| Explorers Contributor(s): Aronson, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761114440 ISBN-13: 9780761114444 Publisher: Workman Publishing OUR PRICE: $8.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1999 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: DARING CLIMBS, DEATH-DEFYING VOYAGES, DIVES INTO THE VERY DEPTHS--AND ONE SMALL STEP ONTO THE MOON Fandex celebrates the dreamers, scientists, poets and adventurers who opened the frontiers of our world. From the hard-sailing Phoenicians, whose masts were built from the cedars of Lebanon, to Ponce de Leon, who sought not gold but the Fountain of Eternal Youth, to astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, here are the explorers and their dazzling exploits. It's every history lover's handheld deck of knowledge. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00268344 |
| Lexile Measure: 1330 |
| Series: Fandex Family Field Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.1" W x 10.92" (0.68 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Combining 50 individually die-cut cards with full-color illustrations, plus hundreds of intriguing facts, stories, statistics, and trivia, Fandex is the newest breakthrough in information-packed, family publishing. From Columbus spying the New World to Balboa beholding the Pacific to Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon, "Explorers" brings all the world's greatest explorers to life, from the Phoenicians to the present. For kids who are learning it all for the first time, and grown-ups who want to get it straight, Fandex puts knowledge at your fingertips. |