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Roanoke: The Lost Colony--An Unsolved Mystery from History Hardcover – Picture Book, July 1, 2003

by Heidi E. Y. Stemple (Author), Jane Yolen (Author), Roger Roth (Illustrator)

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In this spine-tingling book from the nonfiction An Unsolved Mystery from History picture book series, journey to colonial America and discover the enduring mystery of the missing Roanoke Colony.

In 1587 John White was chosen by Sir Walter Raleigh to lead a new colony at Roanoke off the Atlantic coast. After bringing many men, women, and children to the new land, White went back to England to gather supplies for the long winter. But when he finally returned to the fort almost three years later, he found that all of the colonists had vanished.

The only signs of life left were the letters CRO carved into a tree and the word CROATOAN carved into one of the fort’s posts. Did the Spanish army capture the colonists? Did the colonists get in a battle with the native people—or join them? Did they try to follow John White to England and get lost at sea?

Become a detective, study the clues, and see if you can help solve this chilling mystery from history!

Reading age

6 - 10 years
Print length

32 pages
Language

English
Grade level

1 - 5
Lexile measure

850L
Dimensions

9.25 x 0.3 x 10 inches
Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date

July 1, 2003
ISBN-10

0689823215
ISBN-13

978-0689823213
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Gr. 2-5. As in The Mary Celeste (1999) and The Wolf Girls (2001), this picture book for older children is framed by a fictional story about a detective's daughter who investigates a famous historical mystery. Here she tells readers about the founding of the Roanoke colony in 1587. It seems the colony's leader, who departed to obtain supplies, returned to find the colonists gone. The girl sets forth several theories and questions about what may have happened to the "lost colony," letting readers examine the facts and draw their own conclusions. There's a lot going on here: a framework story, the historical account, the ending hypotheses, and the addition of "notebook pages" with background information; children may need to read the book more than once to take it all in. The large, picture-book format offers plenty of scope for Roth's appealing narrative illustrations in watercolor and pencil. An attractive, intriguing introduction to the lost colony. Carolyn Phelan
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About the Author

Jane Yolen is an award-winning author who has written more than 380 books for children, including the bestseller How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? and the 1988 Caldecott Medal winner Owl Moon. She is known for her beautiful poetry, picture books, fairy tales, novels, and nonfiction, and has even been called “the Hans Christian Andersen of America” (Newsweek). She lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Visit her at JaneYolen.com.

Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple is the author of more than thirty books for children, some of which she coauthored with her mother, Jane Yolen, including Not All Princesses Dress in Pink. Heidi lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts.

Roger Roth has been an illustrator since graduating with a BFA from Pratt Institute in 1980. Roger’s work appears regularly in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and other publications. His work is also used by advertising companies for national and international campaigns. Roger has illustrated more than fifteen children’s books (two of which he also wrote). He also serves as senior lecturer at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is a frequent presenter at area schools.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (July 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0689823215
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0689823213
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 10 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 850L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 1 - 5
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 0.3 x 10 inches

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Heidi E.Y. Stemple didn’t want to be a writer when she grew up. In fact, after she graduated from college, she became a probation officer in Florida. It wasn’t until she was 28 years old that she gave in and joined the family business, publishing her first short story in a book called Famous Writers and Their Kids Write Spooky Stories. The famous writer was her mom, author Jane Yolen. Since then, she has published almost 40 books and numerous short stories and poems, mostly for children.
Heidi lives and writes on a big old farm in Massachusetts that she shares with one very large cat who lives inside, and a dozen deer, a family of bears, three coyotes, two bobcats, a gray fox, tons of birds, and some very fat groundhogs who live outside. Once a year, she calls and counts owls for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count.
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Great suspenseful story with helpful theory summaries...

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2020

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My 3rd grade students sat on the edge of their seats as I read this book to them. It was a great way to introduce the Lost Colony of Roanoke to them. I loved the summaries at the end.

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TeachingInTheMiddle

Love it

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019

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My students loved this! We make our own kids books on “theories” of what they think happened to the people of Roanoke. This gave a good visualization ahead of time for my 8th graders.

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Dennis Zinn

Not a proper description

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019

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This was a children's book and that was not indicated when I ordered it.

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Mieke

NOT NEW

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2021

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This is NOT a new book. It has creases along the edge of the book and a price tag on it that looks like it is from a resale store.

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Students enjoyed it

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2014

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Pretty good account of the mystery of the Roanoke colony. Provides much more information than any textbooks I've seen. There are better books out there though, I'd keep searching if you're just starting to browse.

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Melissa Stutz

Great teacher's helper

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2021

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As a teacher, I got this book for our unit on English colonies. Great writing and good coverage of competing theories. Terrific for the classroom.

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Christine Karpoff-Nathaniel-Rafer-Fiennes

Try getting an adult mystery book on the subject

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2019

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Did give questions. Did NOT answer many. More of a children's book. Nice pictures.

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Becca

I love this book

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2016

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I love this book! It has a story within a story format. You have this mystery story as well as basic facts about Roanoke. As a fourth grade teacher in NC, it is a great read aloud.

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Richard Allicock

Not what I expected

Reviewed in Canada on May 8, 2019

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I expected a book of a few hundred pages. If I had read the reviews and had seen teachers saying how great it was for their students I would not have bought it. Label such books in future as ideal for children not for adults with a serious interest in the subject. List the number of pages so no adult pays for this booklet when they could have bought a more worthwhile book. I was disappointed and disgusted. I felt robbed and deceived. If I did not have to pay return shipping I would have returned it.

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