Steamboat!: The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers

by Judith Heide Gilliland and DK Publishing

Set in the late 1800s, when the Mississippi River was our country's grand highway, and the kind of the road was the steamboat, this fascinating picture-book biography tells the true story of Blanche... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789425858
• ISBN13: 9780789425850
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.1" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Perfect Picture Book Biography Read Aloud!

Outstanding story! The writer brings the Mississippi River alive with passages that show children how to use personification. The illustrator helps to bring the past alive too, with unique illustrations. Gripping tale that young and old readers/listeners will sit for and enjoy! Highly recommended for grades 1-5.Wow! Wow!