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Explorers -- Juvenile literature
Explorers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Coutts, Lyn.
Explorers -- Juvenile literature
Explorers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Explorers and pioneers : intrepid adventurers who achieved the unthinkable / Lyn Coutts.
by
Coutts, Lyn.
Barron's, c2018.
Call #:
910
.922
C871ep
Subjects
Explorers -- Juvenile literature
Explorers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Series
Reynolds, Toby. Real lives.
ISBN:
9781438050386
Alternate title:
Intrepid adventurers who achieved the unthinkable
Description:
64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Contents:
What are explorers and pioneers? -- Roald Amundsen -- Edmund Hillary -- Neil Armstrong -- Gertrude Bell -- Ernest Shackleton -- Sacagawea -- Martin and Osa Johnson -- Ida Pfeiffer -- Laura Dekker -- Christopher Columbus -- Ferdinand Magellan -- Yuri Gagarin -- James Cook -- Ranulph Fiennes -- Jacques Cousteau -- Charles Darwin -- Reinhold Messner -- Isabella Bird -- Fanny Bullock Workman -- John Franklin -- Benjamin "Pap" Singleton -- Jacques Piccard -- Aloha Wanderwell -- Annie Londonderry -- Daniel Boone -- Heinrich Barth -- Nellie Bly -- More explorers & pioneers.
Summary:
Each entry in Real Lives series of books explores how these individuals, through courage and determination, managed to change the world for the better. In Explorers & Pioneers, children will discover stories about people who traveled across land, over and under the sea, and into space to help us expand our horizons beyond ordinary expectations. Includes Sacagawea, Neil Armstrong, Jacques Cousteau, Charles Darwin, Isabella Bird, Yuri Gagarin, Gertrude Bell, and more. These remarkable people came from all four corners of the globe, from all walks of life, and across many different disciplines. There are men and women, musicians and scientists, activists and leaders, athletes and actors, and more. Bold color schemes and a stylized photograph or illustration of the subject make these books hard to resist. Children will be drawn to these visually appealing books and find the stories inside of them fascinating and thought-provoking.
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Biography, Juvenile.
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Sackville Public Library
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910.922 C871ep
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