Shone, Rob

Readers may already know their names, and now they will know their stories! The lives and trailblazing accomplishments of Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Martin Luther King Jr. are vibrantly explored in this book, through dazzling illustrations and captivating narratives of their triumphs and hardships. Readers of all ages will enjoy the graphic designs, while more advanced readers can further their knowledge through the manageable text. It is sure to be a reading experience that is as informative as it is visually engaging, as the three civil rights heroes come to life in this book.

Examines the life of Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who risked her freedom to help other slaves along the Underground Railroad. Presented in graphic novel form.

Provides background information about lost cities and civilizations, presents the stories of Atlantis, El Dorado, and Camelot in graphic novel format, and includes a brief debate about whether such cities exist.

Discusses how to survive in the wilderness, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including a group of campers who survived the Mount St. Helens eruption of 1980 and a snowboarder who got lost in the Ansel Adams wilderness of the Sierra Nevadas in 2004.

Discusses how to survive in the mountains, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including a plane crash in the Andes in 1972 and the case involving Aron Ralston, whose arm was trapped by a rock while climbing in Utah in 2003.

Provides a description of the hadrosaurus, and features a graphic-style story in which a hadrosaurus hatches from its egg and must survive the dangers of the forest. Includes information about fossil evidence.

Provides a description of the brachiosaurus, and features a graphic-style story a brachiosaurus hatches from its egg and must survive the dangers of the forest alone. Includes information about fossil evidence.

Provides a description of the allosaurus, and features a graphic-style story in which a young allosaurus survives various dangers and becomes a fierce predator. Includes information about fossil evidence.

Discusses how to survive in the mountains, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including a plane crash in the Andes in 1972 and the case involving Aron Ralston, whose arm was trapped by a rock while climbing in Utah in 2003.

This book, in graphic novel format, describes the excavation of Hissarlik in a search for Troy, the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb, and the discovery of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi's terra-cotta army.