On Board the Titanic, Shelley Tanaka
On Board the Titanic, Shelley Tanaka
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On Board the Titanic
What It Was Like When the Great Liner Sank

Author: Shelley Tanaka

Narrator: Terry Bregy

Unabridged: 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2011

Synopsis

Travel back in time to the fateful maiden voyage of the majestic Titanic in this compelling narrative. Told through the eyes of two young survivors, seventeen-year-old Jack Thayer and twenty-two-year-old Harold Bride, this thrilling account vividly recreates the night the world's most famous passenger ship sank to the bottom of the icy Atlantic.

About Shelley Tanaka

Shelley Tanaka is an award-winning children’s book author and editor. She is the author of Amelia Earhart and Mummies: The Newest, Coolest & Creepiest from Around the World, as well as several other books in the I Was There series. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.

About Terry Bregy

Terry Bregy is a narrator of children’s and young adult books. Some of his published credits include Morning Girl, Paddle-to-the-Sea, and Across Five Aprils.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lillian on August 10, 2024

A good story about some of the lives that braved the tragedy of the titanic sinking.......more

Goodreads review by Dann on April 11, 2018

Intended for younger readers, On Board the Titanic attempts to provide a firsthand account of the Titanic’s fateful voyage. Told mainly through the perspectives of first class passenger Jack Thayer and wireless officer Harold Bride, the book details what daily life aboard Titanic was like and the ex......more

Goodreads review by Mayda on November 18, 2022

This well written book about the sinking of the Titanic will give children a vivid account of the vastness and greatness of the ship, and how an iceberg still managed to sink her. Illustrated with many photographs and drawings, the narrative describes how the iceberg struck the ship, how she filled......more

Quotes

“Told with authority and immediacy.” Globe and Mail

“The tragic story of the ship that was supposed to be indestructible holds up well in this new telling.” Booklist

“Tanaka’s book will serve as an attractive introduction to a popular topic.” School Library Journal

“Tanaka’s text addresses issues that contributed to the disaster such as poor seamanship and corporate and community policy decisions adequately enough to answer most questions likely to be raised by the target audience.”  Children’s Literature

“Clean and vivid…sure to appeal to kids.” Quill and Quire

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