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Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy

10 best books like Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy (Rhoda Blumberg): Handel, Who Knew What He Liked, The Half-a-Moon Inn, Peter the Great, The Crane Wife, A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution, Three Young Pilgrims, Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy, Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam, Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Handel, Who Knew What He Liked
AuthorM.T. Anderson
ISBN0763625620
George Frideric Handel was not your everyday eighteenth-century composer. And in a manner befitting its subject, this witty, rigorously researched, and accessible biography captures Handel's essential spirit — from a child who smuggled a clavichord into the attic to make music against his father's...
The Half-a-Moon Inn
AuthorPaul Fleischman
ISBN0064403645
Aaron has never left alone before. He is mute, and depends on his mother for everything. But tomorrow Aaron will be twelve years old, old enough to stay home by himself while his mother goes to town. Everything will be fine, as long as he stays close to the house. And if there's trouble, Aaron can write what...
Peter the Great
AuthorDiane Stanley
A very short book about Peter the Great - the Tsar who drug Russia (kicking and screaming) into more modern times. This is a children's book, so it is not very detailed, but the artwork is beautiful and there is enough information to whet the appetite about a historical figure whose name I knew, but not much...
The Crane Wife
AuthorOdds Bodkin
ISBN0152163506
Here is my blackboard response on The Crane Wife and Dawn, two traditional tales on the same theme that were quite relevant and depressing after screwing up big time with a physically and intellectually beautiful girl this summer.

What They Were About (NECESSARY SPOILER ALERTS)

The...
A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution
AuthorBetsy Maestro
ISBN0688101925
With accurate historical information, this easy-to-understand book tells why and how the Constitution of the United States was created. A More Perfect Union includes a map and back matter with a table of dates and a summary of the Articles of the Constitution.

"A simple, attractive, informative...
Three Young Pilgrims
AuthorCheryl Harness
ISBN0027426432
In these richly detailed pages, you'll meet three of the young Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower, Bartholomew, Remember, and Mary Allerton.

When Bartholemew, Remember, and Mary Allerton and their parents first step down from the Mayflower after sixty days at sea, they never dream that...
Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy
AuthorKate Waters
ISBN0613012658
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Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
AuthorRobert Byrd
ISBN0803737491
In this informative book all about the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, author Robert Byrd uses text and vibrant art to show the many ways Ben Franklin contributed to American history. He was a printer, writer, publisher, inventor, and founding Father of the new American nation. Most...
Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam
AuthorHuynh Quang Nhuong
ISBN0064462110
As a young boy growing up in the hills of central Vietnam, Nhuong’s companion was Tank, the family water buffalo. When bullies harassed Nhuong, Tank sent them packing. When a wild tiger threatened the entire village, Tank defeated it. He led the herd and adopted a lonely puppy. Tank was Nhuong’s...
Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs
AuthorJames Rumford
To a child, the future is a magnificent dream. For Jean-Francois Champollion, the dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncover the secrets of the past. In 1802, when Champollion was eleven years old, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt's ancient hieroglyphs. He faced great challenges over...
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
AuthorRussell Freedman
ISBN0395797268
Russell Freedman is one of my favorite non-fiction authors for young people. His best books use vintage photography to explore the themes of a time period, and his writing is clear and concise enough to get his message to his readers. Some of his best include Lincoln: A Photobiography, Children of the...
Around the World in a Hundred Years
AuthorJean Fritz
ISBN0698116380
The first chapter very briefly describes the history of exploration before Prince Henry of Portugal financed expeditions to sail down the west coast of Africa. He was angling for a trade route to Asia that Portugal could control and profit from. Progress was slow, but as the title informs you, it set...
Only Passing Through
AuthorAnne Rockwell
A powerful picture book biography of one of the abolitionist movement's most compelling voices.

Sojourner Truth traveled the country in the latter half of the 19th century, speaking out against slavery. She told of a slave girl who was sold three times by age 13, who was beaten for not understanding...
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
AuthorKathryn Lasky
ISBN0316515264
A perfect introduction to mathematical concepts for young readers, written by a Newbery honor-winning author!

This colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference,...
Abraham Lincoln
AuthorTanya Lee Stone
ISBN0756608341
Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, led the nation through its darkest hour-the Civil War. Find out about Lincoln's childhood on a frontier farm, how a struggling small town lawyer became president, and why he became one of America's most revered leaders.

In this groundbreaking...
If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
AuthorEllen Levine
ISBN0590451561
I picked up Ellen Levine’s book, “…If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad,” after seeing it suggested for second graders. I found it to be an excellent explanation of the Underground Railroad, providing me with things that I not only forgot I knew but also information that I am sure I didn’t...
Ick! Yuck! Eew!: Our Gross American History
AuthorLois Miner Huey
Kids study US history, but do they know what life long ago was really like? The past was full of yuckiness. The sounds, smells, filth, bugs, rats, poor hygiene, lack of dental and medical care, and bad food are not portrayed at today's historic sites, in movies, or in most books about US history. Yet this...
At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England
AuthorWalter Dean Myers
ISBN0590486691
One terrifying night in 1848, a young African princess's village is raided by warriors. The invaders kill her mother and father, the King and Queen, and take her captive. Two years later, a British naval captain rescues her and takes her to England where she is presented to Queen Victoria, and becomes...
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