Shackleton’s Journey
written and illustrated by William Grill
Age: 6+
Interests: exploration, history, survival, antarctica, ships, adventure, travel, maps, geography
Shackleton’s Journey
05 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, Uncategorized Tags: adventure, antarctica, boats, exploration, geography, history, maps, travel, wilderness survival
Locomotive
13 Feb 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: American history, history, maps, trains, travel
Locomotive
by Brian Floca
Age: 4 yrs. (but interesting right up to age 8 or 9)
Interests: trains, history, American history, maps, travel
Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears
18 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: fear, maps, mice
Swallows and Amazons, Pigeon Post
10 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, books 9+ Tags: adventure, birds, boats, camping, country life, island, maps, nature, siblings, strong girls, wilderness survival
by Arthur Ransome
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930
363 pp.
CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER – 1936
by Arthur Ransome
London: Jonathan Cape, 1936
433 pp.
Age: (read to) 6+, (read independently) 9+
Interests: boats, sailing, camping, adventures, summer vacation, maps, exploring
The Phantom Tollbooth
25 Mar 2012 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+, Classics Tags: adventure, fairy tale updated, maps, math, nonsense, puns, word play
by Norton Juster
Jules Feiffer, illustrations
Alfred A. Knopf, 1961
256 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: word play, puns, adventure, nonsense, fantasy, science, math, modern fairy tales, philosophy
Also by this author: The Dot and the Line, The Hello, Goodbye Window, Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie, Otter Nonsense
Also by this author & illustrator: The Odious Ogre
Scranimals
21 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: animals, birds, maps, nonsense, poetry, travel, word play
Jack Prelutsky, poems
Peter Sis, illustrator
HarperCollins, 2002
40 pp.
Age: 5 +
Interests: poetry, animals, birds, word play, nonsense, maps, travel
Next: Edward Lear’s The Quangle Wangle’s Hat and others
Also by this poet/illustrator team: The Dragons Are Singing Tonight, Monday’s Troll, The Gargoyle on the Roof
Also by this poet: The New Kid on the Block and many others
My Father’s Dragon
14 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: adventure, animals, boats, dragons, jungle, maps, nature, ocean, travel
Ruth Stiles Gannett, author
Ruth Chrisman Gannett, illustrator
New York: Random House, 1948
87 p
ages 4+ (chapter book)
Interests: jungle animals, maps, travel adventure, dragons
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