CCBC Choices 2024 -- Young Children (ages 0-4)

The Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison compiles a yearly list of excellent books for young readers.
 

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1. The indestructible Tom Crean: heroic explorer of the Antarctic

Book cover for The indestructible Tom Crean.
Author:
Thermes, Jennifer
Notes:
Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir;4-8
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Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction
J 919.8904 Crean BIOGRAPHY
Boulder NoBo Childrens Nonfiction (Not Holdable)
J 919.89 Crean BIOGRAPHY
Description:
"At the turn of the twentieth century, Antarctica is the last unexplored continent. The ice is unforgiving. It can break the human spirit. It takes many men willing to face hardship, danger, and years away from home to journey to this uncharted end of the earth. This is the story of one. His name is Tom Crean. This book reveals the incredible true stories of Crean's adventures on the Discovery, Terra Nova, and Endurance expeditions. He hauls eight-hundred-pound...