Most Popular Books by Armstrong Sperry

Based on a Polynesian legend, this is the story of a youth who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe.

This illustrated edition of John Paul Jones'' biography introduces young readers to this master sea captain, and father of the U.S. Navy.

Scorned by his own seafaring people who worship courage, 15-year-old Mafatu is determined to conquer his fear of the sea. The Newbery Award-winning book is now available in this summer reading program edition.

Who can love the spread of canvas and the bend of the oak and not thrill to the names of the great clippers built by Donald McKay? Great Republic, Sovereign of the Seas, Lightening, Star of the Empire, and Westward Ho — these names ring from an era when the windships were the queens of the ocean and sail was king. But the most famous, the one that most securely captured the hearts and imaginations of the entire nation, was McKay’s masterpiece, the Flying Cloud. Here is the story of Enoch Thacher, a boy whose father lost his fortune at sea, who McKay takes on during the lofting, building, and rigging of the Cloud, and who finally ships out on her for her maiden, record-breaking trip around the Horn. Accompanied by Sperry’s wonderfully vigorous drawings, this realistic and riveting narrative will keep even landlubbers pegged to their seats.

A fictionalized biography of Christopher Columbus.

Spanish translation.

Discusses the jungle animals, river folk, Indian tribes and transportation systems of the Amazon River Basin, and describes the river itself.

Seventeen-year-old Judd Anders, born and raised in Tahiti by his American parents, unknowingly becomes involved in a scheme to find a fortune in gold which was on a ship sunk in the South Pacific during World War I.

This is a new release of the original 1941 edition.

Armstrong Sperry (1875-1976) is one of the more versatile & vivid authors this country has produced. His great grandfather, Sereno Armstrong, was a clipper captain, & the tales he told of life under sail in the South Pacific ultimately provided the setting for Sperry''s Newbery Award Winner, Call It Courage.Ó But Sperry''s historical novels, all based on solid research & a strong narrative line featuring young boys who face & subdue daunting challenges, are real page-turners. Wagons WestwardÓ is among the best -- it will give you a whiff of what the journey along the Santa Fe Trail in 1846 must have been like & how a restless America managed to wrest much of the Southwest from Mexico & the Indians. Drawings. Young adult audience. Orig. pub. in 1936.

Although his father is the chief of a tribe of seafaring people who worship courage, people call Mafatu a coward. He fears the sea because it killed his mother when he was a baby. One day, 10-year old Mafatu paddles out to sea alone in his canoe to conquer his fear.

Based on a Polynesian legend, this is the story of a youth who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe.

Mafutu''s people, who depend on the sea for their survival, respect courage above all things. Mafutu''s overwhelming fear of the sea makes him an outcast; before he can be taken seriously, he must confront his fears.

Based on a Polynesian legend, this is the story of a youth who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe.

Relates how Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his people.

Suggests activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Call it courage by Armstrong Sperry.

Provides activities and discussion to be used with The giver by Lois Lowry.