検索キーワード： "HERO" 探検・発見

As adventurers from around the world raced to reach the South Pole and achieve other polar firsts in the early 1900s, outsider Ernest Shackleton and his motley expeditions would outshine even the British navy, becoming icons of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Known for prizing loyalty, leadership, and skill without regard for rank or social class—and for bringing men back alive—Shackleton completed three death-defying Antarctic journeys.

Heroes of History: Inspiring Stories to Spark Imagination for Curious Minds. Is your child fascinated by remarkable people who changed the world? Are you looking for educational stories that entertain while they inspire? Give your curious young reader the gift of history's greatest heroes, told through captivating, accessible stories they'll actually want to read! "But my child isn't interested in history!"

An estimated 13 million students in the United States have dyslexia, a neurologic disorder that impairs reading. Many dyslexics struggle and fail. Some, however, go on to achieve wild success. How? In this true story, dyslexic high school student Aidan Colvin asks them. Over the course of one year, he writes 100 letters to successful dyslexics. He doesn't expect anyone to write back, and is genuinely surprised when people do. This book features letters from writer John Irving, Arctic explorer Ann Bancroft, surgeon and CEO Delos Cosgrove, and others.

¿Verdad que explorar es muy divertido? Visitar castillos enormes, ver animales salvajes y conocer a gente con costumbres totalmente distintas de las nuestras. Pero cuando yo nací, la mayoría de la gente no salía nunca de su pueblo o su ciudad. Viajar era muy complicado y peligroso. ¡Pero yo no tenía miedo, yo sentía curiosidad! Mis historias fascinaron a todo el mundo durante siglos y avivaron en otros el mismo afán de aventuras que me movió a mí!