| Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa Contributor(s): Brown, Don (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618369163 ISBN-13: 9780618369164 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: This biography tells the story of the self-educated 19th-century Englishwoman who traveled alone through unexplored West Africa and learned much about the area and its inhabitants. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Africa |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99087823 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 10.05" W x 9.95" (0.41 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 43954 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mary Kingsley spent her childhood in a small house on a lonely lane outside London, England. Her mother was bedridden, her father rarely home, and Mary served as housekeeper, handyman, nursemaid, and servant. Not until she was thirty years old did Mary get her chance to explore the world she'd read about in her father's library. In 1893, she arrived in West Africa, where she encountered giant Xying insects, crocodiles, hippos, and brutal heat. Mary endured the hardships of the equatorial country--and thrived. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Don: - Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him "a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies." He lives in New York with his family. www.booksbybrown.com Instagram: @donsart |