Kid Book Review: Shipwrecked!

I think we may have accidentally found an author to add to our list of favorites...  A few weeks ago, Caleb pulled Shipwrecked by Rhoda Blumberg off the shelf at the library.  I'm sure he was interested in the large wave on the cover.  I shrugged and toss it in with the rest of our books.  I didn't know what to expect of it.

It turned out to be a fascinating biography of Manjiro Nakahama - the first Japanese person to visit the United States.   We both learned a lot while reading it.  I had no idea that Japan had been so isolated from the rest of the world as little as 200 years ago.

I very much recommend this book as a good biography to read with kids.  I don't want to spoil the story though.  Blumberg wrote several other biographies for kids.  Several of them are carried in our library and we are planning to read more.