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All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank
by
Don Brown
THE "UNSINKABLE" MEETS THE UNTHINKABLE -- A gripping acount of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic.It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal grease to slide it into the ocean, 100,000 people to wave bon voyage, but only one wrong move to tear the Titanic apart, sinking it into the pages of history. On a cold moonless night in April of 1912, 2,000 passengers--...more
Hardcover, 64 pages
Published
December 9th 2008
by Roaring Brook Press
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All Stations Distress is the true account of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 2012. The “ship that couldn’t sink” set sail from England, bound for New York City on April 9, 2012. This book is filled with many interesting facts not found in all accounts of the Titanic. For example, did you know it took 23 tons of animal fat, soap, oil, and grease to get Titanic off the slide and into the water? The enormous ship hit an iceberg around 11pm on the night of the April 14th and sunk in the earl...more
Everybody has heard about the Titanic. Most have probably seen the famous movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. But without reading this book, I can bet that few people have heard the first-person accounts of the sinking of the enormous Titanic. In Don Brown’s well-written story of the Titanic, he introduces us to the rich, the famous, the poor, the young, and the old who traveled on the Titanic from England heading to New York in April of 1912. Brown’s artistic talent shines throug...more
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The Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) sponsored the creation of a new book award. “The Bluestem Award: Illinois’ 3-5 Children’s Choice Award”, designed for students in grades 3-5, will have an annual reading list that may contain non-fiction, timeless classics as well as current titles, biography, and other diverse and varied content titles appropriate for this age group.
This book has won the Bluestem award. In the spring of 2008, the ISLMA board approved establishing a committe...more
This book has won the Bluestem award. In the spring of 2008, the ISLMA board approved establishing a committe...more
This book focused on what happened to the people on that fateful day the Titanic met its fate. I think this book was different in that it concentrated on specific people, however, with this book being targeted to younger students, it was hard to remember the names of the people and why they were being written about (captain, lookout man, ship designer, specific passengers, etc.). The author used some difficult vocab words (transatlantuc, astir, pronouncement and other ship-specific vocab words,...more
This book, with illustrations, is geared towards older grade schoolers. It's easy to read and follow, and well-organized. However, I did catch one factual error; it states that all 52 children who perished were third class. Actually, one first class child, Helen Loraine Allison, 2, died. Also, I've seen different numbers of children from different sources. The book also states that Ismay went on a lifeboat because there were plenty of seats and no one else was getting in. From what I understand,...more
This book is abaut a big bout that sink with people.This book
was so sad because people dayng in the bout.That's to personal
to me.This book is non fiction becausem it happen for real.Yn that bout a were a lot of people.Y'm never going a bout like that.When people were talking the bout hit's an ice berg then
it was coming in the water,the helpers got a little bout and sent people in it to save them.This bout was big,it had a lot
of windows and people.Yt was realy big like a billding or a di-
nosau...more
was so sad because people dayng in the bout.That's to personal
to me.This book is non fiction becausem it happen for real.Yn that bout a were a lot of people.Y'm never going a bout like that.When people were talking the bout hit's an ice berg then
it was coming in the water,the helpers got a little bout and sent people in it to save them.This bout was big,it had a lot
of windows and people.Yt was realy big like a billding or a di-
nosau...more
A concise re-telling of The Titanic's disastrous journey on April 15, 1912. It begins with the massive construction of the ship and the details of its 'unsinkability'. The errors in judgment and manufacture both contributed to its demise. The watercolor illustrations portray the emotions of that fateful night without garrish or morbid fascination.
All Stations! Distress: April 15, 1912; The Day the Titanic Sank is a appropriate introduction to this tragic event for the younger reader. The facts...more
All Stations! Distress: April 15, 1912; The Day the Titanic Sank is a appropriate introduction to this tragic event for the younger reader. The facts...more
I like this non-ficton book because it's brave when all the men let the ladies go first.Also it's sweet how some ladies refused to leave there husbands behind to died together."I think this book is munch like to Titanic the movie".This book is about how a big boat hit a iceburge and made a huge whole and all the pasengers had to leave there husdands behind.'I want to remmember how the ladies rufuesed to leave there husbandes.Why did not all the people did not get on the life boat?
This is a really exciting read, with direct quotes from many of the surviving passengers, woven well into the narrative. Although it did not delve too deeply into the many whys of the failure of Titanic's safety features/procedures, it definitely touched on both the flaws of it and also the unfortunately class discrimination that caused almost all 3rd class passengers' deaths, including 52 children. The illustrations make this a great beginning reader's nonfiction.
My 10-year-old is very interested in the Titanic so we've read a number of books about it. I must say this one of the best. The author skims the surface, but then this isn't intended to be an in depth look at the Titanic disaster. Even with that skimming there is plenty of information and the added addition of quotes from some of the passenger and crew make for an interesting story beyond dry facts.
This information picture book is fantastic.This book is about a boat call titanic and one day they got on it and when they where big ice piles in sank because the ice piles where big but some people where save in other boats but some people died.My schema whet this book is when I a went to a boat.A recommend this book to people that like books about information of titanic and boats.
I never tire of learning about the Titanic. This book has great vocabulary for 4th and 5th graders.
At times, it's hard to follow who the characters are. I think the author would have done better to follow fewer characters, but still, Dan Brown's point comes across loud and clear: everything went wrong on this ship.
I think I'll read this NF book to my class next year.
At times, it's hard to follow who the characters are. I think the author would have done better to follow fewer characters, but still, Dan Brown's point comes across loud and clear: everything went wrong on this ship.
I think I'll read this NF book to my class next year.
I think this book is imformatinol.This book is realtied to the Titanic.I have shema with this book is when i awas about to sink in the pool. What i want to rember is when the lights started to gimer.The Water started to come inside of the Titanic. The people started to get worried.I will recomend this book to someone who loves the movie The Titanic as much as i do.
My class and I read this Bluebonnet nominated book together, and I can't say it was my favorite. For one thing, the book was full of errors. It did help build background knowledge about the sinking of the titanic, but the langauge was often difficult to understand. It was an "okay" read aloud for non-fiction, but I am not sure I would use it again.
This informational book is perfect for 4th & 5th.The part I want to remember is when the titanic crashed into the iceburg.Why did the captain Smith crashed?The genre is informational.The begining is some people went to the titanic to have a cruse.The middle the captain wanted to race.The end some people survive.
all stations disress it was scare.it was about a ship called the titanic . then they chash onto a ice brage. why did thay call the ship a she . what i want to rember is thay chash onto a ice brage. what i the genre is informational.would recommend this book to is mattew because he likes scare books.
I read this for an informational text read aloud with my fifth graders and used it for "wondering" techniques. This book has many opportunities to stop and talk about WHAT IF...and I WONDER...The illustrations are simple but support the text nicely. I plan on coupling it with another book about the Titanic.
This nonfiction book accurately describes the maiden voyage of the Titanic and the disaster that accured after the ship struck an iceburg. Direct quotes of passengers and foreboding illustrations leave readers with a sense of despair and raise questions about the decisions made that night.
Im reding All stations! Distress! It is a infarmational book.It show what happen when the titanic sank.The book was about a man that went on the titanic and thay crashed on a iceberg.What I want to remember is when the titanic crashed.I would recommed this to the pepole who like infarmational books.
I thought this was a good introduction to the Titanic. Not too many details and a very compelling narrative. I liked the illustrations that showed the sinking of the ship--very evocative of the horror the passengers must have felt as they watched the ship go down.
Concise text paints a vivid picture of the sinking of the Titanic. The illustrations fit the text nicely, depicting the victims and heroes without being too saccharine. There are other books with more details and facts, but this is a very nice overview.
Great illustrations--many of them show people in the middle of action, so they're not static drawings. Truly tells a narrative of the events of the Titanic's sinking. Slightly biased on the topic of the Californian, and would be difficult to use for report writing.
A simple overview of the tragedy, but it does get to some of the errors and difficult choices the event engendered. Kids love to read about disasters - this iwll be popular, but perhaps not quite as popular as those with more details and photographs.
Katherine wanted to read this together as part of her mission to read the Bluestem awards so that she can vote in February. She is fascinated by the Titanic and really liked this. It inspired her to ask for more Titanic books for Christmas.
A good introduction to the Titanic tragedy for newer readers. The illustrations, also by the author, are very well done and appropriate. My only critique is that the children to whom this book is geared would most likely prefer some photographs...
informational. I have background knowledge that Titanic is off Fantastic Four. It was cool. I would recommend this book to my family. I want them to know thT SOME PEOPLE SURVIVED AND some people died. I hope they go up to heaven when they died.
This book is about the doomed voyage of the Titanic on its maiden voyage from England to New York. Its fast speed in the Atlantic and the lack of lifeboats result in the sinking of the great ship and many innocent lives being lost.
Reads like fiction and would be a good book for a kid who likes an exciting story. Not in depth enough for a report but a great introduction to the tragedy. I would also be a good discussion starter.
Picked this one up after I read and was impressed by America is under attack. I figured it might be a good purchase for my school library considering we're coming up on the 100 anniversary of the sinking.
This book was great for Titanic lovers. Although it may not be like other informative books, I could just not put this book down. A great book to read at night before sleeping. I loved it.:)
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Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him "a current pac...more
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Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him "a current pac...more
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