• Supports Common Core State Standards for Reading
Informational Text and Writing Standards (grades 4-5)
• Stimulating writing prompts encourage readers to use
evidence from the text to support their response
• Magazine-format makes history accessible to reluctant readers
• Includes primary source materials
Six new titles have been added to the
successful Travel with the Great
Specifications:
Explorers series. This innovative
Reading Level: Grades 4-5
series uses a modern magazine style
Interest Level: Grades 3-6
of reporting and wit to introduce
32 pages, 8½ x 10¾”,
readers to the achievements of some
full color photos & illustrations
of history’s greatest explorers. The
$20.70 RLB
lively style presents not just the where
and why of groundbreaking expeditions,
$9.95 PAP
but also how explorers found their way,
how they traveled, and how they lived on the
journey. The books also reveal the landscapes
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through which travelers passed and the
people they met.
Explore with Ferdinand Magellan
by Marie Powell
This exciting book follows the travels of Portuguese explorer and navigator
Ferdinand Magellan who led an expedition to the Spice Islands that ended
up circumnavigating the Earth. Historical information and high-interest fact
boxes are presented in a tabloid-news style that guides readers through
major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include what led
Magellan to sail west on behalf of Spain, life on board ship, the firstever exploration of the Pacific Ocean, the completion of the voyage after
Magellan’s death in battle, and Magellan’s legacy.
Explore with Marco Polo
ISBN 978-0-7787-1425-5 RLB ISBN 978-0-7787-1431-6 PAP
ISBN 978-1-4271-7576-2 eBook
ISBN 978-0-7787-1428-6 RLB ISBN 978-0-7787-1434-7 PAP
ISBN 978-1-4271-7579-3 eBook
Explore with Jacques Cartier
Explore with Ponce de León
by Marie Powell
This fascinating book follows French explorer Jacques Cartier to the New
World where he claimed the new territory called Canada for France.
Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in a
tabloid-news style that guides readers through major voyages, explorations,
and discoveries. Topics include what led Cartier to sail west, life on board
ship, Cartier’s exploration along the St. Lawrence, his interactions with the
Iroquois, establishing French settlements in Canada, and Cartier’s legacy.
by Tim Cooke
This entertaining book follows the travels of Italian merchant and adventurer
Marco Polo who traveled across Asia. Historical information and high-interest
fact boxes are presented in a tabloid-news style that guides readers through
major journeys, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include what led Polo
to travel to China, the Silk Road, life in Central Asia, the Chinese empire,
Polo’s famous book, and his legacy.
by Cynthia O’Brien
This informative book follows the travels of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de
Léon to the Caribbean and Florida. Historical information and high-interest
fact boxes are presented in a tabloid-news style that guides readers through
major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include Ponce de Léon’s
trip to the New World on Columbus’ second voyage, being appointed a
governor in the Caribbean, his actions toward the Taino people, life in the
Spanish colonies, claiming Florida for Spain, and his legacy.
ISBN 978-0-7787-1426-2 RLB ISBN 978-0-7787-1432-3 PAP
ISBN 978-1-4271-7577-9 eBook
ISBN 978-0-7787-1429-3 RLB ISBN 978-0-7787-1435-4 PAP
ISBN 978-1-4271-7580-9 eBook
Explore with Leif Eriksson
Explore with Sieur de La Salle
by Natalie Hyde
This exciting book follows the travels of Viking explorer Leif Eriksson from
Iceland to Greenland and on to North America. Historical information and
high-interest fact boxes are presented in a tabloid-news style that guides
readers through major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include
what led Eriksson to sail west, Viking exploration, life on Viking longships,
North American settlements, and Eriksson’s legacy.
ISBN 978-0-7787-1427-9 RLB ISBN 978-0-7787-1433-0 PAP
ISBN 978-1-4271-7578-6 eBook
US SCHOOL
by Cynthia O’Brien
This engaging book follows the travels of French nobleman Sieur de la
Salle who expanded the fur trade in North America—then called New
France—and explored the Mississippi River down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in a tabloidnews style that guides readers through major voyages, explorations, and
discoveries. Topics include La Salle’s quest for a new trade route to China,
life in New France, interactions with the Seneca, the fur trade, sailing down
the Mississippi, and La Salle’s legacy.
ISBN 978-0-7787-1430-9 RLB ISBN 978-0-7787-1436-1 PAP
ISBN 978-1-4271-7581-6 eBook