CC Cycle 3

Picture Books for Cycle 3

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Book cover for "You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus!"
Star rating for You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus!
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Week 1
Description:
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would require to launch a voyage of discovery, what shipboard life would be like, and what the rewards would be using the voyages of Columbus as an example.
Book cover for "You wouldn't want to sail on the Mayflower!"
Star rating for You wouldn't want to sail on the Mayflower!
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Week 2
Description:
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the hardships of sailing to the New World from England in 1620.
Book cover for "You wouldn't want to be at the Boston Tea Party!"
Star rating for You wouldn't want to be at the Boston Tea Party!
Notes:
Week 3
Description:
Uses humor to recount the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British, describing the Boston Tea Party itself, as well as providing a brief history of the American Revolution.
Book cover for "You wouldn't want to be a Civil War soldier!"
Star rating for You wouldn't want to be a Civil War soldier!
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Notes:
Week 11
Description:
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War. "Its 1861. War has broken out between the United States and the Confederate States of America, and you have answered President Lincolns call for volunteers to fight for the Union. What are your chances of surviving Americas bloodiest war? This new extended edition includes a Civil War timeline, details of major battles,...
Book cover for "You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War!"
Star rating for You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War!
Description:
A study of nursing care during the Civil War, the problems with caring for the sick and the injured, and the medical advances that have been made after the war.
Book cover for "You wouldn't want to be a secret agent during World War II!"
Star rating for You wouldn't want to be a secret agent during World War II!
Book cover for "You wouldn't want to be on the Hindenburg!"
Star rating for You wouldn't want to be on the Hindenburg!
Average Rating:
1 stars
Description:
Describes the giant airship "Hindenburg" and its explosive crash on a New Jersey airfield in 1937.
Book cover for "You wouldn't want to live in a wild west town!"
Star rating for You wouldn't want to live in a wild west town!
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Presents a humorous look at what life was like on the Great Plains just after the Civil War.
Book cover for "You wouldn't want to meet Typhoid Mary!"
Star rating for You wouldn't want to meet Typhoid Mary!
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the story of Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant cook who became known as "Typhoid Mary" when she infected many New Yorkers with the deadly disease.
Book cover for "You wouldn't want to work on the Hoover Dam!"
Star rating for You wouldn't want to work on the Hoover Dam!
Average Rating:
3 stars