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Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Great explorer and sailor. Hungry for riches and gold. Views about Christopher Columbus have changed over time. But who was the real Christopher Columbus? Explore Columbus's life throughout his journeys to the New World. Then decide for yourself whether he was a hero or villain.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora for her biggest challenge yet: High School. When her parents mysteriously disappear while searching for the Lost City of Gold, Dora must swing into action and lead a group of ill-equipped high schoolers on a quest to save them. It is a high stakes mission as Dora and her new friends navigate the jungle, outrun treasure hunters and solve ancient puzzles...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores various mishaps and misadventures in the history of exploration. Discusses cases of mistaken maps, jungle dangers, angry natives, and lost provisions. Includes fact boxes, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Every explorer needs a map! Baba encourages Yasmin to make one of her own. But when Yasmin loses sight of Mama at the farmer's market, can her map bring them back together? Fully translated Spanish text. ¡Todos los exploradores necesitan un mapa! Baba le dice a Yasmin que haga su propio mapa. Pero cuando Yasmin pierde a Mama en el mercado, ¿conseguirá encontrarla con su mapa?
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An ingeniously imagined, hilarious romp through time, space, and the human heart... The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house?" -- Dust jacket flap.
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering "expats" from across history to establish whether...
12) The winter pony
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
An account--from the point of view of a pony--of what it was like to be part of Captain Robert Scott's 1910 expedition to reach the South Pole before rival Roald Amundsen.
13) Strange world
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Strange World" introduces a legendary family of explorers, the Clades, as they attempt to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog and a slew of ravenous creatures.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Offers insight into the historical events that prompted Columbus' efforts to establish new trade routes to the Indies, his struggles to obtain financial support for his voyages, and the important discoveries that caused him to become known as the "Great Admiral of the Seas."
15) Off I go!
Author
Series
Princess Truly (An Acorn Book) volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, Princess Truly uses her super powers to explore the world, whether it is visiting penguins with her brother in Antarctica, or taking her timid pug Sir Noodles on a vacation in a rain forest.
Author
Series
Grandfather and Roo volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Letters from Grandfather, who has gone on an expedition with his little dog Roo, to find the last polar bears at the North Pole.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"1855: Virginia Reeve is summoned by an eccentric Brit with a compelling offer. Lady Jane Franklin wants her to lead a dozen women into the Arctic in search of the ships of her husband's lost expedition, and she's willing to pay handsomely. All four search attempts Lady Franklin has sponsored have failed. She has decided only a radical new approach can succeed: let women make the decisions. Lady Franklin will disavow all knowledge of the expedition...
18) The South Pole
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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.
19) The Nile River
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of human exploration of the Nile from Roman times to the present.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces different groups of Canadian Aboriginal people from First Nations to the Metis and early explorers including pre-Confederation explorers from France and England, and the Vikings.
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