Nellie Bly
Many of us have read or heard about the story of "Around the World in Eighty Days" that was written by Jules Verne, but not that many of us know that a young woman reporter, Nellie Bly, actually went around the world in less than eighty days, and she did this long before there were high speed modes of travel.
Bonnie Christensen
Nonfiction
For ages 6 and up
Alfred A Knopf, 2003
ISBN: 978-0375815683
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Nancy Butcher
Nonfiction
For ages 7 to 10
Peachtree Publishers, 2003
ISBN: 1561452890
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Stephen Krensky
Nonfiction
For ages 7 to 10
Aladdin, 2003
ISBN: 978-0689855733
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