Adventure collection : : Grades 1-3

Audio Book(Playaway Digital Audio :, 2006)

BTSB #: P00055 Available

Dewey: 904/NAges: 6-9   


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Subjects: Adventure and adventurers Rock climbing Tsunamis Castles Sharks Volcanoes

Summary: Find out what it's like to experience five different adventures, including rock climbing, a tsunami, and a volcano eruption.

Adventure collection : : Grades 3-5

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2006)

BTSB #: P00060 Available

Dewey: 904/NAges: 8-11   


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Subjects: Adventure and adventurers Smokejumpers Vampire bats War photography Snakes

Summary: Covers the subjects of firefighters who fight forest fires, vampire bats, war photography, and dangerous snakes.

Amazing journeys : : Grades 3-5

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2006)

BTSB #: P00059 Available

Dewey: 910/NAges: 8-11   


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Subjects: Endurance (Ship) Iditarod (Race) Adventure and adventurers Discoveries in geography Bridges Hmong (Asian people) - History Emergency medical technicians

Summary: Contains six true stories of amazing journeys, including accounts of the Iditarod dogsled race in Alaska, a Hmong family's quest for freedom, the travels and discoveries of famous explorers, the work of a paramedic, the voyage of the Endurance, and bridge building.

Great explorers by Angus, David 

Audio Book(Playaway Digital Audio :, 2006)

BTSB #: P00024 Available

Dewey: 910/CAges: 10-13   


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Subjects: Polo, Marco,|d1254-1323? Columbus, Christopher Dias, Bartolomeu Gama, Vasco da,|d1469-1524 Cook, James,|d1728-1779 Lewis, Meriwether,|d1774-1809 Clark, William,|d1770-1838 Stanley, Henry M.|q(Henry Morton),|d1841-1904 Livingstone, David,|d1813-1873 Project Apollo (U.S.) - History Explorers Biography Adventure and adventurers Astronauts - United States - Biography

Summary: Biographies of nine explorations, including examinations of their historical contexts, discussions of the participants' lives, and quotations from the explorer's works.

Lives of the explorers : discoveries, disasters (and what the neighbors thought) by Krull, Kathleen 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2014)

BTSB #: P02598 Available

Dewey: 910.92/CAges: 9-12   


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Subjects: Explorers - Biography Adventure and adventurers Discoveries in geography

Summary: You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore unknown parts of the world? With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, Lives of the Explorers reveals these fascinating adventurers as both world-changers and real people.

Matthew Henson [Biographies (Pebble (Firm)), Pebble explore]by Reynolds, A. M. 

BTSB Prebound(Pebble, 2021)

BTSB #: 748620 Available

Dewey: 910.92/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 3.4 LG Lexile: 560 F&P: P

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Subjects: Henson, Matthew Alexander,|d1866-1955 African American explorers - Biography Adventure and adventurers Voyages and travels North Pole - Exploration Arctic regions - Exploration

Summary: How much do you know about Matthew Henson? Find out the facts you need to know about this explorer of the Arctic. You'll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American.

Two at the top : a shared dream of Everest by Krishnaswami, Uma 

BTSB Prebound(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 532967 Available

Dewey: 796.522/CAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 840 AD F&P: O

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Subjects: Tenzing Norkey,|d1914-1986 Hillary, Edmund,|d1919-2008 Mountaineering - Mount Everest (China and Nepal) Adventure and adventurers Mount Everest (China and Nepal)

Summary: Tenzing Norgay grew up in Nepal, herding yaks in the shadow of Chomolungma, the mountain also known as Everest. Across the ocean, in New Zealand, Edmund Hillary grew up tending his father's bees. In 1953, the two men set out on the same expedition to climb Everest.

Who was Ernest Hemingway? [Who Was?]by Gigliotti, Jim 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2022)

BTSB #: 378519 Available

Dewey: 810/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG Lexile: 850 F&P: Z

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Subjects: Hemingway, Ernest,|d1899-1961 American authors Adventure and adventurers

Summary: Find out how a journalist and sportsman became one of the most famous American novelists of the twentieth century!

Who was Ernest Hemingway? [Who Was?]by Gigliotti, Jim 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2022)

BTSB #: 378522 Available

Dewey: 810/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG F&P: Z

Genres:

Subjects: Hemingway, Ernest,|d1899-1961 American authors Adventure and adventurers

Summary: Find out how a journalist and sportsman became one of the most famous American novelists of the twentieth century!