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Exploration - America Genre
Books in the Exploration - America genre:
Cortez the Conqueror (1947)
In 1519 Hernan Cortez landed at Vera Cruz on the coast of Mexico and proceeded to put an end to the murderous cannibal kingdom of the Aztecs.
Author(s):
Covelle Newcomb
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Eskimo Parish (1947)
Life of a Jesuit missionary among the Eskimos of northern Alaska.
Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Paul O’Connor
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Of Courage Undaunted (1951)
The story of the exploration of the West by the Corps of Discovery.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Great Venture (1952)
The story of a failed Scot's colony in central America.
Author(s):
Robert Carse
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Children’s Hour Volume 11 (1953)
A collection of stories about the pioneers in America.
Read online at archive.org.
Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence (1956)
Author(s):
Esther Averill
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Exploring Space (1958)
A look at rockets, how they work and what they can do.
Author(s):
Rose Wyler
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
George Solonewitsch
The Space Ship Returns to the Apple Tree (1958)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Stories of Early America (1958)
Stories and poems about early American history for younger children.
Read online at archive.org.
What Cabrillo Found (1958)
The story of the first Spanish explorer of the west coast of North America.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Best In Children’s Books Volume 31 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 40 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
Buffalo and Beaver (1960)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Viking's Sunset (1960)
Harald Sigurdson, returning from a raid to find his own homestead destroyed, vows vengeance and pursues Haakon Redeye to the new world.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Early Candlelight (1992)
A story of early pioneer days in St. Paul, when Fort Snelling was on the frontier.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Karen Ritz
The Children’s Book of America (1998)
Short essays on American history, biographies, poems and folk tales.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Buffalo and Beaver (2004)
Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck