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Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.
Language
English
Description
Examines the Lewis and Clark expedition, discussing their preparations, route, personnel, adventures, and legacy. Includes illustrations, a glossary, critical thinking questions, fact boxes, and further resources.
43) Polar worlds
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"INsiders brings the polar worlds to life, with the most up-to-date information and state-of-the-art 3-D illustrations that practically leap off every page, stimulating minds and imaginations in a whole new way."--Cover back.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
990L
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the early 1500s, Ponce de Leon was one of the most important Spanish military figures in the Caribbean. He made his first voyage across the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus and then, after years of battle with the native Taino, became the first governor of Puerto Rico. Although the story of his search for the Fountain of Youth is entirely fictional, his noteworthy expedition to--and naming of--Florida is one of his greatest legacies.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A narrative about the Corps of Discovery's epic journey including excerpts from Lewis & Clarks journals, illustrated with journal sketches, historical and contemporary photos, paintings and maps.
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning author of Perma Red comes a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges prevailing historical narratives of Sacajewea."In my seventh winter, when my head only reached my Appe's rib, a White Man came into camp. Bare trees scratched sky. Cold was endless. He moved through trees like strikes of sunlight. My Bia said he came with bad intentions, like a Water Baby's cry."Among the most memorialized women in American history, Sacajewea...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 418 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A riveting, urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic harbinger of climate change. Greenland: a remote, mysterious island five times the size of California but with a population of just 56,000. The ice sheet that covers it is 700 miles wide and 1,500 miles long, and is composed of nearly three quadrillion tons of ice. For the last 150 years, explorers and scientists...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
580 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A whaler's daughter, Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve and fell in love with the cold and unforgiving terrain. In 1889, she sets out to become a scientist and explorer. Despite those who believe that a young woman has no place in this harsh world of men, her determination leads her back to northern Greenland at the head of a British expedition. Yearning for wider horizons, American geologist Jakob de Beyn joins a rival...
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (91 pages).
Language
English
Description
In 1535, thirteen-year-old Samuel de la Loire, from a wealthy and aristocratic family in St. Malo, France, yearns for adventure. He stows away on one of Jacques Cartier's ships, which is returning to the New World in search of gold and the mythical Kingdom of Saguenay. What he finds instead is a struggle for survival--especially after he is left behind when the ships sail back to France.
57) The South Pole
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of human exploration of Antarctica and the race between explorers Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen to see who could make it to the South Pole first.
Author
Series
Description
"In the early 1500s, Ponce de Leon was one of the most important Spanish military figures in the Caribbean. He made his first voyage across the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus and then, after years of battle with the native Taino, became the first governor of Puerto Rico. Although the story of his search for the Fountain of Youth is entirely fictional, his noteworthy expedition to--and naming of--Florida is one of his greatest legacies.
60) The water planet
Author
Series
AstroNuts volume mission 2
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
219 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
On their second mission to find another habitable planet, the four mutant animals, LaserShark, AstroWolf, SmartHawk, and StinkBug, splash land on the Water Planet, run by some suspiciously friendly clams, who are very eager to swap planets--and if the AstroNuts can stop arguing among themselves they may find out why before it is too late.