![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book was featured as one of the selections for the June 2015 Rivers and Lakes-themed reads for the Picture-Book Club in the Children's Books Group here at Goodreads. "By way of amusement he told them that he had once been a wild animal and to convince them he showed them feats of strength." (p. Rosalyn Schanzer has written and illustrated several outstanding childrens books, including her How We Crossed the West, which received starred reviews. I also learned that William Clark brought his slave, York, on the expedition and he astonished some of the native american nations as they'd never seen a black man before. For example, Meriweather Lewis brought along a 150-pound Newfoundland named Seaman. American History in Picture Books, a seventeen-unit course for elementary students, focuses on struggling readers or students whose first language is not English. I thought the narrative was very readable and I loved that the actual diary entries were the bulk of the narrative.Īlthough we were very familiar with the story, we all learned something new. With big, colorful photographs and actual quotes from the journals of the adventurers, this story brings the journey of Lewis and Clark across the Northwest U.S. ![]()
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