The Titanic

This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.  If you’d like to learn more about the tragedy, or read a story set during its fateful voyage, then we have the books for you!

Lassieur, Allison (2012).  Can You Survive The Titanic? An Interactive Survival Adventure (Gr. 3-5)

You are a passenger on the most spectacular ocean liner ever built the Titanic. When the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink, it’s going to take more than luck to survive. Will you, try to save lives as a member of the ships medical crew? Protect the children of your wealthy employers? Experience the disaster as a 12-year-old boy with inside knowledge of the ship? Face the life or death dilemmas of the most famous shipwreck in history. You choose what you’ll do next. The choices you make will either lead you to safety or to doom.

McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino (2012).  Iceberg, Right Ahead!: The Tragedy of the Titanic (Gr. 3-5)

Learn all about the history of the Titanic, the night of the sinking, and the discovery of the wreck.

 

Korman, Gordon (2011).  Unsinkable (Gr. 3-5)

The Titanic is meant to be unsinkable, but as it begins its maiden voyage, there’s plenty of danger waiting for four of its young passengers. Paddy is a stowaway, escaping a deadly past. Sophie’s mother is delivered to the ship by police – after she and Sophie have been arrested. Juliana’s father is an eccentric whose riches can barely hide his madness. And Alfie is hiding a secret that could get him kicked off the ship immediately. The lives of these four passengers will be forever linked with the fate of the Titanic. And the farther they get from shore, the more the danger looms.

Osborn, Mary Pope (1999).  Tonight On The Titanic (Gr. 1-3)

Titanic trouble! Jack and Annie are in for an exciting, scary, and sad adventure when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the decks of the Titanic. Is there anything they can do to help the ill-fated ship? Will they be able to save anyone? Will they be able to save themselves?