Description
About the book. Lost at Sea! Shipwrecks recounts twelve shipwrecks from various eras and ocean regions. Illustrations, historical photographs, and maps help children visualize the ships and the events surrounding them. Flaps and fold-outs reveal additional details within this book from Lonely Planet Kids.
Content. Among the featured ships are the Mary Rose, Vasa, Queen Anne’s Revenge, and Titanic, in addition to the polar ships Erebus, Terror, and Endurance. The presentation examines the ships’ original purposes, their operational period, the sinking, and the subsequent discovery of the wrecks. Ben Hubbard authored the text, and Eoin Coveney created the illustrations that accompany these dramatic stories.
Who is this book suitable for? This book is suitable for children interested in maritime history and the traces that remain underwater. It offers multiple entry points to the same narrative: a map, a photograph, a drawing, or text about a specific ship. The English text can be read together with an adult. The stories encompass real shipwrecks, rescue operations, and human encounters with the sea.
Read together and discover more. We recommend reading together with an adult who can assist with English words, and allow the child to articulate what they notice in the images. Select one theme at a time and provide space for questions, brief pauses, and personal associations along the way. Revisit a spread that sparks interest; new details may emerge upon closer inspection. Connect what you read to things the child has seen at home, during trips, or in a museum. The book can serve as a basis for conversations in Norwegian, even though the text and captions are in English. Let the child’s interest and reading experience guide the pace, and feel free to alternate between reading aloud and jointly exploring the illustrations. It is easy to share a discovery when multiple individuals can view the same spread and point out what they observe. Such a reading session can continue by finding another book or map to further investigate a question.
About the edition. English book, published 2023. 24 pages. ISBN 9781837580026.
