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You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship!

a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make
2008
Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a farmer during the Irish Potato Famine and to travel across the Atlantic Ocean onboard a ship to America.

You wouldn't want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge!

an enormous project that seemed impossible
2009
Cartoons and text combine to describe what it was like to work on the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus!

uncharted waters you'd rather not cross
2004
Presents a children's history of the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492 and provides information on how the trip was financed, fifteenth-century navigational tools, and some of the problems Columbus and his crew encountered.

You wouldn't want to sail on the Mayflower!

a trip that took entirely too long
2005
Presents a children's book for early readers about what a young girl needed to know in order to prepare for her trip on the Mayflower.

You wouldn't want to work on the Great Wall of China!

defenses you'd rather not build
2006
Humorous illustrations, captions, and sidebars describe the toil and suffering involved in building the Great Wall of China during the third century B.C.

You wouldn't want to be Joan of Arc!

a mission you might want to miss
2010
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict fifteenth-century Europe and the life of Joan of Arc.

You wouldn't want to be a pirate's prisoner!

horrible things you'd rather not know
2013
Humorous illustrations and facts combine to provide a portrait of what life was like aboard an English pirate ship plying the Caribbean Sea during the sixteenth century.

You wouldn't want to explore with Sir Francis Drake!

a pirate you'd rather not know
2005
Presents a humorous account of what it might have been like to sail with Sir Francis Drake on a voyage to find the North West Passage to the Spice Islands in 1577--and raid a few Spanish ships along the way.

You wouldn't want to live in a wild west town!

dust you'd rather not settle
2014
Humorous illustrations and facts combine to provide a portrait of what life was like in a wild west town in the years just after the Civil War.

You wouldn't want to sail on the Mayflower!

a trip that took entirely too long
2014
Presents a children's book for early readers about what a young girl needed to know in order to prepare for her trip on the Mayflower.

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