Overview

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.

Full Product Details

Author:   Don Brown
Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin
Imprint:   Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
Dimensions:   Width: 24.80cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 27.00cm
Weight:   0.159kg
ISBN:  

9780618369164

ISBN 10:   0618369163
Pages:   32
Publication Date:   25 August 2003
Recommended Age:   From 4 to 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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"""A grand introduction to the woman and an inspiring story about perseverance, this is an uncommonly good book about an uncommon traveler."" --Booklist, starred review (7/00) Booklist, ALA, Starred Review ""Brown brings each detail to life through vivid imagery."" --The Bulletin, starred review (7-8/00) The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred ""Readers will welcome Brown's unflappable Mary Kingsley to the growing number of picture books about newly-recognized female explorers."" --Horn Book, starred review (Sept/Oct 2000) Horn Book, Starred ""Brown manages to get a lot into a few graceful vignettes, and he does the same with his watercolors, using a blue-green and gold-brown palette to evoke London and jungle, desert and heat."" --Kirkus Reviews (6/15/00) Kirkus Reviews ""Mary emerges as an intrepid and admirable character."" --Publishers Weekly (8/21/00) Publishers Weekly --"

A grand introduction to the woman and an inspiring story about perseverance, this is an uncommonly good book about an uncommon traveler. --Booklist, starred review (7/00) Booklist, ALA, Starred Review Brown brings each detail to life through vivid imagery. --The Bulletin, starred review (7-8/00) The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred Readers will welcome Brown's unflappable Mary Kingsley to the growing number of picture books about newly-recognized female explorers. --Horn Book, starred review (Sept/Oct 2000) Horn Book, Starred Brown manages to get a lot into a few graceful vignettes, and he does the same with his watercolors, using a blue-green and gold-brown palette to evoke London and jungle, desert and heat. --Kirkus Reviews (6/15/00) Kirkus Reviews Mary emerges as an intrepid and admirable character. --Publishers Weekly (8/21/00) Publishers Weekly--No Source

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"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."

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