Rent Johnny Appleseed and Other American Legends: Johnny Appleseed, Sacagawea with Lewis and Clark and John Muir (PlainTales Explorers)

Synopsis

What makes an American legend? Find out in these fascinating stories of three of our national treasures, including Johnny Appleseed, whose apple trees bore the fruit that fed a nation of pioneers; Sacagawea, the Native American woman who bravely guided Lewis and Clark on their westward journey; and John Muir, a valiant protector of the West's natural wonders and founder of the Sierra Club.

The stories included in this collection are:
1. Johnny Appleseed
2. Sacagawea with Lewis and Clark
3. John Muir

Though these narratives stay as true to the historical record as possible, most conversations, details, and some events have been imagined to keep things interesting. You can explain to your child the difference between fiction and nonfiction and talk about where the two sometimes collide.

About PlainTales Explorers

Children are the ultimate adventurers. They re naturally curious about animals, nature, and the workings of the wide world, and they re eager to find their place in all the goings-on around them. The stories in the PlainTales Explorers series feed that sense of curiosity and daring. In Animal Tales: Raccoon, Bear and Coyote, the lives and behaviors of real animals are turned into engaging fictional tales. Meanwhile, American Legends shows three adventurers who loved the earth and learned to use and preserve it for the benefit of all.

About PlainTales
There are plenty of reasons to enjoy classic stories. Maybe there's nothing good on TV (there probably isn't). Maybe it will make you smarter (it probably will). Or perhaps you have happy memories of reading great stories or having them read to you. You remember times when a story was so captivating that everything else seemed to melt away, when just the sound of the words transported you to another world. Suddenly homework and feeding the dog went out the window, and nothing mattered more than finding out what happened next.

A sense of magical alchemy occurs when words and imagination mix, and it's the goal of PlainTales to make that easier. The other benefits of hearing great stories such as a bigger vocabulary, the ability to think creatively, a jumpstart on school success matter. But in the end it's the wonderful, transporting pleasure of a good story that makes them worth visiting again and again. And that can change your life for the better, forever.

We hope you'll try listening to a PlainTales story. Prepare to be transported.

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