Admiral Richard Byrd stayed alone on the continent of Antarctica for almost six months in 1934. He battled the elements, the loneliness, and an illness that nearly killed him, all the while continuing to record his scientific observations.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Atheneum
Copyright March 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-689-81299-X (PB, HB)
With clear text and vivid photographs, Seymour Simon sheds light on the many mysteries of Jupiter, the fifth, and largest planet in our solar system. The spacecraft Galileo is and has been sending back information since 1995.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Morrow
Copyright March 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-688-15620-7 (HB)
Storm chaser Warren Fraidley discusses the techniques, dangers, and difficulties of photographing lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes. He gives tips on storm safety and the glossary includes a bibliography.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Putnam
Copyright March 16, 1997
ISBN# 0-399-23029-7 (PB, HB)
Myanmar is the only country in Asia that still can boast a healthy elephant population. Thousands roam in the wild there, and thousands more work with humans to harvest valuable wood.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Gulliver Green
Copyright March 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-15-201289-3 (PB, HB)
Based on a true story, Lessons From a Sheepdog, by Phillip Keller, this account tells how he rescues Lass from an unhappy life in the city. Lass learns to trust and to become the great dog she was created to be.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Tommy Nelson
Copyright June 1, 1997
ISBN# 0-8499-1449-3 (HB)
It’s 1866, and ten-year-old Lucy Grigg’s mother has just died, leaving Lucy alone on the streets of New York City. She learns about a group that sends orphans out west to new homes, and hopefully, a new, loving family—maybe even a little sister.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Delacorte
Copyright February 8, 1998
ISBN# 0-385-32293-3 (HB)
Mary Breckinridge, trained as a nurse during World War I, rode on horseback into the isolated mountains of Appalachia to bring medical help to those in need. Joined by others, her work became a model for rural health care worldwide.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Dial Press
Copyright September 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-8037-2154-4 (HB)
Told in alternating viewpoints of Stands Straight and Samuel Russell, this is based on a historical meeting of Indians and Quakers during the Revolutionary War.
2000-2001 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Dial Press
Copyright February 28, 1998
ISBN# 0-8037-2078-5 (PB, HB)
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