Titanic

By Martin Jenkins and Martin Jenkins

Book Overview

Explore the glory and tragedy of the Titanic in a fascinating book that traces the events leading up to her fateful end.

On April 14, 1912, the largest and finest ocean liner of the age struck an iceberg and sank to the icy depths. Here, in clear, compelling prose illustrated with evocative scenes, extensive diagrams, and historical photos, is the story of the Titanic's rise and fall- from details on her state-of-the-art design and widely varying accommodations to a timeline showing how structural and human failure contributed to her demise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763660345
• ISBN13: 9780763660345
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Engaging Interactive Read Aloud for Students

This is an amazing book! After using the copy from the public library, I purchased a copy for my personal classroom library. The historical account of the Titanic, Disaster at Sea, tapped into several ELA reading strategies. One was the perspective of the passengers and crew. Students were enthralled with our discussion on who to blame for the ship's sinking. They cited text evidence to prove their reasoning. The information in the book is also organized using text structures. For instance, the author paints a mental picture for students from the moment passengers boarded the Titanic to the disaster of it sinking. It's even more fascinating the way the author uses time stamps to show the chronological order of the tragic events as they happen. The descriptions and images helped students gain a deeper understanding of this disaster at sea. This book is suitable for all ages!

Titantic Pop-Up

I bought this book as a gift for my daughter-in-law who collects pop-up books. She was very pleased with it. From reading the description, I thought it contained several pop-up pictures, but there was only one, a hugh pop-up of the Titanic itself. The other "pop-ups" were merely small pictures under flaps that lifted up. Over all it was a very nice book, but I think the description needs to be more accurate.

What a Great Gift!

For anyone that is a Titanic fan, such as is my 10 yr. old daughter, this book is a real treasure! It includes "real" menus, tickets and newspaper clippings... and of course the huge popup ship! She has spent hours poring over all of the information and has set it up as a permanant display in her room. Definately a winner!

A "Titanic" Pleasure

As I grow older (61), it takes something like this delightful pop-up book to recall the wonders of child-hood for my child with-in. This is a perfect companion for a cold winter night's exercise of ones imagination and imaginative powers. I put the cats in another room, brew a hot chocolate (carefully put to the side) and open with book with wonder and awe.

Titanic Pop Up Popped!!!!

This is a great pop up book. Our son who is Titanic obsessed and has many many books on the subject absolutely loved this book with the detail and perspective that it has. A unique find!