The Titanic: Lost and Found
10 best books like The Titanic: Lost and Found (Judy Donnelly): Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, Greg's Microscope, Understood Betsy, Clara and the Bookwagon, Wagon Wheels, Red Sails to Capri, Christopher Columbus, Bravest Dog Ever: Story of Balto, The Long Way to a New Land, Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares
| Author | Peter Roop |
| ISBN | 0613535189 |
Wow, this one takes me back. I remember "watching" this book on Reading Rainbow as a child. Even reading it now, I can still "hear" the seafaring music that played in the background. I had no idea it took place in Maine (my home state), though I guess it shouldn't surprise me. It's a story of a girl who has to...
| Author | Millicent E. Selsam |
This classic reader has been around since the sixties and pairs two frequent contributors to this series, Selsam who specialized in science books and the unequalled author/illustrator Arnold Lobel. Originally this book and a slew of others were in a sub-series called "An I Can Read Science Book";...
| Author | Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
| ISBN | 1887840133 |
For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to her "horrid Putney cousins." But when her aunt can no longer care for her, Elizabeth Ann must leave her sheltered life to live in the wilds of Vermont with those distant relatives.
In the beginning,...
| Author | Nancy Smiler Levinson |
| ISBN | 0064441342 |
I saw this in my library's bookstore and it sounded like such a cute story. The cover is adorable and I expected a cute tale about a girl who loved to read getting to read to her heart's content with the traveling library. I've never encountered a traveling library and I couldn't wait to hear about it.
Instead,...
| Author | Barbara Brenner |
| ISBN | 0064440524 |
I really like this story and find it very unique in its choice of topic. Here we have a tale of black pioneers heading west to settle on free land being offered by the government. Based on the real life story of the Muldie boys, whose story was chronicled in a local teacher's journal from the town of Nicodemus....
| Author | Ann Weil |
| ISBN | 0140328580 |
The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something exciting was going to happen. It was the biggest and most beautiful ship fourteen-year-old Michele had ever seen. Sailing on the ship were three men who would come to stay at Michele's parents' inn. The men...
| Author | Stephen Krensky |
| ISBN | 0679803696 |
1. Book summary, in your own words (3 pts)
Christopher Columbus is a great informational book all about Christopher Columbus and his journey to discovering the new world. It honestly gave more insight into his journey that I did not know very well. It was a great read.
2. Grade level, interest...
Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog - until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish - and the closest supply is 650 miles away! The only way to get the serum to Nome is by sled, but can the dogs deliver it in time? Heading bravely into...
| Author | Joan Sandin |
| ISBN | 0064441008 |
Summary/Annotation: This is a book about a boy named Carl Erik and his family who lived in Sweden. The setting is in 1868. Times aren't so great because in the summer they lack rain and in the winter they lack food. They are facing horrible times without food and money. They receive a letter from their uncle...
| Author | Frank Murphy |
| ISBN | 0375806210 |
A funny, entertaining introduction to Ben Franklin and his many inventions, including the story of how he created the "magic square."
A magic square is a box of nine numbers arranged so that any line of three numbers adds up to the same number, including on the diagonal!
Teachers and...
| Author | Edith Kunhardt |
| ISBN | 0394888669 |
Illus. in full color. "The drama of natural disasters provides prime material to entice young independent readers. In this volume, the account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius describes village life 2,000 years ago, the eruption itself and its aftermath, and the excitement when the buried town is...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0064440311 |
Daniel's pioneer family is a simple one with simple purposes, living in the mountains of Tennessee. Their dress is plain and their house nothing extraordinary, but built with a crackling fireplace and sturdy walls to protect them from the harshness of the elements. On the many long, cold nights of winter,...
| Author | Elizabeth Yates |
| ISBN | 0890847061 |
Now while I have indeed quite enjoyed much (if not the majority) of Elizabeth Yates' 1943 Newbery Honour winning Mountain Born, I do have to admit that whenever I read this novel, I always have to wonder and ask myself why Biddy the sheep (the black ewe rescued by Peter and Peter's mother as a sickly, almost...
| Author | Arnold Lobel |
| ISBN | 0064440591 |
Arnold Lobel’s wonderful collection of Frog and Toad stories adds a new layer with five pieces geared towards all the seasons. From a winter of snow and ice to a scorching sunbeams of the summer and even some ideas about what happens on Christmas Eve when someone is late, the stories take readers on adventures...
