Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Tonight on the Titanic

After buying the Magic Treehouse book Tonight on the Titanic, I wanted to see what the research guides about.  Also, I am a bit obsessed with the Titanic, and wanted to learn more.

Author:  Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrator: Sal Murdocca 
Historical Consultant: Karen Kamuda, Vice President, The Titanic Historical Society
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers 
Prices: Library Binding-$11.69, Paperback-$5.99
Reading level: Ages 6-9 years 
Interest level: Middle grades
Physical Characteristics: 5.2x7.6 inches, 70 pages
Series: Magic Treehouse Research Companions
ISBN: 9780375813573  
Genres:  Juvenile Non-Fiction
Subjects:
Titanic – Juvenile Non-fiction
Children’s Non-Fiction
Time travel
History

Annotation:  A Nonfiction Companion to Tonight on the Titanic, a Magic Treehouse book.

Summary: This book gives factual information about the Titanic.  Areas that are examined are details about the vessel, the crew, passengers, icebergs, and the actual crash of the Titanic.    

Evaluation: I think I enjoy the Research Guides that correspond with the Magic Treehouse books even more than the Magic Treehouse fiction itself.  The companion book has so much information for children including pictures, maps, information about ships of the day, icebergs, kids on the Titanic.  There are wonderful illustrations by Sal Murdocca that tie the companion to the Fiction books.  The illustrations also make aspects of the titanic more approachable to children.  This book would be wonderful a as companion to any children’s book about the Titanic or as a stand-alone for research purposes.

Similar Titles or Authors:
Tonight on the Titanic by Mary Pope Osborne

Websites:
http://www.magictreehouse.com/bookdetail-Titanic#bookdetail-Titanic

http://www.randomhouse.com/author/22894/mary%20pope-osborne

All images (c) Sal Murdocca