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23) The doldrums
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Archer B. Helmsley wants an adventure. No, he needs an adventure. His grandparents were famous explorers, until they got stuck on an iceberg. Now Archer's mother barely lets him out of the house. Archer enlists Adelaide, the girl who, according to rumor, lost her leg to a crocodile, and Oliver, the boy next door, to help him rescue his grandparents.
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the twentieth century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region.
Author
Series
Explorer Academy volume 4
Publisher
National Geographic Partners
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Cruz and his fellow recruits tackle challenging missions to dispense life-saving medication to gorillas, thwart pangolin poachers, and capture images of the last known cheetahs in Namibia--all the while discovering that protecting the world's threatened species is a dangerous business. Things turn deadly for Lani, Sailor, Emmett, and Cruz as they search for the fourth piece of Cruz's mom's cipher. Cruz knows it's not going to be easy, but will an...
28) Strange world
Series
Publisher
A Golden Book
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Clades, a family of legendary explorers which includes a father, a son, a three-legged dog, and an unruly blob, undertake a mission to navigate a strange land inhabited by fantastical creatures.
Author
Series
Explorer Academy volume 3
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
As Cruz and his friends continue to search for the third piece of the cipher, a mysterious message arrives suggesting that someone close to him is working for Nebula, leaving Cruz unsure of who he can trust.
Author
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Peter Freuchen, a wildly eccentric Dane whose insatiable curiosity and unquenchable thirst for adventure, guided by ideals remarkably ahead of his time, took him from the twilight years of Arctic exploration to the Danish underground during World War II.
Author
Series
Explorer Academy volume 6
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Cruz Coronado grapples with an important secret as the gang heads to China in search of the second-to-last piece of the cipher. Under the watchful eye of a new adviser, life on the ship returns to almost normal ... Almost. Just as things seem to be going smoothly, a familiar face shocks Cruz back into reality, and the final piece in this life-and-death scavenger hunt veers toward a dead end"--
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Dora's grown up to become an Explorer Girl in a whole new world! Join her in her new town, Puerto Verde, with her family and new friends, Emma, Kate, Naiya, and Alana, the Explorer Girls! The girls have plans to attend Shakira's concert but have lost their tickets! They discover that their tickets accidentally got mixed up with their charity donations for the concert. Join Dora and the Explorer Girls as they try to get their tickets back and see if...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A riveting adventure biography of Fridtjof Nansen, the pioneer of polar exploration, with a focus on his harrowing three-year journey to the top of the world. A celebrity among the ranks of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton at the turn of the twentieth century, Fridtjof Nansen contributed tremendous amounts of new information to our knowledge about the Arctic. At a time when the North Pole was still undiscovered territory, he attempted to make it to...
34) Major Impossible
Author
Series
Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 9
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869 he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition, ten men in four boats, to float through Grand Canyon. Over the course of three months, the...
37) Ten days a madwoman: the daring life and turbulent times of the original "girl" reporter, Nellie Bly
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Young Nellie Bly had ambitious goals, especially for a woman at the end of the nineteenth century, when the few female journalists were relegated to writing columns about cleaning or fashion. But fresh off a train from Pittsburgh, Nellie knew she was destined for more and pulled a major journalistic stunt that skyrocketed her to fame: feigning insanity, being committed to the notorious asylum on Blackwell's Island, and writing a shocking exposé of...
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Join the dance party with some of your favorite friends from PBS KIDS! Groove with Alma as she helps Eddie and Becka create a brand-new mash-up dance. Then Mr. Lion encourages Elinor and her pals to create their own dance routine, while Luna gives Leo a tango lesson, and much, much more!
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