Lewis and Clark: Famous Explorers
Explorers of the Present
Hooper, Meredith. Antarctic Adventure: Exploring the Frozen Continent.
London, UK: Dorling Kindersley, 2000. An account of a recent expedition
to Antarctica written at an upper elementary grades reading level.
The book is amply illustrated with color photographs.
Gibbons, Gail. Exploring the Deep, Dark Sea. Boston, MA:
Little, Brown & Company, 1999. Divers and other deep sea scientists
are modern day explorers. What they do and how they go about it
is described in this colorfully illustrated book for primary students.
Branley, Franklin Mansfield. Floating in Space. New York,
NY: HarperCollins Children's Books, 1998. Through explanations,
diagrams, and illustrations, readers learn how astronauts eat, sleep,
move, and work in a weightless environment. Recommended for students
who are beginning to read alone.
Hayden, Kate. Astronaut, Living in Space. London, UK: Dorling
Kindersley, 2000. The true story of Linda Gardner, a young woman
who became an astronaut through hard work and intensive training.
Recommended age range is 6 to 8 years.
Getting Lost
Bourgeois, Paulette. Franklin is Lost. New York, NY: Scholastic,
1993.
Franklin, the Turtle, gets lost while playing hide and seek with
his friends. Written and colorfully illustrated for very young children.
MacGregor, Cynthia. What to Do if You get Lost. New York,
NY: Rosen Publishing Group, 1999.
Everything a child should know if he or she becomes lost--who to
ask for help, how to call 911, etc. Illustrated with color photographs.
For older primary students.
Children's Diaries
Holmes, Kenneth L., ed. Covered Wagon Women, vol. 1. Glendale,
CA: Arthur H. Clark, 1983. See Sallie Hester's Journal. Sallie was
fourteen years old when she and her family went to California in
a covered wagon. She kept a journal throughout the journey and long
afterward.
Boulton, Jane, ed. Opal: The Diary of a Young Girl. Hudson,
NY: G. P. Putnam, 1997. Opal Whiteley was born in Oregon in 1900
and became an orphan at the age of five. She was sent to live with
a foster family whose father was an itinerant lumber camp worker.
In spite of her difficult childhood (she was ill-treated by her
foster family), her diary reveals that she was a sensitive and remarkable
child. The recommended age range is 5-8.
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