The Kids’ Guide to the Great Explorers Who Opened America: Stories of Courage, Curiosity, and the Quest to Find What Was Next Discovering

What does discovery sound like on a brand-new shore, where courage and curiosity shape the world ahead?It’s the creak of sails in the wind, the splash of oars cutting through mist, and the quiet gasp of explorers seeing a world no one from their homeland had ever seen before.The Kids’ Guide to The Great Explorers Who Opened America takes young readers on a journey across oceans, forests, and frontiers to meet the brave adventurers who mapped the unknown and changed history forever. From Viking longships to Lewis and Clark’s canoes, every chapter drops you into the sights, sounds, and challenges of real discovery.Through vivid storytelling and fascinating facts, kids will learn how curiosity, courage, and cooperation helped shape the story of a continent, and how Indigenous peoples’ knowledge and resilience guided the way long before any map was drawn.Trailblazing Through TimeBefore the Map: Step into the Age of Trailblazers and discover how explorers, from sailors to scouts, learned to read the land, sky, and people they met.Across the Seas: Sail with Leif Erikson to Vinland, Columbus to the Caribbean, and John Cabot to the icy north in search of new worlds.Into the Wilds: Follow De Soto, Coronado, and Cabeza de Vaca across untamed lands, meeting new nations and charting rivers like the Mississippi.The Northern Routes: Explore with Cartier and Champlain as they trace the St. Lawrence and build the first maps of Canada’s wild frontier.Toward the Pacific: March beside Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea, and Daniel Boone as they open the trails that would link sea to shining sea.Rich in history and alive with adventure, this guide turns the past into a thrilling story of bravery, curiosity, and discovery, perfect for classrooms, young historians, and explorers at heart.Pack your curiosity and set sail to uncover how real explorers, dreamers, and mapmakers changed the course of history with courage and determination.Add to Cart and keep the spirit of exploration alive.