Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

Johnson, Catherine, 1962- author.

Title:

Race to the frozen North : the Matthew Henson story / Catherine Johnson ; with illustrations by Katie Hickey.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Union Square Kids, 2024.

Description:

128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Summary:

"When eleven-year-old Matthew Henson ran away from his cruel stepmother to find a new life in the big city, no one could have predicted that he would become the first man to reach the North Pole. With a little luck and a lot of hard work, Matthew found a life of adventure on the high seas and in the Arctic. But back home in America his achievements were largely overlooked because he was Black. Race to the Frozen North tells his remarkable true story"-- Provided by publisher.

Target Audience Note:

10-12 years.

Series:

Everyone can be a reader

Subjects:

Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955 -- Juvenile literature.

African American explorers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

High interest-low vocabulary books.

North Pole -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.

Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Biographies.

High interest-low vocabulary books.

Other Title:

Matthew Henson story

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Barrington Stoke Ltd. First published in the United States and Canada in 2024 by Union Square Kids"--Title page verso.

Designed with dyslexia-friendly fonts and paper tones.

Description based on OCLC data and publisher data; resource not viewed

Contents:

Part one : Running away -- Part two : At sea -- Part three : The Arctic.

LCCN:

2023942895

ISBN:

9781454954859

145495485X

Other Number:

1428497023

System Availability:

3

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

3

Control Number:

1052933

# Local items in:

3

# System items in:

3

Call Number:

j BIO Henson