Women Explorers

Name: Women Explorers
Price: 9.89 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780803737136

ISBN-10: 0803737130

ISBN-13: 9780803737136

Edition: 2012

Authors: Cheryl Harness, Julie Cummins

List price: $18.99

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Meet ten inspiring women whose passions for exploration made them push the boundaries Though most people have heard of explorers like Henry Hudson and Christopher Columbus, few have heard names like Nellie Cashman and Annie Smith Peck. Unfortunately, most of the brave women explorers have never made it into history books because they lived in times when it was taboo for women to go off on their own. Luckily, the daring women in this book didn't let those taboos slow them down as they climbed treacherous mountains, studied Aboriginal cultures, and lived with Pygmy tribes! With engaging text and bold illustrations, Women Explorers will finally properly introduce these adventurous women to the…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 2/16/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 48
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880

Julie Cummins was coordinator of children's services for the New York Public Library for several years. Her thrilling biographies for children have received excellent reviews, with School Library Journal calling her writing "spellbinding." She lives thirty miles south of where Sam made his last jump, in upstate New York.