Teachers as Readers   Sept. 25, 2009

Topic:  The Hudson River
The following books were brought to the attention of interested teachers at the NYSRA Assembly of Delegates Meeting in Albany, NY.  They were identified as valuable additions to your classroom or building level library.
The next meeting will be held on Sat. March 6, 2010. The theme will be “Tracks” as in race tracks, train tracks, animal tracks and explorers’ tracks.  This is in keeping with the 2010 NYSRA Conference Theme, On Track with Literacy!

The Hudson River

Asimov, Isaac and Kaplan, Elizabeth.  Henry Hudson, Arctic Explorer and North American Adventurer. Yale University Press. 2001.

Cantwell, Ann-Marie.  Unearthing Gotham: the Archaeology of New York City.
Yale University Press. 2001.

Christianson, Candace, illustrations by Thomas Locker. The Ice House.  
Dial Books. 1993.

Doak, Robin. Hudson: Henry Hudson Searches for a Passage to Asia.
Compass Point. 20003.

Gleason, Carrie.  Henry Hudson: Seeking the Northwest Passage. 
Crabtree Publishing.  2005.

Irving, Washington,  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
Paperback WLC 2009
Kline, Trish.  Henry Hudson. New York: Steck-Vaughn Company. 2000.

Locker, Thomas and Baron, Robert C. Hudson, Story of a River. Fulcrum. 2004.
Locker, Thomas. The Man who Paints Nature. Richard C. Owen, Pub. Inc. 1999.
Locker, Thomas. Sailing with the Wind. Dial Books. 1986.
Locker, Thomas, Wasington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle.  Fulcrom Pub. 2008.
Locker, Thomas. Whhere the River Begins. Picture Puffins. 1993.

Lourie, Peter. Hudson River: an Adventure from the Mountains to the Sea.
Picture Puffins. 1998

Manning, Ruth. Henry Hudson (Groundbreakers).  Heinemann. 2001.

Mattern, Joanne. The Travels of Henry Hudson. New York:Steck-Vaughn Co. 2000.

Shaffer, Barbara. Henry Hudson. Chelsea House. 2001.

St. George, Judith. The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, Viking 2007

Santella, Andrew. Beyond the Sea of Ice: the Voyages of Henry Hudson.
Franklin Watts. 2002.

Shorto, Russell. The Island at the Center of the World. Knopf Doubleday. 2005.

Smalley, Carol Parenzan. What’s so Great about Henry Hudson?
 Mitchell Lane Publishers. 2006.

Talbott, Hudson. River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River.  Putman. 2009.

Weiner, Eric and DeJohn, Marie. The Story of Henry Hudson. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for the Young People (biography). 1991.

West Tracey. The Voyage of the Half Moon. Silver Moon Press. 1995.