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Exploration

From the September 16, 2007 Pigeon Post essay, To Boldly Go . . . "Keats in three stanzas captures much of what I am attempting to tackle here: the wonder of what is revealed through exploration (goodly states and kingdoms seen): the exploration through the mind (till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold); and the physical exploration (like stout Cortez)."

What are your suggestions?

This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

A Hole is to Dig by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Maurice Sendak
Lewis and Clark by Steven Kroll and illustrated by Richard Williams
One Morning in Maine written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey


Independent Reader

Coral Island by R.M. Ballyntine
The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clarke by Rhoda Blumberg
York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American's Part in the Great Expedition by Rhoda Blumberg
Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa by Don Brown
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and illustrated by Tasha Tudor
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe and illustrated by N.C. Wyeth
Dive! My Adventures in the Deep Frontier by Sylvia A. Earle
Seaman's Journal On the Trail with Lewis and Clark by Patti Reeder Eubank
Around the World in a Hundred Years From Henry the Navigator to Magellan by Jean Fritz and illustrated by Anthony Bacon Venti
Where Do You Think You Are Going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz and illustrated by Margot Tomes
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Ferdinand Magellan by Milton Meltzer
Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea by Scott O'Dell
Space Exploration by Carole Stott and illustrated by Steve Gorton
Mysterious Island by Jules Verne


Young Adult

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander
Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen
Lost City of the Inca's by Hiram Bingham
Pathfinders by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
The Explorers by Tim Flannery
Dragon Hunter Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions by Charles Gallenkamp
Endurance Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
1421 The Year China Discovered the World by Gavin Menzies
Antarctica by Walter Dean Myers
The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk by Jennifer Niven
Travels Into the Interior of Africa by Mungo Park
Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes
Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss and illustrated by Louis John Rhead

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