Children's Nonfiction Adventure & Adventurers
Are We There Yet?
How Humans Find Their Way
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2023
- Category
- Adventure & Adventurers, General, Travel, General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781459835207
- Publish Date
- Aug 2023
- List Price
- $29.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459835221
- Publish Date
- Aug 2023
- List Price
- $22.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9 to 12
- Grade: 4 to 7
- Reading age: 9 to 12
Description
Key Selling Points
- This book examines how humans have navigated the world through time. It looks at the development of maps, transportation and technology, including a peek into the future, to what space travel and exploration to the deepest parts of the ocean could like.
- The book looks at why humans have had (and still have) to move around. It examines topical issues, such as colonialism, slavery and forced migration because of war, food insecurity, the effects of the climate crisis and the movement of refugees around the world.
- Has curriculum connections with history, social studies, geography and STEM topics.
- Maria Birmingham is an award-winning children's writer who has worked in publishing for 25 years. This is her second book in the Orca Timeline series, following Are We Having Fun Yet?
About the authors
MARIA BIRMINGHAM is a longstanding contributor to OWL and Chickadee magazines, and the award-winning author of several books for young people, including Acting Wild, Biometrics, and A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars. Maria lives in Brampton, Ontario.
Maria Birmingham's profile page
Drew Shannon is an illustrator who lives in Toronto. Drew earned a bachelor of arts at Sheridan College and has worked with many different clients, including CBC, VICE Media, UNICEF, The Washington Post and NPR. He is the illustrator of Extreme Battlefields: When War Meets the Forces of Nature and Out of the Ice: How Climate Change is Revealing the Past.
Awards
- Commended, Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standards Selection
- Commended, Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standard Selection
Editorial Reviews
“What elevates this beyond encyclopedia fare are references to current events and instances where readers are invited to imagine themselves in problem-solving, relatable scenarios. The bright, colorful graphics that bounce off pages are also helpful and complement accessible, manageable chunks of information...A great resource for report writers that offers a perfect segue from the picture books treasured by the vehicle obsessed.”
Booklist
“Fascinating…Readers will enjoy learning about humanity’s desire to travel and ability to do so, as well as past and current marvels of transport…This book is an easily accessible historical journey for middle-grade readers.”
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)
“With its conversational tone, Are We There Yet? draws readers into a fascinating look at the ways in which humans have travelled throughout history and provides a glimpse into the future of travel…[The author] does a very good job of selecting the highlights in all aspects of travel and provides interesting facts in the text boxes. She also encourages readers to hone their map-reading skills...and to weigh the pros and cons of some modes of transportation in terms of their environmental impact. Highly Recommended.”
CM: Canadian Review of Materials
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