Arctic hero
By: by Catherine Johnson ; illustrated by Seb Camagajevac
Contributors: Camagajevac, Seb
Series: Reality check; Reality check (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9781842994931
Subjects: Juvenile literature; African American explorers; Biography; Discovery and exploration; Discoveries in geography; Explorers; African Americans
Description: Presents the life of Matthew Henson, focusing primarily on his attempts to reach the North Pole with Robert Peary, which they finally achieved in 1909. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.