Arctic Adventure: Inuit Life in the 1800s

Smithsonian Odyssey

by Dana Meachen Rau

While visiting the exhibit on native cultures at the National Museum of Natural History, Tomas travels back in time and becomes an Inuit boy living in the Arctic regions in the 1800s

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Dana Meachen Rau is an author, editor, and illustrator of children's books. She has written more than 100 books for children, many of them nonfiction in subjects including astronomy, history, and geography, as well as numerous biographies. She lives in Burlington, Connecticut, with her husband and two children.

Reviews

[Cynthia]

I found this at the Thrift store and so glad I read it. A great picture book and story.

[Joan]

During a visit to the Smithsonian Thomas is transported to the arctic and experiences the life of an Inuit boy of his age.

The story shows and tell about the activities of daily living through the reflections of Thomas.

Amazon says 7 and up, I would say 9 and up for independent reading.

Good way to introduce this culture to students.

Students could research the culture more and then write about other things Thomas might do or use the story as a model for writing a story about a culture they researched.