology. There are many poems that are familiar patriotic songs.
| Author: Hopkins, Lee (Ed.) |
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Tour America
The poet chooses to write about 26 favorite locations in the United States, pairing the varied poetic forms with mixed media that reflects the essence of the site. Maps and a list of art works enchance this combination of history, geography, art, and poe
Zoom
The pictures tell the story in this clever book. Perspective changes as each picture is a zoom-in or zoom-out of the preceding one.
Sports/Recreation > travel > adventures
Coast to Coast with Alice
A fictionalized account of the real 1909 journey of four women who crossed the country in a Maxwell car becoming the first women to do so. Written as a journal by Minna Jahns, the 15-year-old friend of Alice Ramsey, the narrative includes the physical dif
| Author: Hyatt, Patricia Rusch |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Indian Winter, An
In 1833, a German prince and his servant and a Swiss artist traveled up the Missouri River Valley recording their contacts with the Mandan Sioux in journals and sketches. Russell Freedman stimulates the reader's curiosity through well-researched text and
| Author: Freedman, Russell |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Tibet Through the Red Box
The author-illustrator returns to his father's home as an adult to learn the contents of a mysterious red box that his father had brought back from Tibet years before. The past is revealed through a diary, memories, and extraordinary illustrations.
Tulip Sees America
The author tells a fictionalized version of her trip from the midwest to her new home in Oregon.
Sports/Recreation > travel > journeys/voyages
Anno's Journey
Anno arrives by small boat, bargains for a horse, and begins a journey across Europe that crosses countries and merges past with present. The reader sees quiet villages, working farms, towering castles, and bustling cities. This world is populated with
Bluewater Journal
Inspired by journals, maps, and letters from the Mystic Seaport Museum, the diary recounts the voyage of the family of a sea captain from Boston around Cape Horn to Hawaii from the son's point of view. Maps, a glossary, Author's Note, and an Afterword pr
| Author: Krupinski, Loretta |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Coast to Coast with Alice
A fictionalized account of the real 1909 journey of four women who crossed the country in a Maxwell car becoming the first women to do so. Written as a journal by Minna Jahns, the 15-year-old friend of Alice Ramsey, the narrative includes the physical dif
| Author: Hyatt, Patricia Rusch |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
|
Ghost of the Southern Belle
This is a ghost story set on the high seas. The young son of a ship's captain finds a way to end the curse of a ghost ship.
Longitude Prize, The
This history documents the competition between "ocean clocks" and "lunars" to win the 20,000 pound prize (about $12 million today) from the British Parliament for a replicable and simple way to determine longitude at sea. The story follows John Harrison,
| Author: Dash, Joan |
HSE Descriptors:
math | science
|
Lost Lake, The
A boy and his dad go out trekking, looking for a private lake, and in the process they grow closer.
Miss Rumphius
The Lupine Lady, the great-aunt of the narrator, travels around the world but returns to Maine to plant lupines and make her world a better place.
| Author: Cooney, Barbara |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story
Between 1859 and 1929, more than 200,000 children were sent "west" on Orphan Trains. The chapters in this book alternate between telling the larger history of this event and telling the individual story of one Orphan Train Rider, Lee Nailling.
| Author: Warren, Andrea |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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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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Sarah, Plain and Tall
A mail-order bride comes from Maine to the midwest; the children (who have lost their mother) desperately hope she'll stay.
| Author: MacLachlan, Patricia |
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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Train to Somewhere
Marianne heads west with 14 other children on an Orphan Train, certain that her mother will be waiting for her at one of the stops. No one shows interest in adopting Marianne until the train arrives at a place called Somewhere, where Marianne meets her n
| Author: Bunting, Eve |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Travels of Benjamin of Tudela, The
In 1159, Benjamin Tudela, a Jew, left Tudela, Spain, set off to see Jerusalem and as many places mentioned in the Bible as possible. Fourteen years later he returned to tell of his travels. The author extensively researched the period to fill in details
| Author: Shulevitz, Uri |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Tree of Life, The
Peter Sis introduces the reader (of almost any age) to the life of Charles Darwin through fascinating illustrations and excerpts from journals and diaries. Sis drew on the notes of Darwin for the illustrations because Darwin noted his observation with la
| Author: Sis, Peter |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Trouble Don't Last
This is the story of 11-year-old Samuel and "cranky old Harrison," who leave the Kentucky farm where they are slaves and head north to freedom, encountering non-stereotypical members of trhe Underground Railroad. The author is the historian at Hale Farm a
| Author: Pearsall, Shelley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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True Adventures of Daniel Hall, The
Based on a true 19th-century adventure, the book tells the story of the survivor of shipboard cruelty on a whaling ship and his escape through the Siberian wilderness. The book contains maps and an afterword about the source of the story.
| Author: Stanley, Diane |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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