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Take an exciting trip along with the Lewis and Clark Expedition! Readers will follow the daring explorers as they make their way across the uncharted American interior to the Pacific Northwest.

This book introduces kids to the adventures of a young girl named Olivia who keeps a diary as her family travels from Missouri along the famous Oregon Trail. It is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading.

Recounts the journey into the western United States conducted by explorers Lewis and Clark, outlining their routes, personal experiences, and encounters with the Native Americans.

Follow the heartaches, hardships, joys, and victories of life on the Emigrant Trail with the young unsung heroes of Stories of Young Pioneers: In Their Own Words. Violet Kimball has collected memoirs, letters, and journal entries of emigrants who were ages six to nineteen when they made the overland journey . Young historians ages ten to fifteen will find Stories of Young Pioneers not only entertaining reading but also a thorough and well-researched...