<p>On April 10, 1912, the <i>Titanic<\/i> departed Southampton, England, on its first voyage across the Atlantic, carrying 2,240 passengers, 109 of them children. Introducing young readers to the ship that couldn\u2019t sink, <i>Children of the Titanic<\/i> follows three children\u2014Beth Cook, age six, travelling third class; Charlotte Murphy, age eight, second class; and John Crosby, age eleven, first class. We meet them as they board and get settled in their rooms in different parts of the vessel, witness their experience of the gripping sequence of events early in the morning of April 15, and see their eventual arrival in New York on the rescue ship <i>Carpathia<\/i>.<\/p>
\n<p>Bringing to life the sights and sounds of the ship from a child\u2019s perspective, author Christine Welldon tours young
\nreaders through the plush first- and second-class staterooms, the gymnasium, swimming pool, library, and French caf\u00e9, as well as the humbler accommodations in third class. <\/p>
\n<p>The book includes over 40 photographs, highlighted glossary terms, and sidebars on aspects of shipbuilding, early twentieth-century life, and the events of April 15, 1912.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
<p>On April 10, 1912, the <i>Titanic<\/i> departed Southampton, England, on its first voyage across the Atlantic, carrying 2,240 passengers, 109 of them children. Introducing young readers to the ship that couldn\u2019t sink, <i>Children of the Titanic<\/i> follows three children\u2014Beth Cook, age six, travelling third class; Charlotte Murphy, age eight, second class; and John Crosby, age eleven, first class. We meet them as they board and get settled in their rooms in different parts of the vessel, witness their experience of the gripping sequence of events early in the morning of April 15, and see their eventual arrival in New York on the rescue ship <i>Carpathia<\/i>.<\/p>
\n<p>Bringing to life the sights and sounds of the ship from a child\u2019s perspective, author Christine Welldon tours young
\nreaders through the plush first- and second-class staterooms, the gymnasium, swimming pool, library, and French caf\u00e9, as well as the humbler accommodations in third class. <\/p>
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