Close to the wind :
Malone, Peter, 1953-
Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale / Peter Malone. - New York : Putnams, c2007. - [40] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 x 28 cm.
Wilson's Children, January 2009 School Library Journal starred, May 2007 Booklist, June 2007 Horn Book, October 2007 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2007 Kirkus Review, April 2007 Library Media Connection, November 2007
Describes Francis Beaufort's creation of the Beaufort wind force scale in 1810; presents fictional diary entries by a twelve-year-old nineteenth-century midshipman that describe conditions aboard ship at each of the scale's twelve levels; and includes facts on the construction of a man-of-war and the daily lives of English sailors.
5.9 3-6 Follett Library Resources
0399243992
2005032672
Beaufort scale.
QC931.4 / .M35 2007
551.51/80287
Close to the wind : the Beaufort scale / Peter Malone. - New York : Putnams, c2007. - [40] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 x 28 cm.
Wilson's Children, January 2009 School Library Journal starred, May 2007 Booklist, June 2007 Horn Book, October 2007 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2007 Kirkus Review, April 2007 Library Media Connection, November 2007
Describes Francis Beaufort's creation of the Beaufort wind force scale in 1810; presents fictional diary entries by a twelve-year-old nineteenth-century midshipman that describe conditions aboard ship at each of the scale's twelve levels; and includes facts on the construction of a man-of-war and the daily lives of English sailors.
5.9 3-6 Follett Library Resources
0399243992
2005032672
Beaufort scale.
QC931.4 / .M35 2007
551.51/80287