Shackelton's Journey

Shackleton's Journey by William Grill; 68 pages

Like every other book I’ve seen Flying Eye Books publish, Shackleton’s Journey is a beautiful book in both its illustrations and its overall design. I first became interested in Shackleton’s Antarctic journey while helping a third grade group research explorers for a class project; shortly thereafter SLPL received a copy of this book and I snatched it up. The illustrations are somewhere between a children’s picture book and an infographic. When the author introduces the members of Shackelton’s crew, a two page spread depicts tiny drawings of each person accompanied by their name and position on the crew, later when sled dogs are purchased for the journey a similar spread shows them. This book was a great introduction to Shackelton’s Antarctic expedition and would be appropriate for grades 3 and up (I enjoyed it a lot and I’m ostensibly an adult).