Ships and Sailors
Sailors, captains, terrible ocean storms, shipwrecks and sea shanties - you'll find all of these topics and more in this feature about ships and the people who sailed them.
For more on the topic, see features on the Mayflower and the Titantic, two very famous ships.
Harriet Russell
Fiction
For ages 6 and up
Princeton Architectural Press, 2015
ISBN: 978-1616894184
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Kersten Hamilton
Illustrator: Valerie Petrone
Board Book
For ages 1 to 4
Penguin, 2016
ISBN: 978-1101998533
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Katie Clark
Illustrator: Amy Huntington
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Down East Books, 2012
ISBN: 978-1608930043
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Richard Berleth
Illustrator: Ben Otero
Picture Book
For ages 10 to 12
Albert Whitman and Co., 1994
ISBN: 978-0807549872
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Traci N. Todd
Illustrator: Sara Gillingham
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Chronicle Books, 2008
ISBN: 978-0811860949
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Philemon Sturges
Illustrator: Giles Laroche
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 4 to 8
Penguin, 2005
ISBN: 978-0399234644
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Gloria Rand
Illustrator: Ted Rand
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
NorthSouth, 2001
ISBN: 0735815399
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Jean Kinney Williams
Nonfiction
For ages 7 to 9
Compass Point Books, 2003
ISBN: 978-0756504212
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Sandy Riggs
Fiction
For ages 4 to 6
Barron’s Educational Series, 2006
ISBN: 978-0764132964
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Adele Geras
Historical Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Harcourt, 2007
ISBN: 978-0152061005
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Patrick O'Brien
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
Walker Books for Young Readers, 2005
ISBN: 978-0802777164
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Carmen Agra Deedy
Illustrator: Michael P. White
Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Peachtree, 1997
ISBN: 978-1561451159
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Michael Cadnum
Historical Fiction
For ages 12 and
Penguin, 2003
ISBN: 978-0670899074
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Verla Kay
Illustrator: Dan Andreasen
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Penguin, 2001
ISBN: 978-0399233456
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