ARCTIC EXPLORER – A biography of Matthew Henson

Written by Jeri Chase Ferris
Published by Twenty-First Century Books, Lerner Books, Minneapolis
First published in 1989, now in its 19th printing

A Carter G. Woodson Outstanding Merit Book

A National Science Teachers Association/Children’s Book Council Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children

A National Council for the Social Studies Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

On the Sequoyah Children’s Book Award Masterlist

California Readers Collection

A Society of School Librarians International Outstanding Elementary Science Book

“A jewel of an adventure story.” School Library Journal

Available at Barnes & Noble and on Amazon

"... gripping chronicle ... vividly re-creates scenes ... A solid asset for research on explorers and in black studies courses." - Booklist