Book
Thirty More Famous Stories
- Published
- 1977
- Genre
- History
- Publisher
- Shanghai Scientific and Technical Documents Publishing House
- Pages
- 236
- Words
- 46033
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38468.Thirty_More_Famous_Stories_Retold?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_40
This volume was written by the author in answer to the requests of hundreds of children for more stories like the ones they had enjoyed in "Fifty Famous Stories Retold." Since this book is intended for slightly older students (ages 7 to 10), the anecdotes related have a greater spirit of adventure matching the interests of these older students. We hear of the explorers Columbus, Balboa, Drake, and Ponce de Leon and their adventures in the New World. We see scientists at their moment of inspiration: Newton pondering the fall of an apple, Galileo observing the swinging lamps, and Archimedes yelling "Eureka!" We observe the persistence of Gutenberg in improving the printing press and James Watt in harnessing the energy of steam.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9787543925878
- ISBN-10
- 7543925877
Tags
CurriculumHistoryLegendNonfictionStoriesWinnetka Graded Book List, 1926World