A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland

by Caroline Starr Rose

Book Overview

Best Picture Books of 2019, The Christian Science Monitor
A Mighty Girl's 2019 Books of the Year
Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Picture Books of 2020

The true story of two women who raced against time--and each other!

In 1889, New York reporter Nellie Bly--inspired by Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days--began a circumnavigation she hoped to complete in less time. Her trip was sponsored...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807500100
• ISBN13: 9780807500101
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3