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The Story of the Hunley and Queenie's Coin

The Story of the H.L. Hunley and Queenie’s Coin
Frank Hawk
Illustrated by Dan Nance
Non-Fiction
Ages 6 to 12
Sleeping Bear Press, 2004, 1-58536-218-2 

My story Armada

Armada: Thomas Hobbs, England 1587-1588
Jim Eldridge
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
Scholastic UK, 2002, 0-439-98112-3
 

My Story Trafalgar

Trafalgar: James Grant, HMS Norseman 1799-1806
Brian Perrett
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
Scholastic Children's Books UK, 2002, 0-439-99421-7
 

The Journal of Brian Doyle

The Journal of Brian Doyle: A Greenhorn on an Alaskan Whaling Ship
Jim Murphy
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2004, 0-439-07814-8
 

Ghost Ship

Ghost Ship
Dietlof Reiche
Translated by John Brownjohn
Fiction
Ages 9 to 12
Scholastic, 2002, 0-439-59704-8

The Mariner's Curse

The Mariner's Curse
John Lunn
Novel
Ages 10 to 14
Tundra Books, 2004, $8.95, 0-88776-672-2
 

Magellan

Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World
Nancy Smiler Levinson
Non-fiction
Ages 12 and up
Clarion Books, 2001, 0-359-98773-3 

Shipwrecked!

Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
Rhoda Blumberg
Non-fiction/biography
Ages 8 and up
HarperCollins, 2001, 0-688-17484-1
  

Sir Francis Drake his daring deeds

Sir Francis Drake His Daring Deeds
Roy Gerrard
Non-fiction Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1988, 0-374-46688-2
 

Little Rat Sets Sail

Little Rat Sets Sail
Monika Bang Campbell
Illustrated by Molly Bang
Fiction
Ages 6 to 9
Harcourt, 2002, 0-15-204769-7
 

Old Ironsides

Old Ironsides – Americans Build a Fighting Ship
David Weitzman

Non-Fiction

Ages 8 to 12

Houghton Mifflin, 1997, 0-618-31115-7

Civil War Sub

Civil War Sub: The Mystery of the Hunley
Kate Boehm Jerome
Illustrated by Frank Sofo
Non-Fiction
Ages 7 to 9
Penguin, 2002, 0-448-42597-1

Marooned

Marooned: The Strange but True Story of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe
Robert Kraske
Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker
Non-Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Clarion, 2005, 0-618-56843-3
 

Remember the Lusitania

Remember the Lusitania
Diana Preston
Non-fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Walker, 2003,0-8027-8846-7  

The lost voyage of John Cabot

The Lost Voyage of John Cabot: A Novel
Henry Garfield
Historical Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Atheneum, 2004, 0-689-85173-1 
 

Tattered Sails

Tattered Sails
Verla Kay
Dan Andreasen
Picture book
Ages 3 to 5
Penguin, 2001, 0-399-23345-8

Peter Raven Under Fire

Peter Raven Under Fire
Michael Molloy
Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2005, 0-439-72454-6 

The Secret of Old Zeb

The Secret of Old Zeb
Carmen Agra Deedy
Illustrated by Michael P. White
Picture Book
Ages 7 to 10
Peachtree, 1997, 1-56145-115-0 

Ship of Fire

Ship of Fire
Michael Cadnum
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Penguin Putnum, 2003, $16.99, 0-670-89907-0
 

Dangerous Crossing

Dangerous Crossing: The Revolutionary Journey of John Quincy Adams
Stephen Krensky
Illustrated by Greg Harlin
Non-fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 8
Penguin, 2005, 0-525-46966-4 

The true Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Scholastic, 2003, 0-439-32731-8
 

The Mary Celeste

The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History
Jane Yolen and Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple
Non-Fiction Picture Book (Series)
Ages 5 to 8
Simon and Schuster, 2002, 0-689-85122-7
 

Duel of the Ironclads

Duel of the Ironclads: The Monitor vs. The Virginia
Patrick O’Brien
Non Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 10
Walker and Company, 2003, 0-8027-8842-4
 
 

Mary Patten's Voyage

Mary Patten’s Voyage
Richard Berleth
Illustrated by Ben Otero
Picture Book for Older Readers
Ages 10 and up
Albert Whitman and Co., 1994, 0-8075-4987-8 

The midshipman Quinn Collection

The Midshipman Quinn Collection
Showell Styles
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Bethlehem Books, 1999, 1-883937-45-0
 

Down to the sea in ships

Down to the sea in Ships
Philemon Sturges
Illustrated by Giles Laroche
Non-Fiction Picture Book/Poetry
Ages 4 to 8
Penguin, 2005, 0-399-23464-0 

The Monitor

The Monitor: The Iron Warship that changed the world
Gare Thompson
Illustrated by Larry Day
Non-Fiction (series)
Ages 7 to 9
Penguin, 2003, 0-448-43245-5
 

Miracle

Miracle: The True Story of the Wreck of the Sea Venture
Gail Langor Karwoski
Illustrated by John McDonald
Non-Fiction
Ages 10 and up
Darby Creek, 2004, 1-58196-015-8
 

Sailing Home

Sailing Home
Gloria Rand
Illustrated by Ted Rand
Non-Fiction and Fiction Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
North-South Books, 2001 

The Great Ships

The Great Ships
Patrick O’Brien
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 6 to 9
Walker, 2001, 0-8027-8774-6

Victory

Victory
Susan Cooper
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Random House UK, 2006, 0-370-32891-4
 

Shipwreck Search

Shipwreck Search: The Discovery of the H.L. Hunley
Sally M. Walker
Illustrations by Elaine Verstraete
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 5 to 8
Lerner, 2006, 1-57505-878-2 

Powder monkey

Adventures of a Young Sailor: Powder Monkey
Paul Dowswell

Historical Fiction (Series)
Ages 12 and up
Bloomsbury, 2005, 1-58234-675-5 

Shipwreck Detective

Shipwreck Detective
Created and Illustrated by Duncan Cameron
Text by Richard Platt
Novelty Book (Fiction and non-fiction)
Ages 10 and up
DK, 2006, 0-7566-2218-2
 

T is for Tugboat

T is for Tugboat: Navigating the Seas from A to Z

Shoshanna Kirh

Designed by Sara Gillingham
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Chronicle Books, 2008, 978-0-8118-6094-9

 

 

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